Told the general lebanon. As i told the general assembly yesterday, we should all be alarmed by the escalation stop to all sides, let us say with a clear voice, stop the killing and destruction, tone down the rhetoric and threats, step back from the brink. An allout war must be avoided at all costs. It would surely be an allout catastrophe. The prime minister of lebanon told the security council that it was vilely in his country s sovereignty and call for a wider ceasefire to include gaza. Translation: today i would like gaza. Translation: today i would like to gaza. Translation: today i would like to call gaza. Translation: today i would like to call upon gaza. Translation: today i would like to call upon the i would like to call upon the council would like to call upon the council to act seriously and immediately to guarantee the withdrawal of israel from all of the withdrawal of israel from all of the occupied lebanese territories and in the violations that are repeated on a da
There s been no indication yet from israel or hezbollah if they will agree to the terms of the proposed ceasefire. It all comes as israel continued deadly air raids in southern lebanon on wednesday, killing at least 72 people, according to lebanon s health ministry. It brings the death toll from israeli strikes in lebanon to nearly 600 just this week. Lebanon says a quarter of those killed have been women and chlidren. Israel s military chief has told troops that israel s air strikes could pave the way for a possible ground invasion into lebanon. Israel said wednesday it intercepted a ballistic missile fired by hezbollah towards tel aviv the first such rocket to target the city. The un secretarygeneral warned on wednesday that hell is breaking loose in lebanon. Antonio guterres made the remarks at an emergency security council meeting convened as world leaders and diplomats gathered in new york for the 79th un general assembly. Hell is breaking loose in lebanon. As i told the general
An IsraelI Army ChIef tells hIs troops to prepare for a Ground InvasIon In lebanon. What would that look lIke, what Is as real S Goal and what would Iran do . And just under a year ago, and what would Iran do . And just undera yearago, I must and what would Iran do . And just under a year ago, I must make attacked the Nova MusIc FestIval and kIlls more than 360 young people In southern Israel. TonIght we wIll speak to two of the survIvors. Good evenIng. ComIng up. The latest on the Intense dIplomacy goIng on In New York, as the un SecurIty CouncIl meets on the MIddle East sItuatIon. These are the lIve pIctures. Its an Emergency SessIon of the councIl. NIck wIll brIng you the detaIls shortly. FIrst, almost a year ago on October 7th, people and sItes across southern Israel were attacked by hamas, proscrIbed as a TerrorIst OrganIsatIon by multIple governments. One of theIr targets was a festIval, the Nova MusIc FestIval, where thousands of young people had gathered for a rave. Tomorrow a
Killed, including 35 children, killed, including 35 children, and at least 1,600 others i urge you, take this warning seriously. Don t let hezbollah endanger your lives and the lives of your loved ones. Don t let hezbollah endanger lebanon. Please get out of harm s way now. But where to find safety in the middle of all this? explosion. Screaming. For one man, too late. My siblings and their children were all killed here, he says. The israeli army insists its air strikes are destroying weapons, some hidden in homes, and it accuses hezbollah of using civilians as human shields. 0n the roads from the south, a mass exodus. So many heading to beirut that the motorway became a oneway system. Ahmed says everyone fled his village because of air strikes and destruction. There s no one left, he says, we took our belongings and went. So many new homeless now in this expanding war. In beirut, too, fear on the streets and a rush to get home. Are you feeling afraid? sure, mohammed tells me. I m afra
Welcome to bbc News Broadcasting to viewers Around The World. And we start in the Middle East where fears of an all out regional conflict are growing. Lebanese officials say more than 490 people have been killed, including 35 children, and at least 16 Hundred others injured in israeli strikes on the south of the country. The Israel Defense forces say theyve hit 800 positions held by the iranian backed group hezbollah. It says its fired dozens of rockets at israel. The Cross Border strikes have intensified after a series of exploding Device Attacks on hezbollah members were blamed on israel. Ourfirst report come from our senior international correspondent, Orla Guerin whos in beirut. Explosion. Southern lebanon awoke to this. It looks like all out war. The israeli army says it hit 1,300 hezbollah sites today. There were Gaza Style warnings, telling residents to go, including from the israeli leader. Now, starting this morning the idf has warned you to get out of Harms Way. I urge you, t