Watch: CNN's Anderson Cooper leaves Tel Aviv hotel studio amid missile alert

In a tense and unprecedented moment during a live broadcast, veteran CNN anchor Anderson Cooper, along with correspondents Clarissa Ward and Jeremy Diamond, were compelled to urgently evacuate their Tel Aviv hotel studio amid a missile alert triggered by an Iranian attack.They were discussing the escalating Israel‑Iran crisis around 3 a.m. local time when air‑raid sirens began sounding, accompanied by smartphone alerts warning of an impending missile strike. Ward informed viewers: “I should just say that we’re now hearing an alert.” Cooper explained, “These are the alerts… It’s a 10‑minute warning of incoming missiles or something incoming from Iran.” With less than ten minutes before impact, the team swiftly began moving guests and equipment into the hotel’s bomb shelter.

Cooper, visibly rattled, reassured viewers of their intention to continue broadcasting, “even if we can, on the way down.” A brief technical glitch ensued as they descended, but the live feed resumed with distance shots and sirens blaring in the background.“It is a luxury to have a 10‑minute warning,” Cooper remarked once in the shelter, highlighting Israel’s early warning system.

This incident unfolded amid an intense military exchange between Iran and Israel. The alert followed reportedly more than 40 missiles launched from Iran in retaliation to recent US strikes on Iranian nuclear installations, with at least 23 people injured and extensive infrastructural damage reported in several Israeli cities Anderson Cooper was mocked by President Donald Trump Monday as he called him Allison Cooper when he called out fake news for not emphasizing how successful Operation Midnight Hammer was.

"The sites that we hit in Iran were totally destroyed, and everyone knows it. Only the Fake News would say anything different in order to try and demean, as much as possible — And even they say they were “pretty well destroyed!” Working especially hard on this falsehood is Allison Cooper of Fake News CNN, Dumb Brian L.

Roberts, Chairman of “Con”cast, Jonny Karl of ABC Fake News, and always, the Losers of, again, Concast’s NBC Fake News. It never ends with the sleazebags in the Media, and that’s why their Ratings are at an ALL TIME LOW — ZERO CREDIBILITY!" Trump posted on Truth Social.