With our team and the teens of the other mediators as well as with the israelis to get to a ceasefire and hostage deal along the framework president biden laid out to get calm between israel and along the border between israel and lebanon and ultimately to get to a broader circumstance of regional stability. Our senior international correspondent lucy williamson sent this report from northern israel. Explosions by the time the sirens came, northern israel was awake. Israeli fighterjets bombing hezbollah launch sites, the army said, before hundreds of drones and rockets met israel s air defences overhead. The fight clearly visible from yuval s house, six miles from the border. We felt really large explosions. We felt like an earthquake, the whole ground was moving, like my windows were all shaking, the keys in the door like everything was shaking. So i went outside to look at it and i just saw the whole sky is bright, bright, all engines. There was an explosion like every three second
In retaliation for the assassination of one of its top commanders in lebanon last month. Jon donnison has the latest from jerusalem. 4 30 in the morning, and israels biggest attack on hezbollah since the full scale war back in 2006. Its military says around 100 fighter jets hit hezbollah targets across southern lebanon, in what israel says were pre emptive strikes. And the barrage went on and on. A short while ago, the idf identified hezbollah Terrorist Organisation preparing to fire missiles, rockets towards israeli territory. In a self defence act to remove these threats, the idf is striking Terror Targets in lebanon, from Which Hezbollah was planning to launch their attacks on israeli civilians. For its part, hezbollah says it fired more than 300 rockets and missiles across the border. Many were shot down by israels Missile Defence system. But some got through. This house was hit in the northern coastal town of acre. Translation we didnt even get| the chance to close the closet door
Positions in lebanon, saying it was pre empting plans for a large scale attack. Israels Prime Minister has promised to do everything to protect the country. Lets speak to jasmine el gamal, a former middle east adviser to the Us Department of defence. Welcome. Just before we talk about where we are with the conversations taking place in cairo and trying to reach some kind of ceasefire and sausage lease deal, just reflect on what were seeing today. Summer hostage release deal. What were seeing today. Summer hostage release deal. What were seeing today. Summer hostage release deal. Where do we go from here . Thank hostage release deal. Where do we go from here . Thank you hostage release deal. Where do we go from here . Thank you so hostage release deal. Where do we go from here . Thank you so much hostage release deal. Where do we go from here . Thank you so much for from here . Thank you so much for having me first of all. You said, all the parties from the region the reason the region
Hezbollah says the first phase of its attack is over. Speaking within the last hour, its leader Hassan Nasrallah said the attack was focused on striking military and intelligence targets involved in the killing of a Senior Member of hezbollah, fouad shukr. Our middle east correspondent jon donnison explains more about the latest escalation. 4 30 in the morning, and israels biggest attack on hezbollah since the full scale war back in 2006. Its military says around 100 fighterjets Hit Hezbollah targets across southern lebanon, in what israel says were pre emptive strikes. And the barrage went on and on. A short while ago, the idf identified hezbollah Terrorist Organisation preparing to fire missiles, rockets towards israeli territory. In a self defence act to remove these threats, the idf is striking Terror Targets in lebanon, from Which Hezbollah was planning to launch their attacks on israeli civilians. For its part, hezbollah says it fired more than 300 rockets and missiles across the
Hassan nasrallah said the attack was focused on striking military and intelligence targets involved in the killing of fouad shukr. Untranslated. More analysis of that speech coming up more analysis of that speech coming up shortly. But first, our middle east Correspondentjon Donnison explains more about the latest escalation. 4 30 in the morning, and israels biggest attack on hezbollah since the full scale war back in 2006. Its military says around 100 fighterjets Hit Hezbollah targets across southern lebanon, in what israel says were pre emptive strikes. And the barrage went on and on. A short while ago, the idf identified hezbollah Terrorist Organisation preparing to fire missiles, rockets towards israeli territory. In a self defence act to remove these threats, the idf is striking Terror Targets in lebanon, from Which Hezbollah was planning to launch their attacks on israeli civilians. For its part, hezbollah says it fired more than 300 rockets and missiles across the border. Many w