more from daniel hagari._ the briefing of the rescue. more from daniel hagari.iel hagari. we cannot go into many details of— from daniel hagari. we cannot go into many details of the _ from daniel hagari. we cannot go into many details of the special. into many details of the special operation but i can ensure that the river commanders rescued qaid farhan alkadi from an underground tunnel following accurate intelligence, his medical condition is stable and he will undergo examination. his family had been waiting 326 days to receive the news. but there are still 108 hostages whose families are still waiting to hear news that their loved ones... they should know we will not rest until we fulfil our mission to bring all our hostages back in. . . , mission to bring all our hostages back in. . .,, mission to bring all our hostages back in. . ., ., back in. that was daniel hagari, the -ictures back in. that was daniel hagari, the pictures we — back in. that was daniel hagari, the pictures we were _ back in. that was daniel hagari, the pictures we were showing _ back i

hagari, the iof spokesman said, and daniel hagari assured that 100 air force planes participated in these in these strikes and in this operation in the length of 70 kilometers inside the lebanese, the lebanese lands, which makes it a very a wide area and a large area, but if we look at the ground, if we look at the ground, tracing, tracing casualties and tracing whether if there were direct hits to figures or to civilians or to fighters from hizbullah, hizbullah hasn't announced any casualty until this moment neither from its forces or from delibit.

hagari, the iof spokesman said, and daniel hagari assured that 100 air force planes participated in these in these strikes and in this operation in the length of 70 kilometers inside the... is the libanese lands, which makes it a very a wide area and a large area, but if we look at the ground, if we look at the ground, tracing, tracing casualties and tracing whether if there were direct hits to figures or to civilians or to fighters from hizbillah, hizballah hasn't announced any casualty until this moment neither from its forces or from these civilians, which which makes us wonder what was this, what was the kind of of of this strike that was made by hundred 100 airplanes and we have we knew and we saw in gaza what one plane, what one plane can do with with the israeli decision of of destruction of the since the beginning of the decidal war, israel is seeing no red light and seeing no... no red lines uh to uh perform destruction and perform killing as as we can see so the next hours as hizbullah announced and as the iof announced the next hours will be very very tensive hours and wi

daniel hagari speaking there arejust a short daniel hagari speaking there are just a short while ago. other reportsjust are just a short while ago. a few other reports just coming in here on that breaking news. israeli media now reporting flights to and from tel aviv have been suspended. that is of course due to the security situation there, israeli military thing warning sirens have been sounding in northern israel, and more reporting, this is of course coming from the us outlet axios, we are working to verify that here at the bbc, by senior officials saying israel informed the united states in advance of its pre—emptive strike in lebanon. tensions between israel and hezbollah have been at a recent high since israel started strikes on gaza following the attacks by hamas in israel on october 7. israel and hezbollah have exchanged fire across the israel—lebanon frontier for several months. you can see pictures here of israel intercepting rockets fired from lebanon just on friday. the raids have killed people in both lebanon and israel. thousands of people on both sides of the border ha

as he continues to be source of anxiety for the israelis. spokesperson, rear admiral daniel hagari said sinwar was born in 1962 in the town of khanus located in the southern gaza strip during his early years, particularly in the early 1980s, he was frequently arrested by israeli authorities for his activism against the israeli occupation which he pursued while studying at the islamic university in gaza. upon completing his studies, sinwar played a pivotal role in forming a coalition of fighters dedicated to armed resistance against israel. this coalition would evolve into hasam brigades, the military wing of hamas. shortly after the establishment of amas by sheikh ahmed yasin in 1987, sindwar ascended to a leadership position within the organization. however, the following year brought significant changes. israeli forces arrested him, ultimately sentencing him to four life terms, amounting to an extraordinary 426 years in prison, on allegations related to the capture and murder of two israeli soldiers and four suspected palestinian informants. when i was interrogated with, i asked him,

recently, israeli military spokes person, ryer admiral daniel hagari said, there is only one place for الاحتlal. yahya sinbar was born in 1962 in the town of khan unis, located in the southern gaza strip. during his early years, particularly in the early 1980s, he was frequently arrested by israeli authorities for his activism against the israeli occupation which he pursued while studying at the islamic university in gaza. upon completing his studies, sinwar played a pivotal role. and forming a coalition of fighters dedicated to armed resistance against israel. this coalition would evolve into rasam brigades, the military wing of hamas. shortly after the... establishment of amas by sheikh ahmed yasein in 1987, sindwar ascended to a leadership position within the organization. however, the following year brought significant changes. israeli forces arrested him, ultimately sentencing him to four life terms, amounting to an extraordinary 426 years in prison on allegations related to the capture and murder of two israeli soldiers and four suspected palestinian informants. when i was interr

the military spokes personal daniel hagari said there is only one place for yahya sinwar and it is beside located in the southern gaza strip. during his early years, particularly in the early 1980s, he was frequently arrested by israeli authorities for his activism against the israeli occupation, which he pursued while studying at the islamic university in gaza. upon completing his studies, sinwar played a pivotal role in forming a coalition of fighters dedicated to armed resistance against israel. this coalition would evolve. into gassaam brigades, the military wing of hamas. shortly after the establishment of hamas by sheikh ahmed yasin in 1987, sindwar ascended to a leadership position within the organization. however, the following year brought significant changes. israeli forces arrested him, ultimately sentencing him to four life terms, amounting to an extraordinary 426 years in prison on allegations related to the capture and murder of two... israeli soldiers and four suspected palestinian informants. when i was interrogated with i asked him, you are now 28, 29, and how come he is

recently, israeli military spokes person admiral daniel hagari said there is only one place for yahyas frequently arrested by israeli authorities for his activism against the israeli occupation which he pursued while studying at the islamic university in gaza. upon completing his studies, sinwar played a pivotal role in forming a coalition of fighters dedicated to armed resistance against israel. this coalition would evolve into rasam brigades, the military wing of hamas. shortly after the establishment of hamas by sheikh ahmed yasin in 1987, sindwar ascended to a leadership position within the organization. however, the following year brought significant changes. israeli forces arrested him, ultimately sentencing him to four life terms, amounting to an extraordinary 426 years in prison on allegations related to the capture and murder of two israeli soldiers and four suspected palestinian informants. when i was interrogated with asked him, you are now 28, 29, and how come he is not married, how come he doesn't want family, so he told me the hamas is my wife, the hamas is my child, the

daniel hagari.ary say were used to conduct what they say were used to conduct what they say is a complex military operation. surrounded by soldiers, relaxed and happy —looking 52—year—old after release. for more details on the hostage i've been speaking to our middle east correspondent jon donnison from jerusalem. qaid farhan alkadi is a 52—year—old father of ii, a bedouin arab citizen of israel, one of 251 hostages who were taken in the cross—border raid by hamas on october seven last year. you mention the joy for his family, you could see it there, i saw his brother saying this was like a new birth in the family and they thanked god, saying they were overwhelmed. some relief for benjamin netanyahu, under relentless pressure from the hostage families, who had the leak only a few days ago, very difficult for the prime minister. yes, as we were coming into work today i was reading on the wires that there have been protests today, hostage families blocking major highways in israel because they believe

the press conference of daniel hagari, the spokesman for the israelis, he said that i am not aware ofattack, this action was carried out with the support of the americans, it is very technical. netanyahu is a war criminal who has been declared a war criminal by the international court of justice . instead of being arrested , they welcomed him in the us congress and cheered him many times . success is movement. we are witnessing deliberative democracy. according to the law, the advisory council must be formed. we will choose the new leader of the movement there. so there is a process there. people like saleh aruri, fouad shekar and ismail haniyeh i am sure they feel that they are weakening the resistance front with this action , but many people say exactly the opposite, when the determination and will of the palestinian resistance movements and other resistance movements come to the field, nothing will change. do you think these measures weaken the resistance? this miscalculation is our enemy. they assume that assassinating our leaders will divert us from the deep and well-researched d

let me read a part of the statement that the israeli military spokesman, rear admiral daniel hagari, quoting now, a short while ago, the idf identified the hezbollah terrorist organization, preparing a fire missiles and rockets toward israeli territory. in a self-defense act to remove these threats, the idf is striking terror targets in lebanon from which his balah was planning to launch their attacks on israeli civilians. those of us who have reported on israeli military action over the years, like you and i have jim, the israelis, when they suspect that an enemy is about to launch a strike, they almost always think about a preemptive strike to try to prevent any damage inside israel. so we shouldn't be all that surprised if they had evidenced that hezbollah i was planning a major aerial assaults against targets in israel and they have very sophisticated weapons. this is an iranian backed organization, has ball up. we shouldn't be all that surprised that israel would launch a preemptive strike, right? >> now, we should not be clear. israel has been carrying out a number of strikes,

this information coming from israel's top spokesperson, daniel hagari, who also released a statement indicating that new instructions would be given by israel's home front command. this is the organization responsible for communicating messages to the israeli public, such as when to shelter in place and when to stay close to protected areas. we can confirm at this hour that israel's international airport, the ben-gurion airport just outside of tel aviv, has diverted all incoming flights. they're also delaying flights, leaving the country in preparation for the possibility of hezbollah launching long range rockets and missiles into central israel. we also know the israeli security cabinet is set to meet in less than an hour. it will be led by israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, and the country's defense minister, yoav galant. and i do just want to look here. we're continuing to get incoming updates as we speak. daniel hagari, that top spokesman for the israeli military, will be making a statement in just about ten minutes giving more information on these preemptive strikes th

hagari has announced that there was actually kidnapping, kidnapping operation was done in in the south of nables in zatara for for female settler who actually was seen. while screaming for help and a palestinian car took her away and as reports say that the iof is still behind this car and trying to uh to see whether this was actually an actual kidnap or but as as the as the iof spokes person announced that they are taking this this this event or this this situation very very... carefully and they are they are they have the iof have has closed the the main streets around the area in which we are talking about major streets in the south of neaplas linking navles and ramallah in the area of zahfara another major event is taking place as we speak in betlehem in the south of the west bank settlers more than 100 settlers were reportedly now attacking the villages of qu and and and wadi and wadadi rahal in the area and the palestinian red present has announced that there there was at least five injuries, one of them is very critical in which they are being hospitalized at the moment and the

daniel hagari, the spokesman of the zionist army , also asked the residents of the occupied territories to be vigilant. in response to the crime of the zionist regime, hezbollah targeted the zionist military settlement in the west galilee region in the north of the occupied territories with 60 katisha grad missiles. the zionist radio and television organization stated that after 48 hours of peace, hezbollah in lebanon fired dozens of rockets towards the northern areas, and the iron dome intercepted and shot down only 15 rockets. yesterday, during the funeral of seyyed fouad shakar, lebanon's hezbollah emphasized that the zionist enemy should wait for a decisive response from the resistance. be you don't know what red lines you crossed and what crime you committed? laugh a little but you will cry a lot . at the same time as the last days of the month of muharram and on the eve of arbaeen hossein, the processionists should be ready to serve the pilgrims on the way of al-hussein. some of these processions have already been held. every year, not only during muharram, but also during arbaeen

that's coming in from the idf chief spokesman retired admiral daniel hagari. israel is telling cnn that they took steps to mitigate civilian casualties and that hamas terrorists were operating a base in that area all this comes as. both israel and hamas were set to resume ceasefire talks, this coming week, this coming thursday. i want to discuss what's going on, the latest developments in those ceasefire and hostage negotiations with ruby khen, can son itay fan because an idf soldier was killed on october 7. ruby khen has been advocating ever since to bring home all the hostages alive and dead, including his sons remains. ruby rubicon is joining us right now. ruby, what's your thoughts right now? this is really attack on this mosque and the school and the resulting casualties how's that going to impact the opportunity potentially to bring home all the remaining israel? well, the hostages. >> yeah, so at least what i think wolf has that there's a time especially now that we all kind of like out that two minute warning before getting in, we need to think what is

listen to the words of daniel hagari, the israeli military�*s chief spokesman, quote, "those who thinkas is an idea. "hamas is a political party. "it is rooted in people's hearts." the military agrees with the idea of degrading hamas, but your pursuit of absolute elimination, they say, is impossible. tell me, is nazism an idea? stephen, is nazism — is an idea? it's a simple question. what do you think, what is your answer to that? are you asking me, or are you asking the israeli military? i'm asking you! because i'm telling you what the israeli military is saying. ok, i don't have to agree with everything people are saying. i'm asking you if nazism is an idea. you can pose questions like that to me. what is your response? your problem, if i may say so, ohad tal, is that the israeli public, in the most recent poll from the times of israel, 60% saying they want a ceasefire deal and return of hostages now. we have quotes like the one i've just given you from the military chief spokesman, saying that hamas cannot be made to disappear... i'll tell you, stephen... it seems to many israelis y

listen to the words of daniel hagari, the israeli's military...those who think we can make hamas disappear are wrong. "hamas is an idea. hamas is a political party. "it is rooted in people's hearts." the military agrees with the idea of degrading hamas, but your pursuit of absolute elimination, they say, is impossible. tell me, is nazism an idea? stephen, is nazism — is an idea? it's a simple question. what do you think, what is your answer to that? are you asking me, or are you asking the israeli military? i'm asking you! because i'm telling you what the israeli military is saying. ok, i don't have to agree with everything people are saying. i'm asking you if nazism is an idea. you can pose questions like that to me. what is your response? your problem, if i may say so, ohad tal, is that the israeli public, in the most recent poll from the times of israel, 60% saying they want a ceasefire deal and return of hostages now. we have quotes like the one i've just given you from the military chief spokesman, saying that hamas cannot be made to disappea

israeli military spokesman daniel hagari vowed torts to ensure the return of the remaining hostages . emergency remaining hostages. emergency services in lincolnshire were called to rescue dozens of people at a seaside pleasure park earlier this evening. the incident at botton's pleasure park in skegness followed a malfunction of one of the rides. lincolnshire police confirmed 25 people were stranded in mid—air for a number of hours, while fire service personnel attempted to get them down safely. police have also confirmed none of those trapped suffered serious injuries . king charles has injuries. king charles has visited southport today to meet survivors of last month's stabbing attack, which left three schoolgirls dead and others injured . his majesty also others injured. his majesty also took time to meet members of the pubuc took time to meet members of the public who showed up for the visit. earlier he spoke to some of those who provided support in the aftermath of the attack and he also thanked emergency service personnel who

in fact the chief military spokesman daniel hagari has issued a statement saying that sinwar is a terroristrorism in history, as he puts it, october seven. there is only one place for him, that is beside all of the terrorists responsible for the master. this is the only place we prepare and designate for him. israel has been determined since the start of this war to eliminate anyone and everyone who they believe was involved in one way or another in the attacks of october the 7th, a tax which continued to kind of, the trauma of those attacks still really hangs heavy on this country. but you know, it's very telling that when they had the opportunity to kill ismail haniyeh, the israelis did not calculate or dismiss the calculation that they were assassinating and interlocutor, an intermediary, they've clearly thought that killing him was more important than having him was more important than having him alive as some kind of interlocutor, that interlocutor is gone, all decisions now are entirely and solely in the hands of mr sinwar, and that suggests that any kind of dialogue at the moment is

hagari, the spokesperson of the israeli army said that israel, on that note, only launched an attackt was a bomb. but when israel did not announce responsibility until now on what's happened they want to downplay what is happening, lay a low profile on that regard, because it is a bomb and it has been planted, as it has been set, for more than two weeks off specifically in his room that did not even get the person sleeping next door. that is a massive intelligence value from iran, they would want to say that. it has been said also that he is always staying at the same residence, the same room whenever he goes to a run. that is the speculation, _ whenever he goes to a run. that is the speculation, mohammed deif, it is claimed, was killed in the middle ofjuly, the military leader.— in the middle ofjuly, the military leader. what is next for hamas- _ military leader. what is next for hamas. hamas _ military leader. what is nextj for hamas. hamas announce military leader. what is next i for hamas. hamas announce table keep fighting and threatened that they will retaliate —— announced the

a short time aao, rear admiral daniel hagari. a short time ago. the _ rear admiral daniel hagari.nched attacks.— in prevention on this issue, we launched attacks. hezbollah said it was the first _ launched attacks. hezbollah said it was the first phase _ launched attacks. hezbollah said it was the first phase of— launched attacks. hezbollah said it was the first phase of its _ launched attacks. hezbollah said it was the first phase of its response | was the first phase of its response to the israeli assassination of one of its most senior commanders, fuad shukr, at the end of last month. for the past few weeks, there have been intense diplomatic efforts to try to stop the conflict in gaza are escalating into a wider regional wall and this morning there are signs these diplomatic efforts have not been working —— war. the white house has issued a statement this morning, presidentjoe biden says it is monitoring events closely and the statement said the united states supports israel's right to defend itself and is working towards regional stability. fiifi itself and is working towards r

we had daniel hagari think this is a pre—emptive strike on what we know about the information receivedout the information received? , . , ., received? israel is saying that this pre-emptive _ received? israel is saying that this pre-emptive attack- received? israel is saying that | this pre-emptive attack against this pre—emptive attack against some targets of hezbollah in southern lebanon, these attacks, as coming from southern the benign, varied from east parts, western parts and the middle part of these 18 area. hezbollah immediately retaliated by attacking various areas in northern israel and in the occupied areas of syria. these areas included jaffar, a car, and sulphide, the headquarters of the israeli military operation in northern israel and hezbollah is saying that they started the retaliation because of their military leader and they are targeting a specific post and they will announce that afterwards. as you rightly said, benjamin netanyahu and the military leaders are already in a meeting through the night following the operation and they will have the security meeting very

all of this coming as the idf spokesperson daniel hagari last night told the country that the governmentready on alert, standing by to give any anticipation of a likely attack by iran. >> we take seriously the statements and remarks by our enemies, and therefore, we are at peak preparedness for attack and defense and will act according to league to the instructions at the political level. >> on that political level it's been days of diplomatic effort to prevent to this looming iranian potential attack. prime minister held a 30 minute phone call with the new president telling him that war is not in anyone's interest. it comes after a joint effort on behalf of the u.k., the u.s., france, and germany urging iran to stand down. russian president vladimir putin held talks with israeli president mahmoud abbas. all eyes are on whether or not the cease-fires negotiations will take place within two days. in the meantime, israel military pressing forward with ground operations in the southern city of khan yunis where as many as 100,000 people have been told to evacuate once again. >> i don't reall

idf spokesman daniel hagari paid tribute to the commandoes who had located him and released him unharmednot go into many details of this special operation, but i can assure that isreali commandos rescued qaid farhan alkadi from an underground tunnel following accurate intelligence. his medical condition is stable, and he will undergo examination in hospital. his family had been waiting 326 days to receive the news they did today. but there are still 108 hostages whose families are still waiting to hear news that their loved ones are home. they should know we will not rest until we fulfil our mission to bring all our hostages back home. at this moment, there is scant detail on the whereabouts of that operation, although we are told it was somewhere in the south of the strip. we know there are tunnels that run from beneath rafah towards the egyptian side. and we also know it was a joint operation involving special forces and the engineering core, which would suggest he was being held deep underground and most likely in a location that would be booby trapped. the hostages families forum, wh

hagari, says that the israeli military is already reviewing potential retaliatory actions should iran and its proxies strike. but right now, we are also very much in a war of words for it says the israeli prime minister himself, his defense minister also try and project strength, trying make iran recalculate, rethink what it is preparing to do against israel. the israeli prime minister warning that israel is not only determined to stand against iran on every front and in every arena, but he also says that anyone who harms the state of israel will quote pay a very heavy price. he says the israeli military is prepared for any scenario as we are monitoring these regional threats, we're also watching as the carnage in gaza is continuing. another very deadly airstrike today on a pair of schools in the western gaza city neighborhood of of i'll nasr a killing 30 people injuring at least 50 others according to the palestinian civil defense. and you can just see in these images, not only the heavy toll on civilians in this instance since but women and children in particular appear to have been

these really military spokesman daniel hagari saying that there is no change in that guidance and set this hour. but some cities in israel, like jerusalem, like haifa, have started to warn its residents to make preparations, even as that home front command guidance has not changed now, as all of this is happening, the israeli military is certainly not slowing down or stepping down its military campaign in gaza just today, we have seen a very deadly, very severe strike carried out on to schools in the western part of gaza city and the al-nasr neighborhood resulting in very heavy casualties, including civilian casualties, at least 30 people are dead, 50 plus people have been injured according to the palestinian civil defense, when airstrikes hit this school where the israeli military claims that there are hamas command and control centers inside of them. the israeli military claims that it took numerous steps to try and mitigate and minimize the number of civilian casualties it'll tease but the videos that we've seen at this early hour from the scene, paint a very different picture as w

and of course, the idf chief spokesperson daniel hagari, spoke over the weekend saying that they are preparing for an emerging threat. but there are questions around what this potential retaliation by iran could look like, whether it's a direct attack by iran like so in april. so a drone attack on missile attack on israeli territory, or whether perhaps we see more coordination with iran's proxies, namely hezbollah in southern lebanon. of course, there are questions as to whether iran is actually seeking to restore deterrence against israel without provoking an all-out war, or whether this could drag the whole region into war, which is a huge concern not only for regional leaders, but as you mentioned, for members of the international community, biden again meeting with his national security team today. he's set to speak with the jordanian king just yesterday, jordan's foreign minister was into her on holding talks around the regional situation. so there is a huge flurry of diplomatic activity going on as we speak and we heard from antony blinken yesterday, he spoke to his g7 counterp

>> sara some new details just in the last several minutes, these coming from the idf spokesman daniel hagari saying that the hostage al-qaeda was rescued from a tunnel based on what the idf describes as an exact piece of intelligence. we also know that among the speakers special forces units involved in what the idf is calling a rescue operation was in elite combat engineering unit which has been tasked with opera grayson's just like this one going after this network of tunnels under gaza, primarily, of course, to go after hamas fighters, but also involved in and you would expect them to be involved in a rescue operation which is this one. if those details turn out to be accurate, then this would be the first hostage rescued from those tunnels and that's significant because that is extreme cleanly dangerous territory tour operate in gaza. it is proven so for israeli forces going back to october 7, as they've attempted to go after hamas, but rescue hostages alive we've seen images and i believe you shared some on the air so far, but images of his family hide farhan al cody's family mee

hagari. he said that they are preparing for any emerging threat, but of course, this is also a huge concern for members of the international community, namely at the united states. as you heard there from secretary state antony blinken, we know that by it didn't is preparing to meet with national security officials in the situation room later today in the afternoon before that, he will be speaking to the king of jordan, a key hello in the region, but also a key mediator over the course of the ongoing ceasefire talks. and of course, communications with the palestinian authority we've now yesterday that the jordanian foreign minister was also into ron meeting with officials there to discuss the regional situation. of course, the u.s. has been in touch with others in the region as well. we know of course that the secretary of state has spoken with his g7 counterparts and he spoke also with the iraqi prime minister mohammed shia al sudani, a very clear message from the iraqi prime minister that t

israeli military spokesman daniel hagari vowed to double down on efforts to ensure the return of theemaining hostages . new video remaining hostages. new video has been released showing the moment a british super yacht disappeared from view in a major storm off sicily. the grainy security camera footage shows more than 70 metre tall mast of the bayesian , just visible the bayesian, just visible through the torrential rain and storm force winds. the mast eventually disappears as the vessel tips over and sinks. efforts by divers to reach inside the wreck are being hampered by debris. among those still unaccounted for is british businessman mike lynch or david tabizel is the friend and former business partner of mike lynch. he told gb news that if anyone can survive, his friend can. >> any chance of him surviving this? he has the strength, the strength to do this and i hope that we aren't talking in the past tense. he is a remarkable man, and if you've had the blessing and the honour to have worked with him or known him, this is he's a force of nature and somebody who i think, will beco

hagari saying that they are reviewing potential retaliatory actions, but at this hour, there is still home front command guidance 22 israeli civilians to warn them of potential attacks, but several cities, including haifa, where we are now, jerusalem as well. those municipalities already urging residents to begin to take the preparations to stock up their bomb shelters to stock up on essential goods and prepare for that potential coming action. as all of this is happening, there's also a lot of rhetoric coming out and part of that is about the israeli prime minister, for example, projecting strength in the face of a possible iranian attack, warning that israel will exact date, quote, very heavy price on iran. should it choose to resign? bonds? some of that is also intended to try and make iran recalculate, rethink what it is preparing to potentially carry out in terms of an attack on israel. and also of course, projecting future actions that the israeli government's may take. we are already seeing flights being canceled to tel aviv in and out of tel aviv and in lebanon, american citiz

israeli military spokesman daniel hagari vowed to double down on efforts to ensure the return of theing hostages. new video has been released showing the moment a british super yacht disappeared from view in a major storm off sicily. the grainy security camera footage shows more than 70 metre tall mast of the bayesian , just visible the bayesian, just visible through the torrential rain and storm force winds. the mast eventually disappears as the vessel tips over and sinks. efforts by divers to reach inside the wreck are being hampered by debris. among those still unaccounted for is british businessman mike lynch or david tabizel is the friend and former business partner of mike lynch. he told gb news that if anyone can survive, his friend can. >> any chance of him surviving this? he has the strength, the strength to do this and i hope that we aren't talking in the past tense. he is a remarkable man, and if you've had the blessing and the honour to have worked with him or known him,

hagari, who said that these strikes were taking place to target the missile and rocket launchers in southern lebanon that were aimed at israeli population centers. as the night went on, we started to get more alerts on our phone. these red alerts from the northern part of this country indicating there were ongoing hezbollah rocket and drone attacks taking place. these are the alert systems used to warn the israeli people that they need to get into bomb shelters when there is incoming fire. so far, the hezbollah response to these preemptive israeli strikes in southern lebanon has been limited to the northern part of this country. but i am receiving some new information from my producer from hezbollah indicating that the organization, again backed by iran, says it hit 11 israeli military sites on sunday and fired more than 320 katyusha rockets. hezbollah says they have completed the first phase of a response to israel's killing of that top commander last month. let me just break down very briefly what this statement means. hezbollah is certainly trying to save face here. the israelis

we first learnt of israel's action from the idf — here's spokesperson rear admiral daniel hagari.s of lebanese civilians in the south of lebanon we can see that hezbollah is preparing to launch an extensive attack on israel while endangering the lebanese civilians. we warn the civilians located in the areas where hezbollah is operating, to move out of harm's way immediately for their own safety. hezbollah�*s ongoing aggression risks dragging the people of lebanon, the people of israel and the whole region into a wider escalation. israel will not tolerate hezbollah�*s attacks on our civilians. we are operating in self—defence from hezbollah and any other enemy thatjoins in their attacks against us. and we are ready to do everything, everything we need to defend the people of israel. we've had some international reaction to events. presidentjoe biden is directing us officials to maintain close communication with israel. a national security spokesman said "president biden is closely monitoring events in israel and lebanon. he has been engaged with his national security team throughou

israeli military spokesperson real admiral daniel hagari says he can't share details about the specialri committed to bringing home the dozens of remaining hostages, which include american citizens. we will pursue you. the return of our hostages. >>through all means possible. i repeat man's possible. the u.s. has been trying to do this via diplomacy, continuing talks in egypt this week for a ceasefire and hostage release deal between israel and hamas. but an agreement still has yet to materialize. we remain intently focused on the escalating tensions in the middle east while also remaining focused on securing a cease-fire is part of a hostage deal. pentagon press secretary major general pat ryder says 2 u.s. carriers will remain in the middle east. >>to support the defense of israel, but he could not give a timeline on their deployment. the bottom line is we can walk and chew gum at the same time in washington. i'm jessi tenure. >>now that the conventions for both political parties are over. the 2 presidential candidates begin their sprint towards the election day. but the focus now on