As we've been reporting, Iran embarked on a rare DIRECT attack of missiles and drones on Israel, as retaliation for Israel's strike on a an Iranian consulate building in Syria.

The Arab world and the US now urging Israel to practice restraint, saying the nation should NOT retaliate.

For more on this, we're joined LIVE on the KCBS Ring Central Newsline by Sean Foley, Professor at Middle Tennessee State University, he specializes in the contemporary history and politics of the Middle East.