Areas that threaten is really targeting the north of that country. In response we have seen hezbollah Firing Missiles again today towards israel into central israel, Hitting Highway and also again the sound of sirens in Tel Aviv sending people running to shelters. Hezbollah s response and how it will look at how sustained and the scope of it will be something we will see over the next few days, whether they still have the infrastructure to strike back at israel as they have said they would do. I just want to show you a map of the area we are talking about between Southern Lebanon and northern israel. You can see the border between the two countries but you can also see the tiny river which is a key marker because after the last war between these two sides and 2006 that what is to mark a Buffer Zone and they wont suppose me any hezbollah fighters in the Buffer Zone but there has been and that is why israel says it is trying to move now hezbollah back out of that whole area to meet the t
WIll be made. FaIrly InstructIve our brIef statement of the WhIte House In the last hour or so. When he was pushed on that questIon, The AmerIcan sayIng that there wIll be severe consequences for Iran for a dIrect MIlItary Attack on Israel. He was pushed on that poInt. SaId that they would now be dIscussIng wIth theIr IsraelI allIes what those consequences would be end that there would be, he saId, severe consequences. So we pretty much know where The AmerIcans are at In terms of what they were warnIng of before all of thIs. I was among a number of reporters just I was among a number of reportersjust now I was among a number of reporters just now pressIng the State Department spokesperson, Matthew MIller on all of thIs. HIs posItIon was that they saId theyd always trIed To use a combInatIon of Deterrence And DIplomacy To prevent thIs far wIder escalatIon In the regIon, To prevent the war In Gaza EngulfIng the wIder MIddle East. Now when I put It To hIm wIth The AmerIcans not be usIng b
As World Leaders meet in New York to try and avert all out war. The idf has called up two brigades to the northern borderfor what could be an imminent invasion. Sir Keir Starmer is urging british nationals to leave lebanon now. 700 troops are on their way to nearby cyprus to prepare for a possible evacuation. Well be live tonight in beirut and New York, where the un Security Council is soon to meet. Welcome to the programme. The head of the israeli armed forces, Herzi Halevi, has said preparations are being made for a possible Ground Invasion of lebanon. Visiting his troops in northern israel today, general halevi, said the Air Force will continue degrading hezbollah, to such a point that they can put boots on the ground. Two brigades of reserve soldiers have been called up for operational missions on the northern front. Israel says it has hit more than 100 Targets Today mostly in the south. Lebanons Health Ministry says 51 people were killed, and more than 200 wounded. Meanwhile hezbo
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The Israeli Military says its carrying out more strikes on his Brother Targets in lebanon. The Israeli Military says its carrying out more strikes on hezbollah targets in lebanon. These are live pictures from the region. In separate statements, the iran backed group says it fired a salvo of Katyusha Rockets at two israeli barracks. Reuters video shows rockets coming from Southern Lebanon being intercepted by the Israeli Military. News agency correspondents are reporting heavy israeli strikes in several areas of Southern Lebanon. At least 31 people were killed in an israeli Air Strike On Beirut on friday. Israel said it was targeting a top Hezbollah Military Commander who also died during the attack. It says it killed, in their words, 16 terrorists. Hezbollah, which is designated as a Terrorist Organisation says many of those killed included women and children. As morning broke, the destruction became clear. An israeli Air Strike hitting daraya, Hezbollahs Heartland in southern beirut,