CNN: Israel Vows Retaliation on Iran’s Air Defense, Oil Refineries, Nuclear Facilities

TAPPER: “ — there assessing the damage from today’s huge wave of Iranian missiles fired into Israel. CNN’s Jim Sciutto is joining us now from Tel Aviv, as I said. Jim, what is the latest?”

SCIUTTO: “Well, Jake, both U.S. and Israeli officials have described this attack as ineffective, largely repelled by Israeli and U.S. forces. But we’re learning in the aftermath that some missiles, or perhaps pieces of missiles after impacts with interceptors did get through. Perhaps the closest call, one that took place just to the north of us here in Tel Aviv, right near the Mossad headquarters. You can see in the distance there, and I believe we have closer pictures, the headquarters of the international intelligence services of Israel coming within about a kilometer of there. And there have been other impacts at air bases and elsewhere. Israel might count itself lucky that there weren’t casualties on its territory. There was someone killed in the West Bank. Right now attention turning to how Israel will respond. Israeli officials have said there will be serious consequences and the menu of potential targets for Israeli retaliation range from air defense installations inside Iran to oil refineries, right up to and including the possibility at least of strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities. That would be at the top end of the spectrum, one that would be viewed certainly by Iran, but others in the region as a potential escalation of this. Those facilities are ones that Iran protects and holds very dearly. The region on pins and needles now as they wait Israel’s response.”

TAPPER: “All right, Jim Sciutto in Tel Aviv, thank you so much.”