Will Israel “take the win”?
Post Reports
The Washington Post
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🗓️ 16 April 2024
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
On Saturday, Iran directly attacked Israel. Now, Israel’s war cabinet is weighing possible responses as the U.S. and others have called for restraint.
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Ninety-nine percent of the more than 300 missiles and armed drones Iran launched against Israel were intercepted by Israel and its allies, according to the Israel Defense Forces.
But the direct attack has also raised concerns about a broader war between Iran and Israel, and whether Israel would be able to fight two wars at once, against both Hamas and Iran. Israeli officials say that while they don’t want to, they have the capability to do so.
Jerusalem bureau chief Steve Hendrix joins Post Reports to discuss what led to the attack and what could be coming next in the region.
Today’s show was produced by Rennie Svirnovskiy. It was mixed by Sam Bair. It was edited by Maggie Penman and Lucy Perkins.
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| 0:00.0 | Right now Israel is facing a choice. |
| 0:05.0 | The country was attacked by Iran on Saturday night, |
| 0:11.0 | and though there was limited damage in just one casualty, this was a defining |
| 0:16.0 | moment for a nation that's already fighting a war. |
| 0:19.6 | This was a military that demonstrated some prowess, and you you know people hope that does give |
| 0:25.0 | moderates a chance to say look we don't have to be at maximal war we are in danger are in threat, but we can protect ourselves maybe more than we've thought for the last six months. |
| 0:39.0 | That is Steve Hendrix, Jerusalem Bureau Chief for the Post, who's been talking with Israelis |
| 0:44.9 | in the days since the attack. |
| 0:47.2 | And then of course, plenty of other forces saying Saturday was just one more demonstration of how the world wants us gone and you |
| 0:56.6 | know we're on our own. Now Israel's leaders have to decide whether and how to retaliate. And what they decide could |
| 1:06.5 | determine if a wider war breaks out in the Middle East. |
| 1:11.8 | From the newsroom of the Washington Post, this is Post reports. |
| 1:17.0 | I'm Martine Powers. It's Tuesday, April 16th. |
| 1:21.0 | Today, I talk with Steve about the fallout from this attack and the new |
| 1:25.6 | pressures now facing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Steve will |
| 1:30.4 | unpack what might happen next, and how Netnyahoo's next move could have huge |
| 1:36.5 | implications for the rest of what's been going on, I just want to make |
| 1:48.8 | sure that everyone understands exactly how this attack unfolded. |
| 1:54.2 | Can you describe a little bit like what happened on Saturday night |
| 1:58.6 | and what you saw being in Jerusalem at the time that this attack took place? |
| 2:04.0 | Well, you know, the country, Israel has been on pins and needles for about two weeks because |
| 2:10.6 | Iran has been saying they were going to launch a major attack and retaliation for Israeli |
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