Concerns of a larger response after Iran fired drones at Israel

 Concerns of a larger response after Iran fired drones at Israel

The timing of this move is quite surprising. A meeting was expected to happen on Sunday between American and Iranian officials to try to find a diplomatic solution to the crisis involving Iran's nuclear programme.

This morning we have seen reports from Iran suggesting it will not take part in those talks.

And we've had an update from the Israeli military saying the Iranian retaliation has begun, with more than 100 drones fired into Israel.

The concern is that this could be part of a larger response by Iran. The drones could be followed by missiles. And the idea could be to overwhelm Israel's air defence systems.

Israeli authorities have been saying for some time that they saw a window of opportunity to attack.

Iran's air defence systems had been severely damaged last year in Israeli air strikes and Iranian proxies in the region, particularly Hezbollah in Lebanon, had been degraded. They had been talking about military action for some time.

And this is a massive attack to happen - we're talking about nuclear facilities, military sites, air defence systems, top military officials and also scientists.