Began its Ground Operation in Southern Lebanon on tuesday. This recent map shows weapons strikes across the region. Attacks by israel are shown in red and those by Hezbollah Rockets fired into northern israel are in purple. Israel has ordered residents in these southern lebanese communities around 30 villages, here marked in orange to leave their homes for their own safety. The areas in grey show places which have already received Evacuation Orders since tuesday. On friday morning, an israeli strike cut a key route with syria. Israel says it struck the Masnaa Crossing Because the route was being used by hezbollah to transport weapons. The Masnaa Crossing has been used by thousands of refugees whove been fleeing the bombing by israel. 0ur Correspondent Lucy williamson has the latest from the israel lebanon border. In the last few hours more Air Strikes have been reported in Southern Lebanon and beirut. These are live pictures. 0ur Correspondent Lucy williamson has the latest from the is
That around 180 missiles were launched towards israel around 5. 30 pm local time on tuesday. They were fired across huge swathes of israel, including its largest city Tel Aviv, and the capitaljerusalem. And, these pictures from iranian State Media show the ballistic missiles being launched from Military Sites. Tehran said the attacks were in retaliation for the killings of senior militant leaders, including the hezbollah chief hassan nasrallah. Well, israel have responded by continuing its aerial assault of beirut s southern suburbs. These are live pictures of the lebanese capital. The idf said it had targeted a number of hezbollah sites as it orders 25 lebanese villages to evacuate. Both the us and uk were involved in helping to protect israel from yesterdays Missile Attack. Our Correspondentjon Donnison had to seek shelter when the missiles were fired. Hes injerusalem and sent this report. Sirens blare. Israel was warned it was coming. But this was irans revenge almost 200 ballistic
Where israel has warned of grave consequences after iran launched a barrage of missiles across the country on tuesday. Israelis were told to take refuge in Bomb Shelters as explosions lit up the night sky. Israels prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promiseD Iran would be punished, whilst the iranian government warned it would hit all of Israels Infrastructure if they retaliated. In a new development, the Israel Defense forces says its sending another Military Division including infantry and Armoured Units Tojoin its Ground Operation in southern lebanon. With me is Parham Ghobadi from bbc persian. How does this attack last night compare with what we saw by Iran And Israel in april . Maor differences, D Iran and israel in april . Maor differences, this i Iran And Israel in april . Maor differences, this was i differences, this was definitely more significant and even the pentagon confirmed that it was wider in scope compared to the first iranian Missile Attack back in april. The other maj
To their homes in the north. Meanwhile, the deputy chief of hezbollah, naim qaissem, said the groups fighters are ready to confront an invasion. He acknowledged the assassination of leader, hassan nasrallah, was a big blow but said all fallen commanders would soon be replaced. We have corresponded around the world reporting on this developing story. Anna foster is in beirut, lucy williams is in israel, and joe photo is in jerusalem and tom bateman is in washington. Firstly let s hear from lucy. We ve been hearing helicopters overhead for a while now and also the sound of artillery, some distance away, earlier, a series of loud explosions that we heard here close to the border as israel confirmed that it had launched what it s calling limited and targeted ground raids terrorist targets in the area. It s not clear at this stage what sort of scale form those raids are taking but we have witnessed a buildup of troops and tanks here at the border over the last few days, we saw a couple of