Welcome to americast. Hello, it s sarah, and i m in the bbc s bureau in washington, dc. And it s justin in the worldwide headquarters of americast in london, england. It is such a big question, isn t it, whether or not the american election is affecting the events in the middle east, and vice versa, whether they will affect the outcome of the election? and a fascinating one, i think, because we often say that foreign policy doesn t really impact on us elections. But i wonder if this is creating enough background noise that it will get into people s heads. I don t think anyone s going to go to the ballot box thinking, you know, i do or do not agree with the administration s policy on precisely the two state solution between israel and palestine. But i do think it creates an atmosphere that will influence people s thinking. So, if we re answering that question first do events in the middle east affect the american election before we get to looking at it the other way around, i think
We start in the middle east, where there have been more overnight israeli strikes in the lebanese capital, beirut. These pictures show a large explosion following one of those strikes. Earlier on saturday, the israeli military had issued orders to residents of specific buildings in southern beirut to evacuate. We don t yet know what was hit in the strikes but israeli forces have bombed areas reported to be hezbollah strongholds. They have also clashed with hezbollah fighters in lebanon s southern border region. The israeli military says it has killed 440 hezbollah fighters since the start of the ground invasion. Meanwhile the border region remains tense hezbollah has fired rockets into northern israel, with reports that this residential buildings were hit. Also on saturday, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, addressed iran 5 missile attack on his country earlier this week saying israel has the duty and the right to defend itself and respond to these attacks and we will do so.
Anxious wait, i think, To see how israel respo another nine shooting attack. Another nine others were injured, some seriously. Please heavy attack near railway station. Israeli media say the two assailants who were seen getting off a Commuter Train where shot dead by a passer by and a security guard. Well, in the last few minutes, the White House national Security Adviser gave this update. National Security Adviser gave this update this update. Today, iran launched this update. Today, iran launched nearly this update. Today, iran launched nearly 200 this update. Today, iran launched nearly 200 ballistic missiles Towards targets in israel. The United States Military coordinated closely with the Israeli Defense Forces To help defend israel against this attack. Us naval destroyers joint israeli Air Defence units and Firing IntercepTors To shoot down inbound missiles. President biden and Vice President harris moniTored the attack and the response from the white House Situation Room joined
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