Hour, huge clouds of smoke has been seen rising from beirut after a series of explosions. Huge plumes of smoke 2530 minutes ago. The israeli defense forces have claimed to attack hezbollah s central headquarters in beirut saying the headquarters is under residential buildings in the suburb of the cities south. It would not stop until its objectives were met. Air strikes have continued throughout the course of the day with thousands of people being killed in lebanon. Hezbollah has been Firing Rockets into israeli cities including. Just in the last Half Hour, as i was saying, these huge blasts in beirut with the israelis giving details about their operations. More about that in a moment. Anna foster is there for us. Shes been describing what it actually felt like when those blasts went off, notjust seeing those plumes of smoke, but physically what that felt like that so many different people describing these as the since the beginning of this conflict. I will speak to anna in a moment, b
There . What is being heard and said at the un is being there . What is being heard and said at the un is being very said at the un is being very different to what is being heard and seen in the Middle East right now. When we woke up this morning, there was talk of the Ceasefire Proposal that was being put forward yesterday, but as the day has gone on, we have heard that a strong response from Benjamin Netanyahu who said he hadnt even responded to the proposal yet but they would continue to fight full force. We have seen that on the ground here. We have seen more continuing israeli Air Strikes and in the south of lebanon. Also here in beirut. Another one of these pleasant strikes here in the Southern Suburbs of beirut, only a couple of kilometres away from where i am talking to you right now. I went down there in the aftermath of that to see what was happening. Its less than an hour since this Air Strike was reported in the Southern Suburbs of beirut. I want to show you, you can see th
Is to prepare for a Ground Invasion, which, again, would be of further escalation and what we have seen which began after October The 7th, but what we have seen along the border between Israel And Lebanon has been very different than we have seen In Gaza. Weve seen a steady, over the course of ii steady, over the course of 11 months or so, exchange of fire, but everything changed just over a week ago when It Pagers and then Walkie Talkies held by members of hezbollah exploded here in beirut and around lebanon. And we have seen a real israeli object. Lets go to the un in New York. Sir Keir Starmer is speaking now. Lets see what he says. See what he says. Other than helinu see what he says. Other than helping those see what he says. Other than helping those in see what he says. Other than helping those in need. See what he says. Other than helping those in need. The i see what he says. Other than l helping those in need. The un and the icrc have both lost staff this month In Gaza, lebano
FIghters and destroyIng thousands of houses, just hopIng at mIdnIght they have allowed aeroplanes. ThIs attack came wIth thIs context, all the attempts were faIled. The resIstance remaIned strong. ThIs Is the hIghest way of crImInalIty. ThIs Is the hIghest way of crImInalI. ~ u, crImInalIty. We wIll contInue to monItor crImInalIty. We wIll contInue to monItor because crImInalIty. We wIll contInue to monItor because I crImInalIty. We wIll contInue | to monItor because I suspect thIs Is goIng to go on for some whIle. We saId a lIttle earlIer that there were those reports of jets flyIng over that there were those reports ofjets flyIng over beIrut. Hugo pacheco put up the pIctures of the skylIne over that cIty, also confIrmIng that he can see and hear those jets flyIng at low altItude just as Hassan Nasrallah started gIvIng that speech. Let me brIng In James Landau and frank gardner. Just as a quIck asIde, frankly, we dont know the locatIon of thIs News Conference or address. There wIll be
Returning to the middle east. Since the start of the Israel Gaza War in october, jewish settlers have increased the rate at which they have been setting up illegal outposts in the other palestinian territory, the West Bank. According to the un, in that time over 1,500 palestinians have been displaced from their homes. For over six mOnths, Bbc Eye investigatiOns has been following the activities of settlers living in illegal outposts and can reveal new details about support they have received from an israeli state linked organisatiOn. Emir nader reports. Here in the occupied West Bank ayesha and her Husband Nabeel say theyre being forced from their home. This is the man shes accusing a settler named Moshe Sharvit. But Moshe Sharvit paints a different picture of his presence here. He lives in an unauthorised settlement in the West Bank. Its whats known as an outpost, illegal under both israeli and InternatiOnal Law, and outposts like moshe s, which are often farms, give Settlers Access t