Thank you for having me again, stephen. Ambassador Danny Danon in new york, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for having me again, stephen. Its a pleasure to have you on hardtalk. Now, israel is currently fighting a multi front war. How much pressure, both military and diplomatic, would you say israel is under right now . Stephen, a year after October 7th and israel is still under attack, not only from hamas In Gaza, but also from lebanon, yemen, iraq, iran. We have seven fronts, and unfortunately we have casualties. Israelis are dying from those rockets, but we are determined, we are determined to win this war. We realise we dont have any other choice, and that is why we have seen that we moved forward both In Gaza and with hezbollah. You know, we are a peaceful nation. If you would have asked me a year before that what we are doing now will happen, i will tell you, no way, because we have no desire to be in any conflict, not with hamas, not with iran, not with hezbollah. And all those a
Countrys year long Military Campaign as a Sacred Mission which will continue so long as its existence is threatened. Benjamin netanyahu said the operations in gaza, lebanon and elsewhere in the region must not be stopped as he put it prematurely. His remarks came in a televised address at The End of commemorations marking the first anniversary of the deadly attacks by hamas. This morning and through the night, Rocket Warnings have continued to sound in northern israel. Israels military says Suhail Hussein husseini the target of its latest Air Strikes on beirut oversaw logistics and Weapons Transfers with iran. Hezbollah has not confirmed hes been killed. Lets Ta Ke lets take you live to the region, these are the latest pictures we have coming in at Bbc London of the skyline over beirut. More strikes in recent hours. Our Correspondentjoe Inwood has the latest. Beirut plunged into darkness by this spreading war. Huge swathes of the city illuminated only by the explosions of incoming miss
Countrys year long Military Campaign as A Sacred Mission which will continue so long as its existence is threatened. Benjamin netanyahu said the operations in gaza, lebanon and elsewhere in the region must not be stopped as he put it prematurely. His remarks came in a televised address at The End of commemorations marking the first anniversary of the deadly attacks by hamas. Israel says Suhail Hussein husseini the target of its Beirut Air Strike oversaw logistics for hezbollah which is designated a Terrorist Group by countries including the us and the uk. Hezbollah hasnt confirmed hes been killed. In a televised statement its Deputy Leader claimed hezbollah s capabilities were intact and that Israel Israel was, in his words, deluded to think otherwise. Here are the live pictures. This is the capital, beirut. We know from israels military that its Ground Troops had started operations in south west lebanon, that is a change, they tend to focus on the South East of the border but now the
On the lebanese capital, where there have been further Air Strikes today. Israel further Air Strikes today. Says it is expanding its Ground Israel says it is expanding its Ground Invasion of lebanon. The target, according to israel, was suhail hussein husseini. He played a crucial role in Weapons Transfers from iran. Hezbollah, designated a Terrorist Group by countries like the uk and us, have not confirmed his death. Meanwhile, the decalitre of hezbollah has made a televised statement here insisting his organisation s capabilities remain intact and said israel was deluded to think otherwise and that the group had fulfilled all of its senior positions after the strides of recent weeks. This is the scene just across the skyline of beirut, the capital of lebanon. You can see the thick smoke there above the capital. In the last few minutes, israel has said that 25 projectiles were fired from lebanon, that is the israel defense force, saying they have identified projectiles which usually
Involved in either. There are so many layers of complexity to what is going on in seven lebanon at the moment. As hezbollah sends those missiles towards israel for that and the idf tries to push for that you heard Antonio Guterres defending the palestinian refugees and the work that they are doing for the place talking about the number of people displaced, 60,000 In Northern Israel for the more than1 million here in lebanon for the people who had to flee their homes because of the fighting. You listen to what is being said and you listen to whats going on, hes talking about diplomatic solutions, ways to try and solve theirs. None of those seem to be getting any closerjust yet. And he had some pretty blunt things to say also about israel is conducting the campaign in gaza. He said there is something fundamentally wrong with the way israels war in gaza is being conducted. He also said they are ordering civilians to evacuate does not keep them safe if there is no safe place to go. That wi