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 lebanonisrael 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 weapons. The masnaa crossing has been used by thousands of lebanese refugees who've been fleeing the bombing by israel. 0ur correspondent lucy williamson reports now from the israellebanon border. Hezbollah rockets are no longer a response to israeli troops in gaza but to israeli troops at home, mapping their path through lebanon's border villages. We're starting to see more signs of resistance to israeli forces on the other side of the border. Even a year of air strikes, intelligence operations, raids by special forces have not destroyed hezbollah*s ability to fight back just a few miles in. Sirens wail. Spread out, guys. We've just heard some bursts of small arms fire and what sounded like some grenades from the israeli army and now, you can hear the sirens are going off, telling us to get out of the area. Explosions. We've just heard a series of very loud explosions what seems to be rockets landing nearby, some small arms fire across the border. It seems the israeli army is pushing into a location, and this was the response. Go. Most of the residents along this border have been evacuated. Come on, time to go. But in the arabisraeli town ofjish a few miles down the road, many people have stayed. The sound of israeli artillery firing from the hill above. The mayor is one of many here with family ties to lebanon. Israel's ground war has sparked mixed emotions, he says. It's more than afraid. Afraid is something forjust a few minutes. We have one year of afraid. It;s i can't. . . I don't know how to say it but it's fear for a long time and they don't know when, how how it will finish. This is israel's third ground war in lebanon. So far, those wars have been easier to start than to end. Lucy williamson, bbc news, the israellebanon border. Lebanon says a number of hospitals in the south of the country are out of action as israel continues its offensive against hezbollah. The un says all 900 government shelters for the displaced are now full. 0ur senior international correspondent 0rla guerin reports from southern lebanon. An escape route from lebanon today, now passable just by foot. Israel bombed the road overnight, claiming hezbollah was smuggling weapons beneath it. Most of those struggling across this border are syrians, escaping lebanon's war to go home to their own. Who wouldn't want to escape this? beirut last night another massive israeli strike, one mile from the airport. The target the likely next leader of hezbollah, his fate unknown. Day and night and countrywide, israel is bombing. This is in the south, in tyre. Was there a hezbollah target here? we don't know, but locals say israel killed five people from one family, including two women and a baby. Everybody here were children. Family, children, everybody here. Why? hassan was here outside his coffee shop when the air strike killed his neighbours at the weekend. Translation: two missiles came. I saw the first one landing. I was thrown from there to there. And the second missile sent me flying again, me and the guys. Now, i'm terrified if i hear this sound. Hassan insists there were no weapons stored nearby, and all the dead were civilians. It's not right. It's not right at all. I wish i had died with them. In lebanon now, many are lost and weary, and fear this war may bejust beginning. Explosions. So, we're just hearing explosions now that's the sound of outgoing fire. That's rockets being fired from quite close by hezbollah, targeting israeli positions, a whole stream of rockets being fired now. Israel has released this footage of its troops on lebanese soil, apparently advancing. But the invaders may face a hard fight here, as happened in the past. And how will the middle east look on the day after? few would dare to guess. 0rla guerin, bbc news, southern lebanon. Gina abercrombie is a retired senior us diplomat who now serves as senior nonresident fellow at the atlantic council here in washington. Welcome to you. I think it is fair in saying tonight that this feels like a very precarious moment in the middle east. .. precarious moment in the middle east. . ,, east. How do you assess it? well, ithink east. How do you assess it? well, | think the _ east. How do you assess it? well, i think the word well, i think the word precarious is exactly right. We have had a year of war with israel and the palestinians and with the us lead efforts to prevent exactly what is happening now from happening. And anytime you this conflict, this war, then we have a failure of diplomacy and i know everyone that has spoken on the bbc, us leaders, leaders from the region, have all spoken about the importance of a day after, a pathway through diplomacy to get there. But we have seen decisions made by both sides, particularly with regard to hamas and, of course, the israeli prime minister, avoiding that pathway to diplomacy, avoiding that offramp from the conflict and the region is suffering, as was anticipated. D0 the region is suffering, as was anticipated the region is suffering, as was anticipated. Do you think there is any responsibility _ anticipated. Do you think there is any responsibility from anticipated. Do you think there is any responsibility from the l is any responsibility from the united states in that quote unquote failure? united states in that quote unquote failure? well, i think we will have _ unquote failure? well, i think we will have two _ unquote failure? well, i think we will have two take unquote failure? well, i think we will have two take some i we will have two take some measure of that but not the united states alone, and i do believe it's important to realise that there are voices and pressures and leverage from ensure that israel has the sarr pressures :ision was not ensure that israel has the sarr pressures and n was not and pressures and leverage from ensure that israel has the sarr pressures and leverage from and pressures and leverage from and pressures and leverage from a range of parties. Of course, a range of parties. Of course, the united states. And the the united states. And the president has made the decision president has made the decision although giving sound advice to although giving sound advice to prime minister netanyahu about prime minister netanyahu about the importance of a diplomatic the importance of a diplomatic pathway, of giving palestinians pathway, of giving palestinians a way forward for a way forward for selfdetermination and dignity and safety and security to selfdetermination and dignity and safety and security to ensure that israel has the ensure that israel has the same, that decision was not same, that decision was not taken but there are others in the region. We know that no arab country that has diplomatic relations with israel, none have broken diplomatic ties. We know that in an effort to give israel a sense of courage and confidence to do the right thing, to make the tough choices with regard to palestinians, but countries in the region came to israel's relates to proxies in the region, hezbollah, houthis and militias in iraq? militias in iraq? absolutely. I believe iran _ militias in iraq? absolutely. I believe iran is _ militias in iraq? absolutely. I believe iran is very _ militias in iraq? absolutely. I believe iran is very well militias in iraq? absolutely. I| believe iran is very well aware of the dangers that it may be bringing on itself from israel. When the prime minister speaks about israel's ability to reach anywhere in the region, clearly, it behoves everyone in the region to take the statement seriously. There are operations against hezbollah but are unprecedented and extraordinary and extraordinarily successful, and let's be clear here there may be a way forward for this way, by undermining hezbollah to such an extent. I don't believe it, but it may indeed bring them to the table to find a way of a ceasefire, even without the ceasefire that they have demanded in the gaza strip. But when you see that hamas has not been eradicated, even after a year from the strongest military in the region, it is hard to believe that hezbollah is going to come to heal in the same way in any short period of time. And israel has a lot of experience, having had multiple invasions of lebanon before. It has been incredibly costly to the lebanese but also costly to israel. *.. israel. An important point to make. Ambassador israel. An important point to make. Ambassador gina make. Ambassador gina abercrombiewinstanley, always good to get your assessment. Thank you for being with us. Well, this present war in the middle east can be traced back to nearly a year ago october 7 last year, when israel's military was overwhelmed as thousands of hamas gunmen breached the security barrier between israel and gaza. Just a kilometre from the border, the military base of nahal 0z found itself on the frontline of the attack and in less than five hours, it was overrun. Jon donnison has been taking a look at warnings from that base which were ignored, and how it fell to hamas. Dawn on october 7, and hamas gunmen are already swarming nahal 0z. . . Gunfire. One of israel's closest military bases to gaza, right on the front line. Attacking on the ground and from the air. With drones, even paragliders. Within hours, the base is overrun and over 60 israeli soldiers are dead. Among those taken hostage was naama levy, then 19 and only in her second day in thejob, bloodied and pinned against the wall. I have friends in palestine, she pleaded. She was taken to gaza, where she has been for 12 months. After i could take in the wounds, the blood, the horror of those moments, i knew she was going to say something like that. You know, i'm not the enemy. I have friends in palestine. That is my naama. The young soldier's job was what is called a spotter. Unarmed, she was one of dozens of mostly young women who monitored suspicious activity in gaza. They'd warned that hamas was planning something big for years, its fighters training in footage like this. The nahal 0z base is now completely destroyed and some of the women spotters who worked there are asking why it wasn't better protected. Shimron is one of the few who didn't die. She didn't want to give her real name, and her words are reenacted by a bbc producer. They told me, get up. The terrorists are here, outside the door. I thought it wasn't real. It didn't make sense that they would be here inside the military base. And she is not the only person saying that if nahal 0z had been better reinforced, the soldiers there could have helped stop hamas from going on to kill hundreds of israelis. If that post was stronger and pushed back hamas in that area, it could save a lot of lives. But even if nahal oz and other posts were standing, it could not prevent totally the takeover, but it could save a lot of lives. Hundreds of lives? most probably hundreds of lives, yes. And for the families of those who were killed or taken hostage, they want answers. There should be, you know protection tanks, armed combat soldiers, etc. It's painful to understand. One year on, there are still so many questions. Why wasn't intelligence acted on? how did one of the world's most powerful militaries suffer its biggest ever defeat to a much inferiorforce? the israeli army says it is still investigating what happened at nahal 0z a base that should have been the country's first line of defence. Jon donnison, bbc news, jerusalem. You can find more on that story on our website. There's also more indepth coverage of israelgaza war. Here in the us, kamala harris and donald trump are in the home stretch of the race for the white house with november's presidential election just 32 days away. They're ramping up campaigning in the handful of key states where both ms harris and mr trump stand a chance of winning. The democratic nominee is in the hotly contested state of michigan on friday, trying to appeal to working class voters. She made stops in the union stronghold cities of detroit and flint, touting her record on labour rights. During her rally in flint just a short while ago, ms harris made appeals to workers without college degrees. We will retool existing factories, hire locally and work with unions to create goodpaying jobs, including jobs that do not require a college degree. . . Cheering and applause. . Because we understand a college degree is not the only measure of whether a worker has skills and experience to get the job done. Meanwhile, donald trump made stops in georgia and north carolina on friday. He appeared with georgia's popular governor brian kemp to survey damage in the state from the deadly hurricane helene earlier in the day. Mr trump then travelled to north carolina for a town hall, where he fielded questions from residents on a range of topics including immigration, health care and foreign policy. The republican presidential nominee criticised president joe biden*s position on conflict in the middle east on wednesday, and suggested israel should target iran's nuclear facilities. They asked him what do you think about what do you think about what do you think about what do you think about iran? would you hit iran? and he goes as long as they don't hit the nuclear stuff. That's the thing you wa