🇮🇱 LIVE FROM TEL AVIV: What Is Happening In Iran?

Channel 7's Europe Correspondent Jacquelin Robson joins Jonesy & Amanda to chat about the US strikes on Iran.

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Speaker 1 (00:01):
And Amanda gam Nation.

Speaker 2 (00:03):
Well after saying he was going to give around two
weeks to sort out what they wanted to do. President Trump,
as we know, pressed the button bombing three Arenian nuclear
sites are momentuily entering into that skirmish. What does it mean?
So I thought we'd go straight to the Seven News
Europe correspondent Jacqueline Robson, who was in Jordan. Hello, Jackie,
how are you hello there?

Speaker 1 (00:24):
I'm actually in Tel Aviv in Israel, a bit closer
to the action. You're hearing lots of bombs and stuff. Oh,
we certainly did. At seven o'clock this morning. That was
a run retaliating with force. We were in the bunker
here in the hotel and the explosions were incredibly loud.
It's the biggest barrage we've had since we've been here

(00:47):
at least, and it's incredible to hear. You don't know
if it's the Iron Dome intercepting these ballistic missiles or
if they've actually made landfall. But as we emerged, we
found out that it hadn't sat penetrated. Israel's air defenses
were a residential area in northern Tel Aviv where a

(01:07):
building was just completely obliterated. The buildings all around, apartment blocks,
people's belongings just falling out of homes and you know,
people's living rooms. That was a mangled mess of all
different types of stuff and residents there, you know, picking
through what they could that had suitcases trying to gather

(01:27):
you know, the few belongings that were remaining, and it
was quite an upsetting scene. You know, they were very
you know, they're in shock, they were stressed, but alive.
There was incredibly no death and that's because these bunkers,
they're so well built, and that alarm system triggers and
people know to get to the safe spot, and yeah,

(01:48):
it's saved countless lives, no doubt.

Speaker 2 (01:50):
Well, I guess people had been wondering how Iran was
going to respond. I read this morning that the Parliament
in Iran has approved a measure to close the Strait
of Hormuz, the vital shipping channel through which twenty percent
of the world's oil and gas flows. What will that
mean for everybody? A billion dollars in oil every day
if that closes economic disaster.

Speaker 1 (02:11):
Yeah, it's it's a crucial shipping lane and it's just
going to mean sky high prices for oil, and that's
going to trickle down into economies worldwide inflation. You know,
you think of the flow on effects of that and
whether or not, you know, world leaders can talk with

(02:33):
Iran and maybe talk them down from this decision, but
this stage, it seems Iran doesn't want to talk anymore,
and you know that they're going full steam ahead with retaliating.
They're deeply embarrassed. This all happened in the middle of
the night, right under their noses. The you know, US

(02:54):
assets were in and out before they could even realize
what had happened. And Trump says, the you know, nuclear
sites are completely obliterated. Whether or not that's the case,
there has been a more toned down language from other
people from the White House that there was significant damage
and that type of thing. So we will have to

(03:15):
wait and see. It's not yet clear if those sites
have been completely destroyed, but certainly Trump has used the
word obliterated.

Speaker 2 (03:22):
Wow, Jacqueline, stay strong and stay stay safe, and thank
you for keeping us in forward. We appreciate it.

Speaker 1 (03:28):
Okay, thanks guys, Thank you. Jacqueline Robson that