Longtime CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer went on air Saturday morning following the U.S. and Israel launching a significant assault on Iran, and the primary phrases out of his mouth have been ominous.
“Looks like this is gonna escalate big time in the coming hours, and days, for that matter,” Blitzer mentioned moments after becoming a member of “First of All with Victor Blackwell” at round 8 a.m. Saturday.
Blitzer’s assertion got here as Blackwell was recapping Iran’s retaliatory strikes on Israel and U.S. army websites throughout the area. Blackwell famous that Iran Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had “promised an expanded regional response” within the occasion of a strike, and “we’re now seeing it.”
Trump introduced at 2:30 a.m. Saturday through Truth Social that the strikes had occurred, urging the Iranian public to stand up towards its management and “seize control of your destiny.” Iranian state media mentioned later that day that a minimum of 201 folks had been killed and greater than 700 injured within the assaults.
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