Hello, im mathew amroliwala. The israeli military says, its expanding its Ground Offensive against hezbollah by moving into a new zone, in south western lebanon. It says it now has some 15,000 soldiers deployed in the south of the country. Hezbollah has fired more than 100 rockets at northern israeli cities and while israel says it shot most of them down, there has been some damage in the Port City of haifa. Amid the fighting, the Deputy Leader of hezbollah has said he supports a call from lebanons parliament, for a ceasefire with israel. Its thought to be the first time hezbollah has called for a ceasefire without tying it to a truce in gaza. 0ur chief international Correspondent Lyse Doucet is in tel aviv. Clear Signs Today of an escalation in israeli military operations in southern lebanon, with forces moving away from the South East where they have been focusing their actions to the south west, giving evacuation Orders Yesterday for people to move out of that area. It said from the
With syria, cutting off a road used by many trying to flee the bombardments. Im Geeta Guru murthy in london. Also coming up. A man who cable tied the hands of three children in western australia, after he caught them in his swimming pool, has been found guilty of two counts of aggravated common assault. The Uk Government is set to announce a plan to invest nearly £22 billion in projects, hoping to capture and store carbon dioxide. Researchers say the worlds first vaccine for ovarian cancer, being developed in the uk, could wipe out the deadly disease. You are live with bbc news, i am Anna Foster here in beirut bringing you the latest on the developing situation, the escalating crisis here in the middle east. We will hearfrom our correspondent here in beirut and Northern Israel and a couple of minutes, and also look at the situation in tehran. Irans supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali khamenei has denounced irans enemies for trying to sow the seeds of division in the islamic world, as He Led
Coverage right noufrmt now. Right now a brutal new warning for around 1 million palestinians, Leave Northern Gaza immediately as the world holds its breath for a possibly imminent Ground Invasion. The damage inside gaza already massive, no fuel, no clean water, hospitals on the verge of collapsing, but will those people be able to leave . And where can they go . And later, the fate of the hostages, President Biden speaking out on the dozens of missing denouncing the barbarism of hamas. This is not even human behavior. Its pure barbarism, and were going to do everything in our power to get them home if we can find them. Right now the Israel Hamas War entering its seventh day. This time with a new warning, israel ordering the entire population of northern gaza to evacuate to the south. Hamas has urged the more than 1 million palestinians to ignore the order. The United Nations calling it, quote, impossible without devastating humanitarian consequences. You can see here the leaflets israe
When the governments of Spain, Norway, and Ireland together announced that they would recognize a state of "Palestine," they assumed a responsibility as patrons to the putative 23rd Arab nation. It was a bold move, but it was all for show. They are out