And coming up on sportsday later in the hourt on Bbc News. A new era beckons for everton as an American Billionaire agrees a deal to become the new Majority Owner of the club. Good evening. In whats become the bloodiest day in lebanon, since hezbollah fired rockets into israel following last years October 7th attacks, the lebanese government says more than 270 people, including 21 children, have been killed in heavy israeli bombardments. The Israel Defense Force says it was targeting hundreds of hezbollah positions, while the iranian backed group, which is a proscribed terror organisation, says it fired dozens of rockets at israel. America says it is sending additional troops to the area. Orla guerin, is the in the lebanese Capital Beirut for us now. A massive bombardment began this morning at about 7am local time. Initially it was targets in Southern Lebanon that were being pounded, but by this Evening Israel was striking targets in the Bekaa Valley in the east. The idf is saying it h
and you ll also find several opinion columns on both sides of the debate. i was not trying to interrupt you there, rosemary, just a technical glitch. israel says it has arrested an american who is in the country illegally, claim tock a navy s.e.a.l. and plotting terror attacks. authorities say the suspect was armed with ammunition and explosives stolen from the israeli military. ben weederman has more. reporter: an israeli magistrate has charged an american citizen with planning to conduct terror attacks against muslim holy sites in israel. according to issues by the israeli shin bet, the equivalent of the fbi and the israeli justice ministry, adam livix came to israel in early 2013. initially he lived in the palestinian cities of bethlehem and hebron, where according to the shin bet he was approached
ministry, adam livix came to iz fleel early 2013. initially he lived in the palestinian cities of bethlehem an and hebron where he was appro h approached by a palestinian man where he was given a sniper rifle to assassinate barack obama during a visit to the regi region. he reportedly refused. later he shared an apartment in israel with a soldier from the army. he made it clear to his israeli acquaintances his hatred for israel s arab population and his intention to attack muslim holy sites. during his interrogation, he confessed to staking out such sites for a possible attack. his flat mate, the soldier, apparently sold explosives from the army and sod them and told his israeli friends who was a former navy s.e.a.l.