Caitlyn Jenner, CNN’s Scott Jennings stuck in Israel with other stars amid fears of nuclear war: ‘Not getting out’

A group of Americans visiting Israel were prevented from leaving Friday, as the military strike against Iran and the subsequent retaliatory effort locked down the nation’s airports. 

CNN’s Scott Jennings posted videos of Israeli war planes flying over his hotel on Thursday evening and shared what was happening on the ground. 

‘Definitely not getting out today. Lol,’ Jennings told the Daily Mail on Friday from his hotel in Tiberius, on the shore of the Sea of Galilee.

‘From my hotel balcony I watched jets streaming over head headed west to east,’ he detailed in text messages.

Jennings said he was monitoring emergency alerts that came through on his phone but ‘didn’t feel in danger initially.’

‘The most tense time was waiting for the Iranian response. And then of course we got the news that all the drones were neutralized,’ he said.

The Israeli military warned citizens to take cover in bomb shelters on Friday evening noting that ‘dozens’ of Iranian ballistic missiles were en route to Israel.

Smoke appeared across the Tel Aviv skyline as Israel’s defensive Iron Dome began intercepting the missiles and air raid sirens sounded in the city. 

CNN’s Scott Jennings visting Israel as the bombs fell in Iran

Israeli Iron Dome air defense system fires to intercept missiles over Tel Aviv, Israel,

On early Friday morning Israel deployed over 200 warplanes in a coordinated strike on Iranian military and nuclear sites, killing at least four of the country’s military commanders, according to reports.

Jennings revealed earlier he was moved to a safe room during a rocket attack in Jerusalem as ‘the locals take it all in stride.’

‘Israel expertly carried out an attack on the enemies of Western Civilization, and I’m glad I had a front row seat,’ he added. ‘This place is very secure.’

Caitlyn Jenner, the famed Olympian who is now a transgender woman, was in Israel for Tel Aviv’s Pride Parade, which was called off on Friday due to security concerns following the strikes.

Jenner is staying at the David Intercontinental Hotel in Tel Aviv, according to an Israel Hayom report.

“I spoke with my daughter Kylie, and she urged me to stay safe. I reassured her,’ she stated on an Israeli television news station. ‘Don’t worry, I’ll keep myself safe, and they’ll take care of me.'”

On Thursday, Jenner visited Jerusalem’s Western Wall and posted a picture on social media.

Caitlyn Jenner attends a press conference, prior to her attendance at the Tel Aviv Pride Parade. The parade scheduled for Friday was canceled due to the military strikes 

‘My heart is here, with the beautiful people, in Israel,’ she wrote.  

Earlier in the week, Jenner visited Kibbutz Be’eri and the Nova Festival site and heard firsthand accounts from survivors of the October 7 massacre.

Washington Reporter Matthew Foldi was also in Israel during the military strikes and spoke to WMAL radio host Larry O’Connor on Friday morning. 

‘I have slept for about two hours since I got here,’ he said, referring his visit as ‘my first potential nuclear war rodeo.’ 

Foldi said sirens went off in the middle of the night which sent people into safe locations and bomb shelters. 

‘I haven’t even been here for 24 hours and I’ve already gotten a masters degree in how to withstand a ballistic missile strikes from the mullahs in Iran, which thus far have been completely unsuccessful.’ 

Foldi said that he was able to get lunch and still had Wi-Fi.

‘I’m having a normal day in Israel right now, it just so happens that most of the meetings I had planned aren’t happening,’ he said.