Hezbollah is part of the political game here in lebanon. It is almost the only party that is, you know, armed and lebanon and also has representation in the parliament. But has engaged in fights and conflict with israel since it started in 19805 until this latest confrontation that we are living these days. Frank, a lot of people i think certainly after the attack we saw a couple of nights ago, that unprecedented attack in terms of Scale And Size that iran launched on israel. One question which people are asking is why did iran Attack Israel and will israel now Attack Iran . Ok, so this really goes back to april the 1st, when the israeli Air Force carried out an airstrike on Irans Consulate in damascus, killing a number of Iranian Revolutionary Guards officers, including allegedly the man who was coordinating the flow of arms from iran through syria to hezbollah in lebanon. And that was an attack on a diplomatic premise, the international outrage was pretty muted. Iran said it would re
The crater it left filled with visions of what if. The us said this attack had twice the scope of irans last bombardment in april. Not all the targets hit were military. One landed in this residential suburb of tel aviv. Neighbours rushing through repairs before thejewish new year tonight. Temporary solutions to the problems of a regional war. 83 year old schmulik s home, one of more than A Hundred houses damaged here. Everybody was scared because the blast, it was an enormous blast. And when we get out of the shelter, We Saw something not from this world. All the house was glasses, no windows, no doors. The impact site around 100 metres from his front door, another what if. This is the second time in six months that iran has attacked israel directly. Actions that were once seen as red lines are now becoming routine. Each time, the line between Message And Miscalculation is paper thin, and each time demands a response. Israels Prime Minister has promised a response will come. Translati
Your people back into their homes, you dont escalate to deescalate. And obviously now, with the iranian retaliation, israelis are in their shelters as they go into the new years holiday weekend. Ben . Yeah. I think, you know, since October 7th, the Biden Administration has had a number of goals, one was to provide support to israel as it aims to go after hamas, but then also one of the principle goals of u. S. Diplomacy since October 7th had been avoiding deescalation into lebanon, precisely because i think there was an understanding that lebanon could be kind of the Trip Wire to this broader regional war that essentially, you know, it is one thing if there is a conflict In Gaza, that alone is destabilizing enough and is obviously brought a tremendous Human Toll and has grinded on for a full year. But the concern has always been that if israel launched a Ground Operation and significantly escalated things in lebanon that could draw iran into a conflict in a direct way as were seeing to
Good day. Im Chris Jansing, live at Msnbc Headquarters in new York City. An unthinkable tragedy on every level, with communities torn apart, with the Death Toll from Hurricane Helene rising almost by the hour, the focus shifts now to the basics. Food, water, gas, power, as Tens Of Thousands plead for help that for many still hasnt come. The president says that help is on the way, but how long can people hold out . Plus, after killing Hezbollahs Leader, israel issues a stark warning to the rest of its enemies. You can run, but you cant hide. Now the u. S. Secretary of state claims that diplomacy remains the only path to peace. And the path towards the second largest Voting Bloc in the u. S. At a whole new level. Kamala harris blasting Donald Trump as he doubles down on his antimigrant messaging and his attacks on her. A lot to get to. A very busy monday. But we begin down south, where residents are facing a Mindnumbing Level of devastation left by Hurricane Helene. Lives and homes lost,