The Un Secretary general, antonio guterres, told the Security Council that hell was breaking loose following days of cross border fire. Israels ambassador to the un said israel didnt want a full Scale War but would not stand by when its Northern Region was attacked. The lebanese Health Ministry said more than 70 people were killed by israeli Air Strikes on wednesday, while hezbollah has continued to fire into israel. The Security Council meeting in New York went on late into the evening and started with this warning by the Un Secretary general. Hell is breaking loose in lebanon. As i told the general assembly yesterday, we should all be alarmed by the escalation. To all sides, let us say with one clear voice, stop the killing and destruction, tone down the rhetorical threats, step back from the brink. An all out war must be avoided at all costs. It would surely be an all out catastrophe. The Prime Minister of lebanon told the Council Israel was violating his Countrys Sovereignty and ca
So, what do we know about hezbollah s capabilities . Bbc verify s Nawal Al Maghafi has more. Wednesdays attack by hezbollah is believed to be the first time ever that a ballistic missile from the armed group has been launched towards tel aviv. Let me take you through the details of the attack and why it symbolises such a significant escalation. This video, filmed from eastern tel aviv, was posted around 6. 1i0am on Social Media and it shows the moments after the single surface to Air Missile was intercepted by israel using its Air Defence system. This white plume of smoke is where the missile had been intercepted. There were no casualties or injuries reported as a result of the attack. In a statement, hezbollah confirmed that it launched the missile. It said it was targeting the headquarters of israels intelligence agency, mossad, which it believes is in this location, north of tel aviv. Hezbollah also said that mossad was responsible for assassinating leaders and blowing up pagers and