A large scale attack. A large scale attack. It said more than 200 sites had been hit and thousands of Rocket Launchers destroyed. These are live pictures from the israel lebanon border. Hezbollah said it had still fired more than 300 missiles towards israel in what it described as its first phase of response to the assassination of a commander last month. Lieutenant colonel Nadav Shoshani is an Idf Spokesperson and told me why they had carried out the strikes. Weve Hit Thousands of Rocket Launcher barrels and weve thwarted hundreds of rockets and uavs in the air on their way to israeli communities in northern and central israel. With me now is our middle east editor sebastian usher. In your view, how significant is what has happened today . I in your view, how significant is what has happened today . I think we dont really know what has happened today . I think we dont really know the what has happened today . I think we dont really know the significance dont really know the significan
These are live pictures from the israel lebanon border. Israel launched a wave of airstrikes against hezbollah positions in lebanon, saying it was pre empting plans for a large scale attack. Israels Prime Minister has promised to do everything to protect the country. We are expecting the leader of hezbollah to give a statement later in the day. Our middle east editor Sebastian Usher gave me his analysis of todays events. I think we dont really know the significance yet because its really what happens next, again, which really matters. I mean, its certainly another escalation. Theres no doubt about that. Its pretty much the Largest Exchange of fire, i think, between the two sides in terms of rockets fired. There are two narratives at play. Essentially israel. I think we were expecting israel to do something this weekend. Actually, the signs coming from the idf and the government over the last couple of days were that a strike by hezbollah was going to happen very, very shortly. And so f
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