Involved in either. There are so many layers of complexity to what is going on in seven lebanon at the moment. As hezbollah sends those missiles towards israel for that and the idf tries to push for that you heard Antonio Guterres defending the palestinian refugees and the work that they are doing for the place talking about the number of people displaced, 60,000 In Northern Israel for the more than1 million here in lebanon for the people who had to flee their homes because of the fighting. You listen to what is being said and you listen to whats going on, hes talking about diplomatic solutions, ways to try and solve theirs. None of those seem to be getting any closerjust yet. And he had some pretty blunt things to say also about israel is conducting the campaign in gaza. He said there is something fundamentally wrong with the way israels war in gaza is being conducted. He also said they are ordering civilians to evacuate does not keep them safe if there is no safe place to go. That wi
Damaged or destroyed. Tonight Benjamin Netanyahu threatened lebanon with the same unless it rejected hezbollah. The leadership of hezbollah is gone but the group is not incapacitated, more than 100 rockets came over the border today. The warring parties digging in. And for Palestinian Statehood . So what does it mean for the future of lebanon, and for Palestinian Statehood . We will talk tonight to the head of the palestinian mission to the uk, and also a former national Security Adviser to israel. Here in the uk, the threat from Islamic State has returned. But also a threat are the spies from iran and russia. The head of mi5 says his service is stretched to the limit. We will speak to the former foreign Secretary Sir Malcom rifkind. And we are keeping a close eye on Florida And Hurricane milton, a monster that is barrelling towards the gulf coast. Residents in tampa have been warned that if they stay, they will die. Good evening. The israeli prime Minister Benjamin Netenyahu says leba
Of the Chagos Islands, its last african colony, but the us and uk retain control of their military base. Im so missing must iam i am Sumi Somaskanda. We start with Breaking News of israeli Air Strikes in the lebanese capital, beirut, reportedly the Israel Defense forces say they were targeting a hezbollah senior official. The israeli military earlier called on civilians to flee. Were also following another developing story in the region, in the occupied West Bank. An israeli Air Strike on a Refugee Camp on thursday is reported to have killed at least 14 people. The idf confirmed in a Statement that it had carried out a strike in the Tulkarm Region and has just updated to say the strike killed a Hamas Commander they believe was resonsible for planning a number of attacks. Video shows a chaotic scene with people gathered outside a hospital and bodies being carried into the facility, after what palestinian officials said was a strike on a Refugee Camp. Violence has surged in the West Bank
In northern israel. The us Defense Secretary Lloyd austin has given his support to israels objectives after speaking with with his counterpart, yoav gallant. Mr austin also warned iran it faced Grave Consequences if it carried out a direct attack against israel in support of hezbollah. This is the scene in beirut where explosions have continued overnight in the capitals southern suburbs. Israel had ordered the evacuation of 3 areas. These pictures show explosions and smoke rising near beirut international airport. There have also been reports of an Air Strike hitting a crowded palestinian Refugee Camp near the southern lebanese city of sidon. Syrian State Media says that 3 people have been killed by israeli strikes on the capital damascus. Israel is yet to comment on the reports. Meanwhile, the Uk Government has charted a flight to help british nationals leave lebanon scheduled to leave beirut on wednesday. In a moment, we will hear from my colleague anna foster, who is in beirut but f
Israel urged its citizens to head to safety and move into shelters. The idf said it would do what it could to protect people. The difference between this attack and the one that israel was subjected to by iran in april is the type of missiles that are being fired and the length of time it is taking them to reach israel. In april, it took several hours, because drones and Cruise Missiles were fired first and that gave Allied Forces from the us and the uk the chance to get their planes in the sky and shoot them down. Tonight it happened more quickly and we have seen the dramatic pictures of Iron Dome interceptions and people rushing for cover in Tel Aviv and just liam. Jerusalem. Lets speak now to Tom Bateman, whos in washington for us this evening. This was launched very quickly . To this was launched very quickly . Trr give you an idea of the sense of urgency here, we had been expecting a briefing from officials in the next few minutes, that has been delayed. The secretary of state, an