Sciutto shared footage from Israel, where reported Iranian missiles flew overhead as he reported on ongoing conflict in the region.
CNN reporter Jim Sciutto has shared terrifying footage from Tel Aviv, Israel, where the on-air personality took cover Tuesday from Iranian missiles that rained down on the city close to his post atop a tall hotel in the region.
The 54-year-old posted video to X of rockets touching down near where his team was reporting in the Israeli city, with the audio capturing Sciutto telling his colleagues to take shelter amid the attack.
“Oh God. Okay, guys, we’ve got to get off the roof. These are coming down right next to us, here,” Sciutto said in the video. “They’re coming down, one just about… we’ve got to go inside.”
A CNN report indicated that “sirens blared” around Sciutto on the roof of his hotel during the moment, and that “a missile landed near where Sciutto was reporting, and he sought cover with his team” amid the attack.
Later, when he returned to the network’s live coverage, he confirmed that the missiles impacted roughly a quarter of a mile from his location.
“I have to imagine there was damage,” he estimated, later calling the developments a “deadly fireworks display” over Tel Aviv, though a press announcement from Israel Defense Forces spokesperson, Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari, indicated that there were no casualties reported in the immediate aftermath.
Still, CNN’s Wolf Blitzer speculated on air that this could “explode into a regional war, big time,” especially after a reported shooting attack killed multiple people in Tel Aviv the same day, per Reuters.
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According to the Associated Press, the conflict stems from Israel’s sustained conflict with Iran-backed militia groups Hezbollah and Hamas.
Iran took responsibility for the missile attack on Israel and “referenced Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and Revolutionary Guard Gen. Abbas Nilforushan, both killed in an Israeli airstrike last week in Beirut” as reasoning for the assault. The outlet continued: “It also mentioned Ismail Haniyeh, a top leader in Hamas who was assassinated in Tehran in a suspected Israeli attack in July. It warned this attack represented only a ‘first wave,’ without elaborating.”
Israel recently began operations against Hezbollah in Lebanon, amid Israel’s sustained assault on Gaza. Israel’s attacks have killed thousands in the aftermath of terrorist group Hamas’ deadly October 2023 attack on Israel.
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