WORST THEY’VE SEEN.
>> AND OUR THANKS TO GABE FOR
THAT REPORT.
>>> IT HAS BEEN MORE THAN A WEEK
SINCE IRAN LAUNCHED NEARLY 200
BALLISTIC MISSILES AT ISRAEL.
AND THE WORLD IS STILL WAITING
FOR ISRAEL’S RESPONSE.
THREE U.S. OFFICIALS TELL AXIOS
THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN IS SET TO
SPEAK WITH ISRAELI PRIME
MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU ON
THE PHONE TODAY TO DISCUSS
ISRAEL’S PLANS.
FOR THE LATEST, LET’S TURN TO
CLAUDIO LAVANGA.
WHAT MORE DO WE KNOW?
>> Reporter: GOOD MORNING,
FRANCES.
WELL, AT LEAST ACCORDING TO TWO
U.S. OFFICIALS WHOSE ARE
FAMILIAR WITH THE MATTER, THEY
SAY ISRAEL HAS NOT BRIEFED THE
UNITED STATES YET WITH THE
DETAILS OF THAT POTENTIAL
RESPONSE BY ISRAEL TO IRAN’S
ATTACK LAST WEEK.
BUT, ENTERTAINMENT,AT THE SAME T
THE U.S. HAS BEEN DISCUSSING
OPTIONS ON WHETHER OR HOW TO
JOIN AND SUPPORT ISRAEL IN THAT
RETALIATION WITH ITS OWN
INTELLIGENCE AND ITS OWN
AIRSTRIKES.
NOW TOMORROW, ON WEDNESDAY,
TODAY, ON WEDNESDAY, ISRAEL,
ISRAEL’S DEFENSE MINISTER
GALLANT AND THE U.S. DEFENSE
SECRETARY, LLOYD AUSTIN, WERE
MEANT TO MEET IN WASHINGTON, BUT
THAT MEETING WAS POSTPONED AT
THE LAST MINUTE BY THE ISRAELI
PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU.
NOW THERE WAS NO OFFICIAL REASON
FOR THAT CHANGE OF PLAN, BUT THE
FEAR HERE, AT LEAST ACCORDING TO
THE U.S. OFFICIALS WHOSE ARE
FAMILIAR WITH THIS MEETING AND
THE ARRANGEMENT, THEY SAID THAT
THE FEAR WAS THAT ISRAEL WOULD
RETALIATE AGAINST IRAN WHILE
GALLANT WOULD BE IN WASHINGTON.
IN THE MEANTIME, THE PRIME
MINISTER OF ISRAEL, NETANYAHU,
ISSUED THIS PRERECORDED VIDEO
MESSAGE IN WHICH HE SAID THAT
ISRAEL GOT RID OF OR KILLED THE
WOULD-BE SUCCESSORS OF
HEZBOLLAH, THE LEADER, HASSAN
NASRALLAH.
HE DIDN’T NAME NAMES, BUT ONE
WAS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN KILLED
IN BEIRUT IN ONE OF THE
AIRSTRIKES LAST WEEK.
HE ALSO SPOKE DIRECTLY TO THE
PEOPLE OF LEBANON, SAYING,
WARNING THEM THAT THEY SHOULD
BASICALLY GET RID OF NASRALLAH,
OF HEZBOLLAH, IF THEY DON’T WANT
TO END UP LIKE PEOPLE IN GAZA.
TAKE A LISTEN TO WHAT HE SAID.
>> YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO
SAVE LEBANON BEFORE IT FALLS
INTO THE ABYSS OF A LONG WAR
THAT WILL LEAD TO DESTRUCTION
AND SUFFERING LIKE WE SEE IN
GAZA.
I SAY TO YOU, THE PEOPLE OF
LEBANON, FREE YOUR COUNTRY FROM
HEZBOLLAH SO THAT THIS WAR CAN
END.
FREE YOUR COUNTRY FROM HEZBOLLAH
SO THAT YOUR COUNTRY CAN PROSPER
AGAIN.
>> Reporter: NOW THAT WAS A
STAUNCH WARNING TO THE PEOPLE OF