We were there when the russians invaded ukraine. The Front Line each hour is moving. We were in afghanistan after the taliban takeover. Theres no question whos in charge here. Ive reported from lebanon. Protesters are clashing with the garden of Lebanons Parliament from iraq, from across the middle east. Hundreds of palestinians are marching through the streets of Gaza City. Ive seen a lot ive seen war firsthand. But nothing could have prepared me for October 7th. On the morning of October 7th, our team responded as rockets soared through the skies of israel. You can hear the explosions overhead. We would ultimately report amid a Hamas Infiltration of the country, then entering the Gaza Strip with the israeli military following a Ground Invasion. The Israelis Have Cut the Gaza Strip in half. This is the story of how it all began on Black Saturday. My phone rings at 7 03 a. M. And its my producer. Youre not. My parents live not far away from the israeligaza border. And my dad was the fi
We were there when the russians invaded ukraine. The Front Line each hour is moving. We were in afghanistan after the taliban takeover. Theres no question whos in charge here. Ive reported from lebanon. Protesters are clashing with the garden of Lebanons Parliament from iraq, from across the middle east. Hundreds of palestinians are marching through the streets of Gaza City. Ive seen a lot ive seen war firsthand. But nothing could have prepared me for October 7th. On the morning of October 7th, our team responded as rockets soared through the skies of israel. You can hear the explosions overhead. We would ultimately report amid a Hamas Infiltration of the country, then entering the Gaza Strip with the israeli military following a Ground Invasion. The Israelis Have Cut the Gaza Strip in half. This is the story of how it all began on black saturday. My phone rings at 7 03 a. M. And its my producer. Youre not. My parents live not far away from the israeligaza border. And my dad was the fi
Watching the Middle East teetering on the brink of all war after iran launched a massive Missile Attack on israel, sirens sounded across the country as the bombardment unfolded high in the sky. Israeli Air Base was hit, but the Israeli Defense Forces says, its Iron Dome Missile interception system, stopped a large number, almost all, in fact, of the nearly 200 missiles launch, preventing what could have been obviously death and large scale destruction. Now, iran says this was in retaliation for israels killing of hezbollahs leader, Hassan Nasrallah, In Lebanon last week. Thank you for staying with us On Fox. As we continue our Breaking Coverage of these dramatic developments in the Middle East, im jonathan hunt, live in los angeles. Israel now vowing fierce response, but iran says any retaliation from israel or its allies, including, of course, the united states, will be met with an even more severe response. All this, of course, happening just hours before last nights ,first and only
To leave israel. Hes never going to cut off all weapons, leave them without an iron dome or anything like that . Clearly that did not come across as much of a threat to the israeli Prime Minister benjamin netanyahu, who said, as you mentioned, that the offensive in rafah on the ground will press ahead as planned he said that the fighting there could take two months, maybe six weeks, perhaps only one month, but it will happen regardless, despite warnings from the us and from even israels closest allies, that going into rafah, given you have well over 1 Million People sheltering there and really no other safe place for them to go inside gaza would be catastrophic. And he also said that that is israelis are byinlarge behind him. This was in response to President Biden saying that, yeah, whose policies are hurting israel more than its helping. Heres netanyahu well, i dont know exactly what the president meant but if you meant by that done, im pursuing private policies against the majority
music. and flavour of the year indie rock band the last dinner party are named the bbc s sound of 202a. hello, i m ben thompson. welcome to the programme. hezbollah has repeated its warning of a fierce response to the killing of a hamas leader, saleh al arouri, in beirut on tuesday. they say that lebanon will be exposed to more israeli operations if they don t react. it comes as lebanon lodged a complaint with the un about the incident. the complaint says israel used six missiles in the attack that targeted him. tensions are still high in his hometown in the occupied west bank following the killing, as shaimaa khalil reports. the town of al arura in the west bank, saleh al arouri s hometown, is in a state of mourning. but there s also deep fury and rage at his killing. protesters have come out after the friday prayers protesting, chanting his name, chanting for continuation of resistance and condemning the war. saleh al arouri s killing may have taken a significant name off