In Tel Aviv, the situation is incredibly tense . We've been forced into the stairwell too many
times to count as fears of Iran's counterattack ramp up. The US and Iran launched
a major attack on Iran Saturday morning targeting members of Iran's leadership. A short
time ago, in a video, President Trump spoke directly to the Iranian people, saying now is
the time for them to rise up and overthrow the Iranian regime in power since 1979. When we
are finished, take over your government. It will be yours to take. This will be probably
your only chance for generations. Israel released video which it says shows the impact
of strikes on missile launchers in Iran. Iranian media reports strikes nationwide with
smoke rising from the capital. Some of the initial strikes appeared to hit areas near
offices of the 86 year old Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. It was not immediately
clear if any top officials had been killed. We'll have an answer in a few days to one of
the key questions of do they know what they're doing. Yeah, have they been able to devastate
the regime to a degree that the regime's rule is threatened and the leadership has been
decapitated. Almost immediately, Iran launched a wave of missiles and drones targeting Israel,
then launched more towards US military bases in Bahrain, Kuwait, and Qatar as Iran's Foreign
Ministry said it will defend his homeland and confront the enemy's military assault. This is
the 2nd time in 8 months that he has launched a military operation in Iran. And comes just
weeks after Trump ordered the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. They can
never have a nuclear weapon. President Trump had warned of these strikes if nuclear talks
with Iran were unsuccessful. He had previously promised to keep America out of forever wars
and said he'd bring peace. Now he acknowledges there could be American casualties, saying,
quote, that often happens in war. Jason Bellini, Scripps News Group, Tel Aviv, Israel.