To the White House for a meeting with President Biden. Hello, you are watching bbc news, i am Anna Foster live In Beirut. Some breaking news. Israel is calling up two additional Army Brigades to its Northern Border. This has been confirmed by the Israeli Defense Forces in the last half an hour or so. They say the troops would be there to continue Combat Operations against hezbollah. Many of hezbollah s leadership are based on the south and we have seen many strikes, including hezbollah s commander. Joining me now from jerusalem is our correspondent daniel de simone. Talk us through the context of the idf talk us through the context of the idf preparations on the Northern Border . The the idf preparations on the Northern Border . The context is israel set a Northern Border . The context is israel set a goal Northern Border . The context is israel set a goal for Northern Border . The context is israel set a goal for itself Northern Border . The context is israel set a goal for itself of
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
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Fierce cross border clashes are continuing with israel striking southern lebanon, and hezbollah firing dozens of rockets into northern israel. On tuesday, the israeli military said they d killed a senior hezbollah commander in a strike on beirut. These pictures show the extent of the destruction from that strike. Our senior international correspondent, orla guerin, sent this report from tyre, where thousands of people have fled their homes. A community in mourning. The village of saksakiyeh in southern lebanon today. Ii were killed here yesterday by israel s massive bombardment. The dead included four women, an infant and a seven year old girl called joury. Herfather, mohammad halal, says she was an innocent child and a martyr. He pledges his support for the hezbollah leader, sheikh hassan nasrallah. Even if they kill us, he says, we are at your service. Also being mourned today, dina darwiche and her son, jad. Killed in their own home by an israeli missile. Here she was at work with