Fox News chief foreign correspondent Trey Yingst delivered a dramatic live report early Saturday morning from Tel Aviv, donning a flak jacket on air as Israel intercepted ballistic missiles fired by Iran overhead amid an escalating regional conflict involving Israel and the United States.
Broadcasting live as air raid sirens wailed across Israel’s second-largest city, Yingst described a rapidly developing situation following American and Israeli strikes against Iranian leadership.
“This is a regional war that is developing following these American and Israeli strikes against Iranian leadership, and you can hear that right now, Griff, air raid sirens are sounding across Israel’s second largest city of Tel Aviv. Stay with me here,” Yingst said, referring to Fox News anchor Griff Jenkins. As the sirens intensified, Yingst calmly turned to a crew member and asked, “Can you grab my vest?”
“Just stay with us, Griff,” he added as he put on the protective jacket, underscoring the immediacy and danger of the moment.
Back in the studio, Jenkins narrated the tense scene unfolding live. “Trey Yingst there in Tel Aviv as he puts on his protective wear, the flak jacket there. Sirens are ringing across Tel Aviv. Sirens have rung across Jerusalem. Iran clearly is retaliating. We have seen Israelis going to the bomb shelters. And Trey, a frightening moment there,” Jenkins said.
Yingst responded by describing what he called a defining moment in the conflict.
“Yeah, right now this is a defining moment. Israeli cities are under attack,” he said. He went on to report that, according to a senior Israeli official speaking to Fox News, Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and Iran’s president, Masoud Pezeshkian, were targeted in the strikes carried out by Israel with American support.
“The Israelis looking to decapitate Iranian leadership to, as how some described in the process, cut the head of the snake,” Yingst explained, adding that the effort was a combined operation backed by the United States.
While noting that battle damage assessments were not yet available, Yingst directed viewers’ attention to the skies above Tel Aviv, where missile interceptors streaked through the air.
“You can see right now there’s a missile interceptor and my cameraman is going to stay on it. There’s two of them right now soaring through the skies over Tel Aviv and you can see those lines of white smoke,” he said. “Those are the interceptors that are currently in the air right now looking to intercept the incoming Iranian ballistic missile fire.”
The images, broadcast live, showed interceptors arcing across the night sky as sirens echoed and millions of Israelis across central parts of the country sought shelter in bomb shelters.
“And Griff, it just gives you a sense of how kinetic all of this is going to be in the hours and days ahead,” Yingst said, as explosions from successful interceptions could be heard in the background.
He referenced President Trump’s overnight address, describing it as a message delivered not only to the American people but to the world. As more explosions sounded in the distance, Yingst emphasized that the missile interceptions were not limited to central Israel, but were taking place across the country as Israeli defenses worked to shoot down incoming Iranian ballistic missiles.
The live report offered viewers an unfiltered look at the high-stakes confrontation unfolding in real time.
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