And increase success rates. Hello. Now, as the crisis in the Middle East deepens, we re taking a look back at the events of the past few weeks and asking how we got to this point and what the violence means for the future of the region. Bbc arabic S Beirut Correspondent Carine Torbey has this special report. Explosions. Ballistic missiles rained down on israel. An unprecedented response by iran after weeks of israeli escalation. Pushing the region to dangerous new precipice. Explosions. This is the story of how the past few weeks brought the Middle East to a dangerous new moment. Translation the Status Quo cannot continue. This requires a change in the Balance Of Power on our northern border. Hezbollah launched the first attack against israeli positions last year on October The 8th in support of gaza. Israel retaliated. A year on from those exchanges of fire at the a year on from those exchanges of fire, the conflict has reached a new level. The 17th Of September Saw a new escalation b
And its the stuff of boxing legend. The glove that saved Muhammad Ali from defeat in a legendary match is about to go up for auction this month. Now, as the crisis in the Middle East deepens, we re taking a look back at the events of the past few weeks and asking how we got to this point and what the violence means for the future of the region. Bbc arabic S Beirut Correspondent Carine Torbey has this special report. Explosions. Ballistic missiles rain down on israel. An unprecedented response by iran after weeks of israeli escalation. Pushing the region to a dangerous new precipice. Explosions. This is the story of how the past few weeks brought the Middle East to a dangerous new moment. Translation the Status Quo cannot continue. This requires a change in the Balance Of Power on our northern border. Hezbollah launched the first attack against israeli positions last year on October The 8th in support of gaza. Israel retaliated. A year on from those exchanges of fire, the conflict has r
Explosions and strikes in the southern suburbs of lebanon s capital beirut less than an hour after the israeli army issued an evacuation order for the area. Meanwhile, the afp news agency cites hezbollah sources saying its forces are fighting israeli troops near the lebanon israel border. Israel earlier said its forces have hit more than 2000 sites since it 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 about 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 we
The attack as a historic turning point. He said israel had finally settled the score with a man responsible for the murder of countless israelis. Hassan nasrallah had led the iranian backed group, proscribed as a Terrorist Group by western and arab governments, for over 30 years. Irans supreme leader said his death would be avenged as the country called for an Emergency Meeting of the un security council. This is the scene live In Beirut this morning the Israel Defense forces say they have carried out dozens of Air Strikes on hezbollah targets overnight. Biv President biden said the hezbollah Leaders Death President biden said the hezbollah Leaders Death was a Measure Ofjustice , as he reiterated calls for both sides to accept the terms of a 21 day ceasefire. With the latest, heres simonjones. Distant explosions the israeli bombardment of lebanon explosions. And by day, but the Big Question is what will israel, hezbollah and the militant groups Backer Iran do next . The israeli Prim
This is the scene live in beirut this morning the Israel Defense forces say they have carried out dozens more Air Strikes on hezbollah targets overnight, killing another senior commander, nabil anuk. President biden said the hezbollah Leaders Death was a Measure Ofjustice, as he reiterated calls for both sides to accept the terms of a 21 Day Ceasefire. With the latest, heres simonjones. Distant explosions. The israeli bombardment of lebanon continues by night. Explosions. And by day, but the Big Question is what will israel, hezbollah and the militant groups back in iran do next . The israeli prime minister described the killing of Hezbollahs Leader on friday as a historic turning point, but said his work is not done. Translation the state of israel eliminated the Master Murderer Hassan Nasrallah. We settled accounts with the one responsible for the murder of countless israelis and many citizens of other countries. Nasrallah was not another terrorist, he was the terrorist. Hassan nasra