the us, britain and jordan, were among the countries involved in israel's defence. some of the missiles were intercepted outside earth's atmosphere. some supporters of the iranian government in tehran celebrate the attack — iran warns israel not to retaliate. and i am lyse doucet injerusalem. all eyes are on the wall cabinet. the big question hanging over this crisis, what will israel do next? president biden says he'll agree a diplomatic response to the attack with other g7 leaders. the united nations security council will hold an emergency meeting later. this is the scene live injerusalem. as benjamin netanyahu convenes his war cabinet, the region waits for israel's response.

hello, i'm lewis vaughanjones. a crucial couple of hours coming up as international diplomacy as the world looks to israel to ask what happens next? what response, if any, there will be from israel. we will keep you across the diplomacy. let's take a quick look at exactly what happened overnight. the explosions overjerusalem, overthe happened overnight. the explosions overjerusalem, over the skies as israel. some 300 drones and missiles launched towards israel. israel say 99% of them were intercepted and destroyed. notjust over the skies of israel. this isjordan, the allies helped us, uk, france, also

involved in shooting down objects from the sky that as well. these are the skies over syria, damascus. israel says, as to the damage, a military base was hit, there was damage there, no deaths or casualties. 0ne young girl in hospital, though. this picture shows the iron dome, one of the ways in which israel was defending itself. these pictures are from iran and tehran, some supporters that are out on the streets celebrating the attack full stop in the eyes of many in iran, this was in retaliation for an attack is widely believed to be from israel on the consulate in syria in damascus. ijust want to show you the map here so you get an idea of the scale and the geography. you can see the distance between

them. this was the first time that iran has launched direct attack on israel from its own soil. for a full picture of what happened, here is my colleague. after days of threats, the attack. more than 300 iranian drones and missiles directed at israel. injerusalem at around 2am, the air—raid sirens went off. this was the view from my hotel as the israeli military shot down iranian objects in the sky. but the attack wasn't a surprise. for almost two weeks, iran telegraphed what it was planning to do. a response to this air strike on its diplomatic compound in damascus that killed several military advisers. it blamed israel for the attack, saying this was the equivalent to a strike on its own soil. but when its missiles and drones did come, most were intercepted by the israeli army. there was only minor damage to one

military base in the south. the us military helped intercept the drones and missiles that also came from iraq and yemen and raf jets were sent to the region. translation: the iranian threat meets the idf's aerial _ and technological superiority, combined with a strong coalition which together has downed the vast majority of threats. we have intercepted 99% of the threats towards israeli the territory. we have intercepted 99% of the threats towards israeli territory. this is a very important strategic achievement. this morning in israel, relief... the situation is really frightening, because we are afraid of what happens, a lot of bombing, and... aircraft that are coming. ..but also calls for revenge. "i think that iran's attack should not go quietly," this woman says. "we have to respond." what happened last night was unprecedented. for the first time ever,

a direct iranian attack on israel, marking a major escalation in the middle east. but things can get worse. allies are urging restraint and israel says it is analysing its options. president biden spoke with prime minister netanyahu overnight and reaffirmed america's iron clad commitment to israel. but from the commander—in—chief of iran's armed forces, a warning. a large response if there is an israeli retaliation. back in israel, things seem to be getting back to normal. the airspace that was shut last night has re—opened and the airport is back up and running. but many wonder how, or if, this country will respond. hugo bachega, bbc news, jerusalem. with me is our defence correspondentjonathan beale. just talk us through the calculation

made by a run here and what you make of the nature of the strike? the first thing to — of the nature of the strike? the first thing to say, _ of the nature of the strike? tue: first thing to say, it of the nature of the strike? tte: first thing to say, it was telegraphed so they knew it was coming. they have preparations in place, both israel and the us, so the us has had a carrier strike group in the red sea dealing with houthi missiles being fired from yemen. so they have had practice. then clearly israel has had practice with its iron dome, with rockets fired on a regular basis and at the same time, from gaza into israel over a number of years. so i think iran would have known that there is a defence systems were up and running and that they would take out quite a lot of what they were firing. it is more difficult to take out a ballistic missile then it is to take out a drone. but israel has layered their defences, so it doesn'tjust have the iron dome,

which is the shorter range targets. it also has arrow two and three to take out ballistic mile soils —— missiles. they would have known that this capacity was there. that said, iran does have an arsenal of missiles and drones which it has been providing to other proxies but its own massive arsenal, which could have overwhelmed the defences of both the us in the region and israel. but they didn't so much we are being told, most are being shot down. it seemed one or two may have made their way through. i think there was a calculation by iran. it's a gamble to work out what israel might do next. the us has made clear it is not going to respond against iran directly but the question is, what will israel do next? ~ ., the question is, what will israel do next? ~ . . the question is, what will israel do next? . , the question is, what will israel do next? . ., , , ., next? what about the response of the allies? you mentioned _

next? what about the response of the allies? you mentioned that _ next? what about the response of the allies? you mentioned that the - next? what about the response of the allies? you mentioned that the iron . allies? you mentioned that the iron dome, arrows. the broader connection, how would that have been worked out, coordination, what roles were other countries playing? central command, us commando, was in israel getting ready for what was going to happen to them are preparations in place. allies including the uk would have been consulted so we know that britain had typhoon jets up consulted so we know that britain had typhoonjets up in consulted so we know that britain had typhoon jets up in the air. consulted so we know that britain had typhoonjets up in the air. we have had confirmation from the prime minister rishi sunak that they've shut down a number of drones, i think that is likely to be single figures. they have confirmed exactly how many. we also know that france was in some way involved. i think allies were consulted. as i said, this was telegraphed by iran. they had time to prepare. it is always dangerous, iran made a calculation that 300 and 30 mac drones and

missiles would not prompt response from the us. that is a dangerous allocation to make.— from the us. that is a dangerous allocation to make. some breaking news coming _ allocation to make. some breaking news coming into _ allocation to make. some breaking news coming into us. _ allocation to make. some breaking news coming into us. quote, - allocation to make. some breaking news coming into us. quote, we i allocation to make. some breaking i news coming into us. quote, we will exact a price from iran in the fashion and timing that is right for us. so we will exact a price from iran in the fashion and timing that is right for us. what do you make of that? what does that mean? tt is that? what does that mean? it is impossible _ that? what does that mean? it is impossible to _ that? what does that mean? it is impossible to say _ that? what does that mean? tit 3 impossible to say exactly what it means but what you could say is that that seems to be pretty open—ended. it doesn't sound like there will be an immediate response. i might be wrong on that but it sounds, we will choose a time, we will decide when we do something about this. i would imagine that israel is under considerable pressure from the us at this moment. although we have had

president biden saying, iron clad guarantee for israel plasma guarantee, president biden in an election year does not want to see an escalation of this conflict. he is already going to deal with warships with houthi rebels firing missiles. he has to worry about what israel is doing in gaza, what the reaction of hezbollah might be. what iran might do, that tit—for—tat that might happen. it sounds to me like israel is taking time and it does not necessarily mean there will be an immediate response. jonathan, thank ou an immediate response. jonathan, thank you so _ an immediate response. jonathan, thank you so much _ an immediate response. jonathan, thank you so much for— an immediate response. jonathan, thank you so much for talking - an immediate response. jonathan, thank you so much for talking us i thank you so much for talking us through the context in details and responding to that breaking news for us. time to head straight over to jerusalem. my colleague lyse doucet is there. ~ ., jerusalem. my colleague lyse doucet is there. ~ . ., ., , is there. waiting for there to be erha -s is there. waiting for there to be perhaps some _ is there. waiting for there to be perhaps some indication - is there. waiting for there to be perhaps some indication after.

is there. waiting for there to be i perhaps some indication after the war cabinet as to what was a discussion there, if any decisions were taken. benny gantz, former army chief who now... he is in those discussions, he has mentioned some of those breaking news lines. he said faced with the threat of iran, we will build a regional coalition. underlining, iran is a global problem. he said it is a regional challenge and it is a danger to israel. perhaps a hint that they are going to wait a bit but it is hard to speculate now because we don't know what they are thinking. certainly there are a lot of meetings today. the un security council, the european foreign ministers, everyone urging restraint. so at the war cabinet will be looking more closely as to what happened during the missile and

drone strikes. earlier today i spoke to a spokesperson for the idf and i asked him for more details on the impact of iran's unprecedented attack, a retaliation strike, says iran. that resulted in a very good outcome because _ that resulted in a very good outcome because we _ that resulted in a very good outcome because we were able to send off around _ because we were able to send off around 99% of the rockets, missiles and drones— around 99% of the rockets, missiles and drones that were headed our way. so and drones that were headed our way. 50 together— and drones that were headed our way. so together we were able to save many _ so together we were able to save many lies — so together we were able to save many lies in the early hours of this morning _ many lies in the early hours of this morning i— many lies in the early hours of this morning. i am sure you experience it from _ morning. i am sure you experience it from jerusalem, the explosions overhead — from jerusalem, the explosions overhead from those ballistic missiles _ overhead from those ballistic missiles. i am overhead from those ballistic missiles. lam happy overhead from those ballistic missiles. i am happy to say that none _ missiles. i am happy to say that none of— missiles. i am happy to say that none of the drones, the explosive jones _ none of the drones, the explosive jones at _ none of the drones, the explosive jones at were headed to israel were able to— jones at were headed to israel were able to even penetrate as well's air

space _ able to even penetrate as well's air space. same goes for the missiles fired towards israel. ballistic missile — fired towards israel. ballistic missile is dead, they were able to hit one _ missile is dead, they were able to hit one of— missile is dead, they were able to hit one of our airbases in the south of israei. _ hit one of our airbases in the south of israel, which caused minimal damage — of israel, which caused minimal damage. the airbase remained operational throughout. the very sad story of— operational throughout. the very sad story of a _ operational throughout. the very sad story of a seven—year—old young girl. _ story of a seven—year—old young girl, who — story of a seven—year—old young girl, who was injured and is currently— girl, who was injured and is currently fighting for her life in hospitah — currently fighting for her life in hospital. so i hope she will come out of— hospital. so i hope she will come out of that — hospital. so i hope she will come out of that. the preparations and our posture remains defensive in essence, — our posture remains defensive in essence, preparing for what else iran essence, preparing for what else iran can — essence, preparing for what else iran can deal out to us. we have had rockets— iran can deal out to us. we have had rockets fired — iran can deal out to us. we have had rockets fired out to us from lebanon by hezbollah. so iran hasn't stopped _ by hezbollah. so iran hasn't stopped. last night, what happened was they— stopped. last night, what happened was they basically launched from their own — was they basically launched from

their own territory. the was they basically launched from their own territory.— was they basically launched from their own territory. the meeting of their own territory. the meeting of the war cabinet _ their own territory. the meeting of the war cabinet takes _ their own territory. the meeting of the war cabinet takes place - their own territory. the meeting ofj the war cabinet takes place against that backdrop not only us support to israel, we saw that when the us forces also helped to intercept some of the missiles and drones but also the president, joe biden, has conveyed his view that it was time to draw a line under this matter. let's cross to washington. we can join a senior fellow there. it has been a rocky relationship between the us and israel, or perhaps betweenjoe biden and prime minister netanyahu. what will be israel's thinking, knowing that us had said, time. at the moment?—

time. at the moment? israel's olitics time. at the moment? israel's politics on _ time. at the moment? israel's politics on this _ time. at the moment? israel's politics on this are _ time. at the moment? israel's politics on this are incredibly l politics on this are incredibly complex _ politics on this are incredibly complex. this is the first time iran has struck— complex. this is the first time iran has struck at — complex. this is the first time iran has struck at israel from its own territory — has struck at israel from its own territory in — has struck at israel from its own territory in a visibly massive way. at the _ territory in a visibly massive way. at the same _ territory in a visibly massive way. at the same time, israel of course is engaged — at the same time, israel of course is engaged in a war in gaza that is increasingly unpopular around the world, _ increasingly unpopular around the world, including in the us. it is worried — world, including in the us. it is worried about a war with hezbollah and it _ worried about a war with hezbollah and it has— worried about a war with hezbollah and it has to worry that the us at some _ and it has to worry that the us at some point— and it has to worry that the us at some point is going to say, look this relationship isn't working at the way— this relationship isn't working at the way it— this relationship isn't working at the way it should be and puts a lot of pressure — the way it should be and puts a lot of pressure on israel. israel will be listening to us concerns and will try to _ be listening to us concerns and will try to balance its own political concerns _ try to balance its own political concerns and there is hope that the nature _ concerns and there is hope that the nature of— concerns and there is hope that the nature of the strike, which was almost — nature of the strike, which was almost entirely unsuccessful, give some _ almost entirely unsuccessful, give some political space for israel to not escalate further.— not escalate further. given the comments _ not escalate further. given the comments we _ not escalate further. given the comments we had _ not escalate further. given the comments we had from - not escalate further. given the comments we had from benny| not escalate further. given the - comments we had from benny gantz, talking about building a regional coalition, israel obviously is

taking great satisfaction from the fact that it is not standing alone when taking on iran. that fact that it is not standing alone when taking on iran.— fact that it is not standing alone when taking on iran. that is correct and i when taking on iran. that is correct and i would — when taking on iran. that is correct and i would highlight _ when taking on iran. that is correct and i would highlight in _ when taking on iran. that is correct and i would highlight in particular. and i would highlight in particular the role _ and i would highlight in particular the role ofjordan here. of course, the role ofjordan here. of course, the us, _ the role ofjordan here. of course, the us, which has long said it will stand _ the us, which has long said it will stand by— the us, which has long said it will stand by israel in the event of iranian— stand by israel in the event of iranian aggression. 0f stand by israel in the event of iranian aggression. of course the us was helping but so was an arab ally. that is— was helping but so was an arab ally. that is a _ was helping but so was an arab ally. that is a sign that they are truly becoming — that is a sign that they are truly becoming more integrated within the region _ becoming more integrated within the region. they are working with them openly— region. they are working with them openly against aggression around iran openly against aggression around iran and — openly against aggression around iran and that is diplomatic achievement. do iran and that is diplomatic achievement.— iran and that is diplomatic achievement. , ., ~ achievement. do you think there could be a _ achievement. do you think there could be a division _ achievement. do you think there could be a division of— achievement. do you think there could be a division of the - achievement. do you think there l could be a division of the between prime minister netanyahu, who has made the threat from iran the main platform of his life, even before he became prime minister and those who are leading the defence

establishment?- are leading the defence establishment? ~ , ., establishment? within israel, there are divisions — establishment? within israel, there are divisions within _ establishment? within israel, there are divisions within divisions. - are divisions within divisions. netanyahu has constantly stressed the iranian threat. the one caveat is that— the iranian threat. the one caveat is that for— the iranian threat. the one caveat is that for most of his political career. — is that for most of his political career, netanyahu has actually been cautious— career, netanyahu has actually been cautious when it comes to direct open _ cautious when it comes to direct open military strikes. despite a lot of rumours — open military strikes. despite a lot of rumours and reports that israel is about— of rumours and reports that israel is about to — of rumours and reports that israel is about to strike iran's nuclear programme, netanyahu government never— programme, netanyahu government never did — programme, netanyahu government never did so. he has certainly hit iran never did so. he has certainly hit iran hard. — never did so. he has certainly hit iran hard, like the attack we saw earlier— iran hard, like the attack we saw earlier this — iran hard, like the attack we saw earlier this month on officials in syria _ earlier this month on officials in syria but — earlier this month on officials in syria. but he would approach an attack _ syria. but he would approach an attack with caution.— attack with caution. good to get our attack with caution. good to get your assessment _ attack with caution. good to get your assessment from - attack with caution. good to get. your assessment from washington. thank you very much forjoining us. how does it look from tehran?

let's speak to dr seyed mohammed, a political analyst and professor at tehran university. this unprecedented strike that caused a very limited damage, has been described as a failure. how has it been viewed in tehran? brute been described as a failure. how has it been viewed in tehran?— it been viewed in tehran? we have been hearing _ it been viewed in tehran? we have been hearing the _ it been viewed in tehran? we have been hearing the bbc— it been viewed in tehran? we have been hearing the bbc repeat - it been viewed in tehran? we have been hearing the bbc repeat there| it been viewed in tehran? we have l been hearing the bbc repeat there is very narrative is 20 minutes now. apparently iio% very narrative is 20 minutes now. apparently 110% of the iranian missiles have been destroyed by the israelis and only a little girl and airbases killed. this was a massive defeat for the israeli regime. we all know that they're cheap drones and old missiles at the iranians sent were decoys. the iranians spent maybe a couple of million dollars and the israelis spent $1.3 billion in us and western taxpayer money to

down those drones. but the iranian missiles that struck their base, devastated it. 15 hit one airbase and an intelligence base was also badly damaged. so the airbase at is no gaza that has been used to carry out the genocide and which was also used to strike the iranian embassy in gaza was badly damaged but there was 110% victory for the israeli regime, according to western narratives. regime, according to western narratives-— regime, according to western narratives. ~ ., ., ~ ., narratives. what do you think iran was hoping _ narratives. what do you think iran was hoping to _ narratives. what do you think iran was hoping to achieve _ narratives. what do you think iran was hoping to achieve in - narratives. what do you think iran was hoping to achieve in this - was hoping to achieve in this strike? there was much discussion that they would choose a carefully calibrated attack. just enough to send a strong signal but not too much to provoke spiral? how do you see it today? tran much to provoke spiral? how do you see it today?— see it today? iran devastated the airbase in the _ see it today? iran devastated the airbase in the south _

see it today? iran devastated the airbase in the south with - see it today? iran devastated the | airbase in the south with precision missiles and it was badly damaged. hopefully they will take you to visit it. i am sure says there has been no damage and only a little girl on the airbase was badly hurt, i am sure the bbc will be able to go and visit the airbase and see how everything is fine and dandy. the iranians basically taught the israeli lesson. from now on, if the israeli lesson. from now on, if the israeli regime, iran has shown strategic patients. but from now on, after the strike of the iranian embassy, and since the us, the uk and france all of them supported the israeli strike on the embassy by refraining to condemn it in the un security council, the iranians were forced to punish the regime and that is what they did. and so from now on, the equation has changed. whenever the israeli regime touches iranians, they were hit back at the

regime. in the us and britain, by coming to the aid of this genocidal regime, they have only exposed themselves even further to the rest of the world. their allies in genocide, they are allies where the israeli regime in they bomb embassies. they have no moral values but despite that, the iranians hammered the regime. has but despite that, the iranians hammered the regime. as you know, the kind of language _ hammered the regime. as you know, the kind of language being _ hammered the regime. as you know, the kind of language being used - hammered the regime. as you know, the kind of language being used by i the kind of language being used by iran, the kind of language being used by israel, but israel is also pointing to the support it received from major western powers, the fact thatjordan also intercepted some of the missiles. it said to protect its own citizens. it iran worried that there could be a retaliatory strike that could possibly bring in the formidable firepower of the us. the

collective formidable firepower of the us. t'te: collective west formidable firepower of the us. tte: collective west in the part of this genocide. you all own it, you are all partners in this. whether it is the media or the military. there is no escape. in history we will remember that and so let's keep that in mind. if the israeli regime strikes again, they will be beaten even harder next time round and that is what the iranians have ready said. and the mere fact that the americans have said that they are not going to be part of any escalation shows that they know what the iranian missiles dead. if there was a victory on the path of israelis, then fine, why don't they strike? i think the reality is a bit different. ., ., ., ., different. good to hear from you and ex-aressin different. good to hear from you and expressing how— different. good to hear from you and expressing how it _ different. good to hear from you and

expressing how it looks _ different. good to hear from you and expressing how it looks from - different. good to hear from you and expressing how it looks from tehran | expressing how it looks from tehran today on this unprecedented moment in the long—standing tensions between the islamic republic of iran and israel. thank you very much for joining us from tehran. we are going to keep an eye on all of the developments, including of course, the first indications we get from the first indications we get from the war cabinet that is now taking place. the meeting taking place in tel aviv. we will keep an eye from here injerusalem, from across the region and of course from as well. i can hand you back to lewis who is watching from there. thank you very much, lyse doucet their life in jerusalem. our team at the bbc verify hub has been looking at all the images and videos that have come out overnight. 0ur verify reporter merlyn thomas has more.

israel says 99% were intercepted and destroyed and one child has reportedly been injured from shrapnel. so far, we have verified to videos showing intercepts. this first one was filmed from near a mosque injerusalem. in this next video, you can see again missiles or drones heading for target in israel and being intercepted. this is a still from the video ijust showed you and be match this stair were publicly available images online and this was done from the outskirts of jerusalem. we are confident that the intercepts weren't overjerusalem itself. they appear to be possibly over the west bank. israel has said that a handful of ballistic missiles wind intercepted and they hit an air base, which is here and cause minimal damage. this is a satellite

image of their base from august last year. we have several videos purporting to be of the base being hit but most of the footage is taken in the dark and we are still working on verifying these. israel released this footage, showing a fighting jet returning to the airbase to emphasise that it continues to be fully operational but we haven't been able to verify whether this was filmed today. we have also seen footage from news agencies are showing what appears to be that every other missile that was intercepted overjordan. this is a moment of heightened tensions in the middle east as we see whether or how israel will react. we will continue to monitor this closely. let's take you to these live pictures of jerusalem and just to let you know what we are keeping an eye on here. we have several live feeds from the region. our correspondence and bureaus and there across the region. in the next half an hour, we will

also be live in downing street, bringing the latest from the comments after rishi sunak has spoken about the uk involvement. but on the broader diplomatic front, we be keeping an eye on a leaders meeting from the g7, un security council meeting and of course in israel, in tel aviv, the meeting of the war cabinet as that starts to break up. we will see what that meant have come out of there. as the world watches, wondering what israel will do next. i am lewis vaughan jones and this is bbc news. hello. the warm spell of weather has come to their end, it's much fresher today and the outlook is pointing to frequent showers with hail and thunder and very windy weather for tomorrow.

here's the map as we see that transition in 2a hours from the calm conditions we have had recently to this big low sitting on top of us, dragging in colder air from the northern climes and making it feel colder than it recently has been. 0nto the forecast — temperatures in the middle of the afternoon hovering around the mid—teens in the southeast of the country, barely making double figures across the north, where we already have showers sweeping across. the winds are freshening and the showers through the night generally confined to more northern and western areas. towards the end of the night, perhaps reaching central england but the southeast will stay dry. north or south, temperatures up to eight celsius in most major towns and cities. tomorrow, a band of showers sweeping across the country, gusty winds, showers could be torrential with hail and thunder,

sunshine in—between and those gusts up to 50mph or more on coastal areas and not far off that inland. a turbulent day with dramatic cloudscapes and changeable weatherfrom hour to hour. the lowest temperatures between 10—12 celsius. that low will be barrelling across the uk and into the north sea through the course of monday evening. tuesday, it will still have a sting in its tail, so stronger winds and showers across the north sea coast, anywhere from yorkshire to east anglia. gusty winds of up to 50mph here but towards the west, the weather will be drier and brighter and the winds not quite as strong, not quite as chilly. but still around eight celsius in stornoway and typically 11—13 elsewhere across the uk. towards the end of the week, another weak front moving across uk, bringing cloud more than rain and also this high pressure nosing in, an indication the weather should dry out.

the main message for now is a very blustery day on the way tomorrow with big shower clouds but also sunny spells. bye— bye.

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