DOWN WE ARE GETTING A FIRST LOOK AT SOME OF THE DAMAGE THEY
CAUSED.
RICHARD ENGEL HAS LATE
DETAILS.
>> Reporter: AFTER
IRAN’S MOST INTENSE
STRIKE EVER AGAINST
ISRAEL, RAINING DOWN
ALMOST 200 BALLISTIC
MISSILES NEARLY ALL
SHOT DOWN INCLUDING BY
INTERCEPTORS FROM A
U.S. DESTROYER,
AMERICAN AND ISRAELI
OFFICIALS TELL NBC
NEWS, ISRAEL IS
TONIGHT PREPARING ITS
RESPONSE.
A SENIOR ISRAELI
OFFICIAL SAYS THE
RESPONSE WILL COME
SWIFTLY.
WHILE IN ISRAEL TODAY,
NO FATALITIES, BUT
THEY WERE ASSESSING
THE DAMAGE INCLUDING
FROM AN IRANIAN STRIKE
ON A SCHOOL VISITED BY
NBC’S ERIN McLAUGHLIN.
>> Reporter: THIS IS
WHAT REMAINS OF ONE OF
THE CLASSROOMS.
THEY SAY THE MISSILE
STRUCK JUST OVER THIS
WAY, AND THEN BLASTED
INTO THE SIDE OF THE
SCHOOL.
ISRAELI OFFICIALS SAY
NO ONE WAS INJURED,
BUT THIS COULD HAVE
BEEN SO MUCH WORSE.
>> ISRAELI PRIME
MINISTER BENJAMIN
NETANYAHU SAID TODAY
ISRAEL’S FIGHT IS NOT
JUST WITH IRAN, BUT
ITS NETWORK OF
MILITIAS ACROSS THE
MIDDLE EAST.
"WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE
OF A TOUGH WAR AGAINST
IRAN’S AXIS OF EVIL,
WHICH SEEKS TO DESTROY
US" HE SAID.
PRESIDENT BIDEN TODAY
SAID HE SUPPORTS
ISRAEL’S RIGHT TO
RETALIATE BUT SAID IT
MUST BE PROPORTIONATE
AND THAT HE WOULD NOT
SUPPORT AN ATTACK ON
IRANIAN NUCLEAR SITES.
>> THERE ARE THINGS
THAT HAVE TO BE DONE,
AND IT’S OBVIOUSLY
IRAN HAS GONE WAY OUT
OF -- I MEAN, IS WAY
OFF PORT.
>> Reporter: THE
ADMINISTRATION IS
SEEKING TO AVOID A
REGIONAL WAR BUT THAT
MAY HAVE LEFT PORT
TOO.
ISRAEL’S WAR IN
LEBANON IS ESCALATING
AFTER INITIALLY
HOLDING BACK
APPARENTLY TO ASSESS
ISRAEL’S STRENGTH,
HEZBOLLAH IS NOW
ENGAGING ISRAELI
TROOPS DIRECTLY IN
CLOSE COMBAT AS TOWNS
AND CITIES ARE
EMPTYING OUT.
AS THE ISRAELI
MILITARY RELEASED
IMAGES TODAY OF WHAT
IT SAYS ARE ISRAELI
TROOPS OPERATING
INSIDE LEBANON, IT
ALSO ANNOUNCED ITS
FIRST CASUALTIES.
AT LEAST EIGHT
SOLDIERS KILLED.
>> RICHARD, HOW COULD
THE JEWISH HOLIDAYS
IMPACT ISRAEL’S TIMING
FOR POTENTIAL
RETALIATION?
>> Reporter: ISRAEL
COULD ATTACK DURING
THE JEWISH HOLIDAY,
BUT THERE ARE TWO
JEWISH HOLIDAYS MAKING
THE PERIOD IN BETWEEN