00:02The skeleton of the Gandhi hospital in Tehran has withstood a U.S. or Israeli strike.
00:07But that's about it.
00:09The medical center is in ruins.
00:11Collateral damage in a war supposedly aimed at taking out Iran's nuclear and missile programs.
00:19Nearby residents, who've lost windows and more, are still in shock.
00:24I was sitting watching the news when suddenly the chandelier in the house fell in front of me
00:30and then thick smoke filled the entire place.
00:33And then doors, windows, and a lot of my stuff broke.
00:39Iranian missiles scream over Haifa, Israel, early Tuesday as Tehran hits back.
00:45What's left of Iran's leadership wants revenge.
00:48Deadly barrages like these are driving life in parts of Israel underground.
00:56It's the Jewish festival of Purim.
00:58And in this parking garage in Tel Aviv, a makeshift party is underway.
01:03The Iranian missiles overhead lend a sense of irony not lost on people here
01:08as they gather to hear the story behind the holiday.
01:11It's the story of Haman, who was an evil person who tried to kill all the Jews of Persia many
01:18years ago.
01:19So that's how we start the Jewish holiday here of Purim.
01:22And it's really extra special this year.
01:25First of all, we're in a bomb shelter, so we really feel something special.
01:29But it's also, we're in the middle of a war with Iran.
01:32And it's talking about someone who wanted to kill all of the Jewish people of the time.
01:36But if this started out as a war between a U.S.-Israeli alliance and Iran,
01:40it's now spread far beyond that.
01:46Iran is striking Arab neighbors that host U.S. military sites and diplomatic missions.
01:51Recent targets appear to include the U.S. embassy in Saudi Arabia.
01:55But it's hitting civilian targets in the process, too.
01:59Here, Qatar intercepts yet another Iranian rocket over its capital, Doha.
02:03Iran's foreign minister says these strikes are justified.
02:09We don't seek to regionalize the war.
02:11It will become regional simply because U.S. bases and facilities are spread across our region.
02:15When the United States attacks us, whether by jets or the ships it deploys,
02:20they have access to our territory to strike with all kinds of missiles and aircraft.
02:24We cannot reach their territory, but we can reach their bases.
02:28And Iran is using oil, one of the region's key exports, to ratchet up the pressure.
02:33It's declared this narrow waterway just to itself, the Strait of Hormuz, closed.
02:37And it's vowed to fire on any ship trying to pass through.
02:41A fifth of the world's oil passes through this strait.
02:44And with traffic halted, this regional war has become a global economic headache as oil prices spike.
02:55Iran's not the only one spreading the war.
02:57Israel is hitting neighboring Lebanon, where Iranian proxy group Hezbollah still has a stronghold.
03:03The death toll across the region is rising, and more countries are being swept in.
03:09In the U.S., questions are mounting over where this is all going.
03:13Trump administration officials say they're not interested in regime change.
03:16They say this won't be another Iraq.
03:19But Warren, the war's not over yet.
03:21The next phase will be even more punishing on Iran than it is right now.
03:24Someone was screaming, how long will it take?
03:26I don't know how long it'll take.
03:27We have objectives.
03:28We will do this as long as it takes to achieve those objectives.
03:31But Democrats are skeptical.
03:33Donald Trump has just launched America into a full-scale conflict against one of our most fervent
03:39adversaries without a plan, without an endgame, and without authorization for Congress or even
03:46a debate in full view of the American people.
03:50As the airspace over the Middle East clears out, and those with the passports to do so evacuate,
03:56the people left behind face drones and missiles, with no one able to say when peace might return.
04:02Ryan Wu and John Van Trieste for Taiwan Plus.
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