Or, after the business of the exploding pagers and the continuing targeted bombings, is he hoping to continue humiliating hezbollah and showing it up as powerless? but suppose hezbollah hangs on and keeps firing missiles at israel, to the point where mr netanyahu feels he s got to take that extra step of putting israeli boots on lebanese soil? i spoke to nafiseh kohnavad, a middle east correspondent of bbc world service, at her flat in beirut. Nafiseh originally worked as a journalist in iran, but was forced to leave after asking too many hard questions of iran s political leaders. At the moment that i m talking to you, israeli air strikes have intensified significantly. For the first time, when hassan nasrallah, the leader of hezbollah, was giving a speech, he clearly mentioned that now this is a new phase, and that the group was expecting that israeli forces may enter southern lebanon by land. Before that, erm, all words were around that both sides don t want all out war. Now, you re
Bombings, is he hoping to continue humiliating hezbollah and showing it up as powerless? but suppose hezbollah hangs on and keeps firing missiles at israel, to the point where mr netanyahu feels he s got to take that extra step of putting israeli boots on lebanese soil? i spoke to nafiseh kohnavad, a middle east correspondent of bbc world service, at her flat in beirut. Nafiseh originally worked as a journalist in iran, but was forced to leave after asking too many hard questions of iran s political leaders. At the moment that i m talking to you, israeli air strikes have intensified significantly. For the first time, when hassan nasrallah, the leader of hezbollah, was giving a speech, he clearly mentioned that now this is a new phase, and that the group was expecting that israeli forces may enter southern lebanon by land. Before that, erm, all words were around that both sides don t want all out war. Now, you re in beirut, of course, and i can hear, in the background, children playing.
Be a dry start to the weekend. Tomorrow starts dry and ChIlly Chubut there wIll be some wet and WIndy Weather later In the day. Dry and chIlly too. Fresh attacks have contInued on the lebanese CapItal BeIrut overnIght. It comes after Israels MIlItary carrIed out a StrIke South of the CIty Yesterday targetIng Hezbollah Leader Hassan Nasrallah. It has not been confIrmed If he was In the buIldIngs when It was struck. Lebanons Health MInIstry say sIx people were kIlled and 91 Injured. Our reporter SImon Jones has the latest. ExplosIons, screamIng new strIkes overnIght on Southern BeIrut. Israels mIlItary saId It was targetIng buIldIngs storIng hezbollah weapons underneath them. Hezbollah denIed they were arms depots. ExplosIons. EarlIer, a serIes of massIve explosIons. It Is thought the target here was the Hezbollah Leader Hassan Nasrallah. It Is unclear whether he was any of the buIldIngs that were hIt. Iran, whIch backs hezbollah, has called the attack a dangerous, game changIng escalatI
Correspondent with decades of experience reporting from conflict zones around the world. Lets get to it. It has been an extraordinary day so far where you are. Just give me a sense of the mood over the last few hours. I of the mood over the last few hours. , ~. , hours. I dont know if the cuests hours. I dont know if the guests can hours. I dont know if the guests can hear hours. I dont know if the guests can hear the hours. I dont know if the guests can hear the ambulances around me. Its a terrible day in the country and we feel it in the country and we feel it in beirut. Hundreds of Air Strikes that took place in Southern Lebanon pushing hundreds of thousands of civilians out of their homes. The latest figures the Ministry Of Health have given is that over 120, 182 people have been killed including women and children and paramedics and more than 700 injured. These figures are likely to arise in the coming hours as the Rescue Operation is still ongoing and hospitals are running to re
News headlines. Good afternoon. Its 3 00. Im sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom. Your top story this houn newsroom. Your top story this hour. The princess of wales has thanked the public for their support as the first photo of the royal was published after her Abdominal Surgery. The image, posted on social media to mark mothers day, was taken by the prince of wales in windsor earlier this week. Sitting down, princess catherine is surrounded by her children Prince George, Princess Charlotte and prince louis. She was admitted to hospital on january 16th and left two weeks later following planned operation. Shes expected to return to her royal dufies expected to return to her royal duties after easter , and Police Duties after easter, and police say an incident at Buckingham Palace is not being treated as terror related. Armed officers detained a man in the early hours of yesterday morning after a car crashed into the gates. He was arrested on suspicion of criminal damage and has since be