Metropolitan police say they are aware of the allegations. And the Bank Of England governor says Interest Rates are now gradually on the path down, after Borrowing Costs were held at 5 . Hello and welcome. In the last Hour Weve been monitoring a speech from the Hezbollah Leader, Hassan Nazrallah giving his first public response to two days of attacks in lebanon using sabotaged communication devices. He described the attacks as an unprecedented blood to the iranian fact Militant Group but promised to fight against israel. The number of people killed has risen to thirty seven, with nearly Three Thousand wounded. The Hezbollah Leader accused israel of being behind the operation which he said crossed all Red Lines. Translation thousands of a. Ers translation Thousands Of Pagers were translation Thousands Of Pagers were targeted translation Thousands Of Pagers were targeted by translation Thousands Of Pagers were targeted by the | pagers were targeted by the israeli enemy and detonated at the same time. With this operation the enemy crossed all rules, laws and redlines. It did not care about anything at all, not morally, humanely or legally. Live to our Correspondent Hugo Bachega in beirut. You listen to the entirety of that. Give me your analysis. I that. Give me youranalysis. I think it was interesting that he acknowledged that this was a massive security below, unprecedented in the history of hezbollah. As expected, he promised a harsh punishment, but did not give any indication of how this response is going to be. I think it was also interesting that there was no change in hezbollah� s position. The indication is hezbollah is not interested in an escalation in this conflict with israel saying that for almost a year, hezbollah has been attacking positions in Northern Israel saying this is solidarity with palestinians In Gaza. Hassan nasrallah saying this campaign and these attacks are going to continue unless there is a Cease FireIn Gaza. It has been the main hope here to De Escalate the tensions between Israel And Hezbollah and those negotiations for a Cease FireIn Gaza have been unable to reach a conclusion. Hassan nasrallah also reflected on those decisions that have been taking by the israeli authorities to end the return of the residents who have been displaced in communities in Northern Israel as one of the war goals. He said these attempts by israel will not succeed to and that these attacks by hezbollah are going to continue. So no clear indication of what hezbollah is going to do. As expected, some harsh words against israel saying these attacks that happened here in lebanon amounted to a declaration of war. You said it was a massacre and again, reflecting on the suffering of the population here over the last two days. figs here over the last two days. As ou here over the last two days. As you were talking there we were showing pictures of those is reallyjets that screams really low over beirut over the start of that speech, you have been in that city over the last couple of days. I was talking to someone from beirut in the last hour who said how different the last 48 hours have felt there. What has been like . ,. , have felt there. What has been like . , like . Exactly. It has been different. Like . Exactly. It has been different. We like . Exactly. It has been different. We have like . Exactly. It has been different. We have seen i like . Exactly. It has been i different. We have seen this conflict has been by and large contained two areas along the border between lebanon and israel. Now, what is happened in the last two days is that this conflict has been felt by the population here of the routes and other parts of lebanon. Obviously people here are scared. They are very angry as well because of the extent of these attacks, these are explosions that happened as people were shopping, with families at home, children are among the dead. Again, these are explosions that happened across the country and including in several parts of bay creating panic in the population. One of our producers received a message from a friend saying, she was replacing her lebanese a Sim Card with an international one because she was concerned her phone could explode. It gives you a sense of the feeling here of how scared population is after those two days of attacks. After those two days of attacke after those two days of attacks. ,. , attacks. Live before us in beirut, attacks. Live before us in beirut, lets attacks. Live before us in| beirut, lets continue with this with. With me is our chief international Correspondent Lease Lyse doucet. Fascinating listening to the different stages of Hassan Nasrallah talking there, how weakened is hezbollah, do you think . He weakened is hezbollah, do you think . ,. ,. ,. , think . He put on a brave Face Today saying think . He put on a brave Face Today saying their today saying their Communication Network had not been shattered but from everything we had seen and just the numbers alone, across the country also pagers and Walkie Talkies Exploding also in syria and iran, it is clear that they Communications Network has been crippled, their confidence has been struck and heard from Hassan Nasrallah that this was the most devastating and humility humiliating and unprecedented blow for them. So in many ways they are weekends by it. The question will now be, they will now feel honour bound what we are hearing for has nasrallah, talking about a reckoning, they have to show they are ready and willing to strike back. Some of the colleagues who follow his statements closely are saying, what is different in the speech this time will stop we had many speeches from Hassan Nasrallah since the events of October The 7th and throughout this rising tension throughout that lebanese israeli border, he always says when they are struck in the aftermath, we reserve the right to respond in an appropriate time and place. This time, he warned israelis, you will notjust here at the response, you will see its at this time. Response, you will see its at this time response, you will see its at this time. ,. ,. , this time. Interesting that you ick out this time. Interesting that you pick out those this time. Interesting that you pick out those words. This time. Interesting that you pick out those words. What i this time. Interesting that You J Pick out those words. What do you make of the israeli strategy, the source of decisions that have been made over the last three days, adding a new war again, on sunday, then talking about a new phase of the war and moving troops to the north of israel . There has been a steady drumbeat on the eve of what has to be called a Mass Casualty Attack even though israel has said it has been pointed, as it has been reported, that it was indiscriminate, they went off indiscriminate, they went off in markets, children were close by. Before that, prime Minister Netanyahu and the Security Cabinet added to the war aims of the return of 60,000 israelis from the communities along the Lebanon Border returning to their homes. They have been living as its displaced people since tensions started to rise in october. Then you had the pager, whether that was coincident or not, there is a growing view and im sure you have reflected it, it was a use it or lose that moment, thats a hezbollah operatives understood something was wrong with the system, israel had to use this weapon. Or else they would lose this tool. Yet again today, even with the buzzing of the aircraft even lower than before, there is a constant message from israel, we know where you are and we can get you, even in your hands. Only in the last you, even in your hands. Only in the last 1015 you, even in your hands. Only in the last 1015 minutes you, even in your hands. Only in the last 1015 minutes we l in the last 10 15 minutes we have seen Antony Blinken in Paris Shuffling around the region and other western capitals again and again asking, pleading for a De Escalation, but every step is the opposite of that. There is the opposite of that. There is diplomacy within all of what we are seeing. 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That is the view of hezbollah, that is the view of hezbollah, that is the view of iran, the only way to end the violence is two and the gaza war. Antony blinken is continuing to shovel, he went to cairo to talk to the egyptians who play a leading role and there is a new proposal on the table, it does not seem one acceptable to send wire, from everything we know about this most militant, even hamas people describe sinwar, described him in a violent organisation describing him as not wanting to leave the gaza strip, that is not been put on the table, in exchange for leasing hostages that there would be safe passages for sinwar and other leaders to leave gaza but there are many saying that that is not the ilk of sinwar, they are not going to leave. I of sinwar, they are not going to leave. , of sinwar, they are not going to leave to leave. I was talking about Antony Blinken to leave. I was talking about Antony Blinken and to leave. I was talking about Antony Blinken and the to leave. I was talking about Antony Blinken and the message around lebanon and De Escalation, its worth playing that clip in the next two seconds. Playing that clip in the next two seconds. ,. , two seconds. France and United States are two seconds. France and United States are united two seconds. France and United States are united in two seconds. France and United States are united in calling states are united in calling for you states are united in calling for you states are united in calling for you restraint states are united in calling Foryou Restraint and states are united in calling for you restraint and urging De Escalation when it comes to the Middle East in general and when the Middle East in general and when it the Middle East in general and when it comes to lebanon in particular when it comes to lebanon in particular. We continue to work to get particular. We continue to work to get a particular. We continue to work to get a Cease Fire for Gaza Over to get a Cease Fire for Gaza Over the to get a Cease Fire for Gaza Over the Finish Line and as we have over the Finish Line and as we have discussed with some of you ust have discussed with some of you just one have discussed with some of you just one day ago, and egypt, we believe just one day ago, and egypt, we believe that remains both possible and necessary. Meanwhile, we do not want to see any meanwhile, we do not want to see any Escalatory Actions by any party see any Escalatory Actions by any party that make that even more any party that make that even more difficult. It any party that make that even more difficult. More difficult. It is an extremely more difficult. It is an extremely difficult more difficult. It is an extremely difficult situation at the moment for diplomacy. A final word, at the moment for diplomacy. A finalword, because at the moment for diplomacy. A final word, because you have the iranians also watching. And the iranians also watching. And bowini the iranians also watching. fific bowing retaliation. The iranians also watching. And bowing retaliation. They the iranians also watching. And bowing retaliation. They have l bowing retaliation. They have unfinished bowing retaliation. They have unfinished business, bowing retaliation. They have l unfinished business, according to them. How dangerous is this moment . , moment . This is the most dangerous moment . This is the most dangerous Moment Moment . This is the most dangerous moment we moment . This is the most i dangerous moment we have moment . This is the most dangerous moment we have seen for decades in the Middle East in a region all too often plunged into this kind of violence. There have been, sadly for people of the region, many wars, but there has never been this kind of a war that draws in so many players at the same time and so many players are willing to use whatever it takes to get to what they want. Thank you very much. We were listening that to Antony Blinken talking about his latest diplomatic efforts. I was talking to a senior Associate Fellow at the war united services institute, critical of the us approach over the last few weeks and months and he said that israel continues to cross a number of redlines. ,. ,. , redlines. The israelis are convinced redlines. The israelis are convinced and redlines. The israelis are convinced and i redlines. The israelis are convinced and i think redlines. The israelis are | convinced and i think they should be convinced that irrespective of what lines they cross, they will continue to act without accountability from washington, dc, that they will cross those lines and will cross those lines and will cross more lines. The americans made it clear they did not want to escalation in an Oven Lebanon making it clear they sought as incredibly risky and a really bad idea. Israelis have gone and done in any way. They did it in terms of this attack on using these pagers and walkie talkies, which was widely condemned by many western countries, i think it was the belgian foreign minister, the belgian minister saying it was an incredible terrorist attack. There has been widespread condemnation in that regard. Of course the israelis will continue to me at the sorts of moves for as long as they feel they have impunity to do so. The reality is they do have impunity to do so and it creates this environment. And you think that is not going to change . 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