As World Leaders meet in New York to try and avert all out war. The idf has called up two brigades to the northern borderfor what could be an imminent invasion. Sir Keir Starmer is urging british nationals to leave lebanon now. 700 troops are on their way to nearby cyprus to prepare for a possible evacuation. Well be live tonight in beirut and New York, where the un Security Council is soon to meet. Welcome to the programme. The head of the israeli armed forces, Herzi Halevi, has said preparations are being made for a possible Ground Invasion of lebanon. Visiting his troops in northern israel today, general halevi, said the Air Force will continue degrading hezbollah, to such a point that they can put boots on the ground. Two brigades of reserve soldiers have been called up for operational missions on the northern front. Israel says it has hit more than 100 Targets Today mostly in the south. Lebanons Health Ministry says 51 people were killed, and more than 200 wounded. Meanwhile hezbo
he worked for us, cnn in our rome bureau and london bureau. he was a long time camera man. he covered the civil war in beirut. his producer says he have shot by what the producer says was a sniper on the government side as he was lifting his camera to his shoulder he have hit just below the heart in his chest area. did not die immediately but died pretty soon afterwards. reuters photo journalist shot and wounded. hit in the leg. she s been treated a t a hospital and another journalist may also have been shot as this day continues. terrible situation. this coup that removed president morsi from office lit the fuse that set off this very crisis that s unfolding right now.
sized at this point. i lived in a civil war in beirut for four years. these are incredibly messy situations. people don t don t show up with uniforms. you can have a flash mob turn into a planned thing. you can have planned in front of a flash mob. this is a contrived story in the sense that this is the end of the obama foreign policy. ambassador there you have the contributions of cbs, time magazine, nbc and the new york times. that is the mainstream media. part of their problem is the disconnect between their elite status and the vast majority of the american people who know when an american ambassador and three of his colleagues are killed in an american consulate, it is big news. in the middle of a presidential campaign, you bet they expect the two candidates who are vying to be the commander-in-chief to talk aboutde why americans are being killed and nothing is being