Jon donnison has the latest from jerusalem. 4 30 in the morning, and israels biggest attack on hezbollah since the full scale war back in 2006. Its military says around 100 fighter jets hit hezbollah targets across southern lebanon, in what israel says were pre emptive strikes. And the barrage went on and on. A short while ago, the idf identified hezbollah Terrorist Organisation preparing to fire missiles, rockets towards israeli territory. In a self defence act to remove these threats, the idf is striking Terror Targets in lebanon, from Which Hezbollah was planning to launch their attacks on israeli civilians. For its part, hezbollah says it fired more than 300 rockets and missiles across the border. Many were shot down by israels Missile Defence system. But some got through. This house was hit in the northern coastal town of acre. Translation we didnt even get| the chance to close the closet door. There was a huge boom inside the house. The whole house was shaking. I remember, like,
And bridge the gap between the two sides at talks in doha. Qatar, egypt, and the us said that the past two days were serious,constructive and positive. Mr biden shared the news with reporters as he hosted an event in the Oval Office a little earlier. One of the reasons why i was late is i was dealing with the Ceasefire Effort in the middle east. We are closer than we have ever been. I dont want to jinx anything, but as my grandfather would say, with the grace of god, the goodwill of the neighbours and a lot of luck, we may have something. But were not there yet. But it is much closer than it was a few days ago. Keep your fingers crossed. Hamas Wasnt Present for negotiations, but the group is in direct communication with the mediators. Its said it wouldnt participate as it wanted to stick to the terms of an earlier deal. It accused israel of changing what was agreed to. Israeli prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the Success Orfailure of a deal was up to hamas, and urged other countr
It comes as mediators put forward a new proposal to try and bridge the gap between the two sides at talks in doha. Qatar, egypt and the us said that the past two days were serious, constructive and positive. Mr biden shared the news with reporters as he hosted an event in the Oval Office a little earlier. One of the reasons why i was left is i was dealing with the Ceasefire Effort in the middle east. We are closer than we have ever been. I dont want to jinx anything, but as my grandfather would say, with the grace of god, the goodwill of the neighbours and a lot of luck, we may have something. But were not there yet. But it is much closer than it was a few days ago. Keep your fingers crossed. Hamas Wasnt Present for negotiations but the group is in direct communication with the mediators. It said it wouldnt participate as it wanted to stick to the terms of an earlier deal. It accused israel of changing what was agreed to. Israeli prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the Success Or Fa
Thursday night has taken place. The attack took Place Injit in the north of the occupied West Bank and was condemned by the israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Our middle East Correspondent Lucy williamson reports. No one knows who made Rashid Asidi a village hero. Who shot the young It Worker as he threw stones to keep armed jewish settlers at bay. But they know who to blame. Translation even the ambulance that came for him was blocked by the army. They waited until he died. The blame is more on the army, because they are not controlling the settlers. They protect them. His mother said she didnt know if it was a settler or a soldier who fired the fatal shot. Rashids brother mahdi took me to where he was killed. The village boundary fence, broken in several places. A neighbour said dozens of settlers gathered here last night, and that he heard a hail of gunshots. He said he called the israeli army, who took two hours to arrive. The army said they deployed within minutes. Residen
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