Welcome to the World Today an hour of international news from the bbc. The Israeli Military says it will step up its offensive against hezbollah in lebanon, after mondays intense bombardment which s killed more than 560 people. Bombardment which has killed more than 560 people. It was the deadliest bombardment the country has seen in decades. President biden has warned the United Nations General Assembly of the need to prevent a Full Scale War. Fierce Cross Border clashes are continuing with hezbollah Launching Dozens of rockets from lebanon, shown here in purple. The locations of Israels Air strikes are marked in red. In the past few hours, the Israeli Military says it has killed a senior Hezbollah Commander in its strike on beirut. These pictures show the extent of the destruction and the wreckage in the aftermath of that attack. Its led to a Mass Escape of civilians from their homes, causing gridlock on the roads. Tens of thousands of people have been trying to move further north. W
Throughout the entire day, with much of this beginning in the morning, and American Smith waking up to a drastically different world now. The president , speaking last hour, saying that the u. S. Has israels back, saying that there were just incredibly appalling images, raining down on israeli cities in, and confirming that entire families have been taking hostage, by hamas. I believe we now have former white house spokesperson jen psaki, and host of msnbcs inside with jen psaki. Im going to play a little bit of the president s remarks, and then we will talk on The Other Side, jen. In this moment of tragedy, i want to say to them, and to the world, and to terrorists everywhere, that the United States stands with israel. We will not ever fail to have their back. We will make sure that they have the help that their citizens need, and they can continue to defend themselves. Jen, before we go into really the scope of the attack, and your reaction to that, what is your reaction to the presi