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00:00Clear skies over Tehran on Saturday morning. But as Iranians woke up to the
00:04news of the new Israeli strikes, some expressed fear of an escalating conflict.
00:11Unfortunately, now that war has erupted in the Middle East,
00:15we are afraid it will affect us too, that it will reach here as well.
00:19This is our fear. Why should we live without peace?
00:24If they attack, we, the workers, are the ones who will be crushed.
00:30But others say they're not worried, some dismissing the pre-dawn strikes as a minor incident.
00:39By strike, do you mean the shots and firecrackers last night,
00:42which didn't wake up anyone in Tehran? If this is Israel's power, then woe to them.
00:50I'm not afraid at all because it was a small attack.
00:53I feel it shows Israel is afraid. If they wanted to, they could have carried out a much larger
00:59attack. In Tel Aviv, there was also little sign of worry,
01:03with Israeli people going about their daily lives.
01:08We heard about the attack in the morning,
01:10but we stuck to our routine and went on our bike ride as we do every Saturday.
01:16There is chaos right now. Nothing that might happen will surprise me.
01:20But I refuse to live in fear.
01:23Some expressed support for the strike, which Israel said targeted facilities used to attack it.
01:29It was a fair and good attack. And you see, life in Tel Aviv is as usual here.
01:37Leaders across the Middle East have strongly condemned the attack,
01:40while the US said it was a defensive strike focused on military targets,
01:45but it joined other nations in calling for a de-escalation.