TRY AND REACH A CEASE-FIRE, TO
PUSH DIPLOMACY, TO TRY TO
DEESCALATE TENSION, BUT ALL THAT
EFFORT IS EXTREMELY FRAGILE.
ISRAEL ATTACKED THIS MORNING
WHAT IT DESCRIBED AS HEZBOLLAH
MILITARY STRUCTURES IN LEBANON.
THE STRIKES IN ISRAEL YESTERDAY.
BUT THIS TIT FOR TAT ISN’T THE
BIG ONE.
THE EXPECTED MAJOR RETALIATION
LIKELY IN CONCERT WITH HE HAS
LOLA FOR ISRAEL’S DUAL
ASSASSINATIONS A FEW WEEKS AGO.
THE ISRAELI MILITARY ANNOUNCING
LAST NIGHT IT’S NOW AT ITS
HIGHEST STATE OF ALERT AND
READINESS.
THE U.S. ALSO CONCERNED.
>> WE HAVE TO BE PREPARED FOR
WHAT COULD BE A SIGNIFICANT SET
OF ATTACKS.
>> Reporter: BUT WILL IRAN CALL
IT OFF?
IN A JOINT STATEMENT, THE UNITED
STATES, FRANCE, THE UK, GERMANY
AND ITALY CALLED ON IRAN TO
STAND DOWN ITS ONGOING THREATS
OF A MILITARY ATTACK AGAINST
ISRAEL, ADDING THE COUNTRIES
DISCUSSED THE SERIOUS
CONSEQUENCES FOR REGIONAL
SECURITY.
THE U.S. MILITARY HAS MADE SOME
OF THOSE CONSEQUENCES ABUNDANTLY
CLEAR.
THE PENTAGON ANNOUNCING ITS
SPEEDING UP THE ARRIVAL OF A
SECONDARY CRAFT CARRIER, TO JOIN
A GUIDED MISSILE SUBMARINE AND A
SQUADRON OF F22 FIGHTERS ALREADY
PRE-POSITIONED.
THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION AND OUR
MEDIATORS WANT TO PUSH AHEAD
WITH DIPLOMACY AND STOP THE WAR
IN GAZA WITH A CEASE-FIRE AND
HOSTAGE DEAL IN TALKS THAT COULD
RESUME THIS WEEK UNLESS THE
MIDDLE EAST GOES UP IN FLAMES.
IN GAZA, ISRAELI STRIKES
CONTINUE.
THE HA RAS-RUN HEALTH MINISTRY
SAYS AT LEAST 142 PEOPLE HAVE
BEEN KILLED IN THE LAST 48
HOURS.
A WOMAN IN KHAN YUNIS TELLING
OUR CAMERA MAN, ENOUGH.
WE ARE TIRED.
WE CAN’T BEAR IT ANYMORE, SHE
SAYS.
ISRAEL LAUNCHED ITS WAR IN GAZA
AFTER HAMAS MURDERED AROUND
1,200 ISRAELIS IN OCTOBER.
ISRAEL SAYS HAMAS FIGHTERS ARE
HIDING AMONG CIVILIANS.
AND THERE IS SOME TROUBLING NEWS
ABOUT THE HOSTAGES IN GAZA.
HAMAS THAT TWO OF ITS GUARDS
SUGGESTING THEY WERE ACTING ON
THEIR OWN SHOT AND KILLED A MALE
HOSTAGE AND SERIOUSLY WOUNDED