Hezbollah fighters have continued to launch rockets into the north of israel. Our middle East Correspondent Yolande Knell has the latest. Is this the launch of a wider war in the Middle East . Iran fired some 180 ballistic and Cruise Missiles at israel Last Night, revenge, it says, for strikes on Lebanon And Israel s killing of leaders of armed it supports. Translation iii supports. Translation ,. , translation if they remove their evil from this translation if they remove their evil from this Region Translation if they remove their evil from this region without translation if they remove their evil from this region without a evil from this region without a doubt these conflicts, these wars, these classes, will disappear completely. While most missiles were brought down by israels sophisticated air defence system, the entire population was told to stay in bomb shelters. Afterwards, inspecting the damage, many agreed with the Prime Minister that iran must pay the price. My price. My fe
Iran said the attack was in retaliation for israeli aggression in gaza and lebanon. This morning, iranian backed hezbollah fighters continued to launch rockets into the north of israel. Translation i would like to send my sincere condolences to the fallen in lebanon. Were in the fallen in lebanon. Were in the middle of the top floor of the middle of the top floor of the evil axis of iran which seeks to wipe us out. This will not happen because we will stand together and with gods help we will win together. We will return our hostages in the south, return our resident in the north. We will guarantee the north. We will guarantee the eternity of israel. And in the past half an hour, president biden commented on the iranian attack. I called a meeting of the g7 today. Were working on a joint statement that All Of Us agree on from japan, france, germany etc and what were doing in that regard is making it clear theres things that have to be done. And obviously iran has gone way off port were
In accordance with the decision of the political echelon, a few hours ago, the idf began limited, localized, and targeted ground raids based on precise intelligence against hezbollah terrorist targets and infrastructure in southern lebanon. These targets are located in villages close to the border and pose an immediate threat to israeli communities in northern israel. This is the live scene in beirut, as bbc teams report hearing explosions in the capital s southern suburbs israel has ordered the evacuation of three areas. Meanwhile the uk government has chartered a flight to help british nationals leave lebanon, scheduled to leave beirut on wednesday. It s as israeli tanks were seen gathering at the border on monday. Israel s defense minister yoav gallant said the military is prepared to use forces from the air, land and sea to allow thousands of displaced israelis to return to their homes in the north. Meanwhile, the deputy chief of hezbollah, naim qaissem, said the groups fighter