stand across the pot of frogs into the outs they will to either full spine pulls from place to say, with the fish i was not initially the is really ministry. chief says they're preparing for a possible ground operation in level 2, it was for gaines of being not to the northern border. the general about this, and this is obviously a lie from doha. most of the coming up as a carrier is that air strikes across the 11 on for a 3rd day lebanese house. and it says says 51 people were killed. and $223.00 were wounded on wednesday. and one in gaza at least 20 palestinians have been killed. and these really strikes across the strip plus rushes as it's captured,

to more villages in eastern ukraine. and it's attacking the tunnel fluid off the edge. it was army chief, says, the ministry is preparing for a possible grind operation and 11 as prime minister benjamin netanyahu warns that israel won't stop until northern residents can safely return to their homes while in washington, dc presidential by them. this morning of the possibility of old war lebanon's health minister says 51, people were killed and 223 were wounded and is ready strikes on wednesday. at least a $620.00 people, including 50 children, have been killed across the country since israel began its offensive on monday, hundreds of thousands of people of fled from their homes in southern lebanon to escape israel's attacks. as bala has fined bike with miss files, unlock it strikes the northern city of suffolk was among those hedge. and in gaza,

at least 20 palestinians have been killed and is ready strikes across the strip of pregnant woman under 4 children are among the dead in a quarter begins of coverage from baby. i love the day 3 of as well sustained air or salt on living on a campaign, its army says is about destroying, as well as military capability. the area of operations is expanding. strikes are no longer confined to the south and east. they are reaching other areas where hezbollah has a presence for the 1st time targeting positions in mount lebanon, north of a root, and 20 kilometers south of the capital. a building was destroyed along the main highway. the strikes are causing widespread destruction and casualties already in their hundreds are mounting. strikes are now getting closer to the countries biggest city outside has well a stronghold and bade with southern suburbs where commanders have already been

killed for weeks. we have been speculating if and when border confrontations will spirals into war. it's weeks too, of a new phase in hostilities. it may not be all out war, like in 2006, when israel laid siege to 11 on bombing the airport blockading seaports. leveling parts of bait with southern suburbs as well as targeting regions outside as well as influence. but for the people of lebanon, this is very much for hundreds of thousands are believed to be on the move in seems similar to the last major war between as well, and has beloved in 2006, the ambulances, racing in all directions, while in various abundance of taking the day before yesterday strikes started getting closer and is rarely plains were in the sky. for sure, we were scared bit by bit it reach the fields outside the village and inside it of

course we could not stay everyone a scared. we carried ourselves packed our clothes and left the hezbollah to is hitting deeper inside israel targeting areas that have still not been evacuated. it has promised, as well as military actions will achieve it, stated war goal of returning tens of thousands of people to their homes in northern israel for the 1st time and 11 months of fighting has below launched a long range weapon towards tennessee. it was seen as a significant escalation and the message that its capabilities have not been destroyed. hezbollah has committed itself to keep fighting until the war on garza ends. and that the whole a very thoroughly the most in settlers to their homes, which cannot be done with the going into this are scalable diplomacy has not been successful. neither will of, as a, and it won't be successful with women. and as i can see,

the lebanese officials say this is an unprecedented attack by israel, and they are disappointed with the position of the by the end of ministration. it is not strong and it is not promising is what the foreign minister here said. there doesn't appear to be a window for diplomacy, at least not yet center for their eligibility to. they don't go to the margins and they load for us so. so um, is that it was describing to us what's been happening in predominantly in the southern 11 on but as she was talking about, the attacks would be moving further across the country. not least, of course, closer and closer to be route for you are tell us about what's been happening over the last few hours. a sort of course. i mean, it's a very time situation here in the capital there been strikes across the country is really ministry announcing 60 strikes across 11 on. and as i said, saw my getting closer to pay route. there was the striking issues, mountains, which is only about 2025 kilometers away from my understanding. and i mean in

response, as the law has carried on its tax, it's announced for that carried out 11 attacks on israel, including 5 not mistakes. and we saw at the most side headquarters near tennessee, and it was one of the depth of 5 of his fighters and the fact that the resistance and the rock as a cruise, it fired drones a lot. no. on top of this, the lebanese minister of health fair as i'd be, i'd have to know if the $51.00 people were killed in the strikes today, including $223.00 wounded, which is what the totes, the festivals, 3 days, up to 620, that is all happening at a quite confusing time with mixed messaging. right now, i'm the prime ministers officer said the cat take uh 5 minutes to imagine the hockey wall at the you in general assembly. he met with us and board amos fox being on the sidelines. they've also been reports that there's been some progress in these tools id call them and speak to him not being buried. he said earlier that

the next 24 hours will be decisive in reaching a diplomatic solution. but then you have these really minute, you said that they're preparing for the possibility of ground operations here and never known. i'm as we had earlier, as well said that they will see fire only when there's a. she's fine garza so there's different messages and i think the next 24 hours are going to be very important. and all of that you've been describing to us the level of tension has been increasing gradually and inside the root, of course, we've been seeing pictures of lines of cause vehicles leaving southern 1100 people makes a wave, a north was and elsewhere to try to escape israel's attacks, is there any indication that you are getting in be rude, but as the attacks gradually move closer to the city, the people themselves and the roots are planning to move elsewhere. yes, of course. i mean, as these strikes get closer,

people are definitely getting more worried can speeches, people that are thinking of moving out of the city of to mount lebanon, even right up towards specifically the north tripoli. i mean, hey, when baby we come here drones buzzing. i've had that my site is rainy drugs causing i have to have constantly and today i saw a truck loaded up with what was phone cut out into the shapes of mattresses. i just, i guess, to cope with the influx of people also still coming from the south. i. so if you see the hotels here in downtown vineyards, on the international organization of migration, set of 90000 people in space for the last 2 days. so that makes it a total of $200000.00. so there's a lot of the confusion of foreign embassies austin, the citizens of desperate asking this is the flights of the people on. so what to do? i'm actually now from get out of the toilet. i thank you very much indeed. all of a mazda and talking to us from david's. got it. hutchins in tyler and southern 11,

and he's taking a drive around the deserted streets of the city. as i'm driving into the neighborhood golf course, which is one of buyers, eastern suburbs. several strikes, took place here. over the past days. we'll try to show you the move here. the area . it's quite empty. look 6, right? except for some people just leaving and we're getting closer to where i've got a cap and this is the latest attack here. can see the building it's not really possible to drive for much time here. that's why i'm showing should leave. it's really becoming dangerous, especially in the middle of

a residential area. people, most of the people out there, most of the people are evacuated. and of course, getting here comes with a lot of i ask whom i just, you know, as far as, even on colleagues in most i own in southern lebanon, that's in a box here. origin for is very forces said they would concentrate to tax. and that's exactly what we've seen throughout the day. we've seen several explosions in this area. so as strikes taking place in this area, there's really 2 things that are going on here. firstly, it's that wave of attacks by is rarefied digits and drones aging hezbollah targets . but when his bullet fires back within about 15 to 20, as far as i've observed minutes, you see an extra light coming in where that rocket detox took place. this is oh,

very, very, very serious is move a most serious escalation that we've seen between october the 8th. and when israel decided that the northern front was going to be the focus just last week, a, it's a very intense campaign, and this area is complete. it is almost empty now of a residence in really fled. there's one or 2 places open. it's a ghost town that and this has been replicated across of this uh, some live in on. no, just the strikes, not just the, his below reactions. but those goes towns and villages where people have just left is really prime minister benjamin doesn't. yahoo! who's repeated that is military is not slowing down the commercial. i can not de town everything we are doing, but i can say one thing. we are determined to attend the residence of the north, to the home safely. we are heading his belong with a force they have never imagined. we are doing it with mine and i can promise you

one thing we will not raced until the residents return to the homes. is really only chief housey. how living was more direct when talkative troops, the, the 11 on board are getting the strongest indication. yes, that boots on the ground are likely the chief. we will continue. we are not stopping. we keep striking and hitting them everywhere, but the goal is very clear to safely retain the residence of the north. to achieve that, we are preparing the process of a maneuver which means your military boots or into enemy territory into villages that has the law as far paid as large military outposts with underground infrastructure staging points and launch pads into out here at drake. and to carry out a tax on his riley civilians, stephanie deckers and jordans capital of mine, because these really government is bind, i'll just say that from reporting inside israel. let's talk about that statement that was being made by these are the army chiefs there. there's going to be

a lot of speculation, isn't that this about whether or not this is a single goal that fears varies have or whether it's parts of a wider range of options. and of course, the timing of it, given the fact that are going to go, she ation set to be going on on the sidelines of the un general assembly. the yes, israel has maintained that it's ready for everything. what it's been doing over the last 3 days as an intensified air campaign. they do have some priority. certainly when it comes to the air, we just had an update from daniel hood garvey, the is ready army spokes, person, 2000 over 2000 has while the targets it over the last 3 days. and today's specifically talking about 70 intelligence has ballot intelligence targets that we're head. these are all saying that this is also a stopping, has bought it from being able to gather as much information. so even though is are all says that it seems to have achieved quite a real hit on has balance. arsenal live,

it's military leadership. we have no way of confirming that many people will say that has valid doesn't seem to plead its full hand as of yet, but certainly a ground invasion if it were to happen would be very different dynamic with hezbollah. having absolutely the upper hand in israel knows it would be incredibly difficult for it me. there are some media reports that are coming out from israel, suggesting that there are concerns inside israel at various levels. that is politicians and is military again, don't have a clearly defined goal when it comes to fighting has been like going into or not southern lebanon course. they went into the got into gaza with the same kind of vague goals to and that was turned into a conflict. this lasted for nearly a year. of the yes and also in these really media actually extensive reports actually saying that these really prime minister doesn't want a ceasefire deal. you cannot detach what's happening in the north from gaza. it's all very much link has bullet entered on the 8th of october. it said in support of

the palestinian people. it is set, as you heard, are my colleagues reporting throughout this uh, this bulletin and that has ballast as if there was a cease fire and it will stop now. many say that nothing yahoo doesn't want to cease fire because that puts a question mark about his political future. it's a very complicated situation. what is the end goal is well says to bring $60000.00 does radius back to their homes in the north. what most people will tell you what i can tell you also from covering this region for, for a very long time, is it, there is no military solution to these kind of complicated part bad problems. it has to be a political one. so we're gonna have to wait and see whether these tool. so we're hearing about on the sidelines of the u. n. g a. are going to bring any change. certainly, i think we are skeptical having slides you say watch the last 11 months unfold. stephanie deca in mind. stephanie, thank you. oh, thanks. presidency menu, mccomb has addressed the you in general assembly. he said he'll be sending francis

foreign minister to lebanon as part of efforts to prevent an all load war is cold and all parties to put an end to the hostilities the movies capacity palace would be the disgust at the moment. the main risk is an escalation, and i express my brotherly thoughts to 11 on, and the lebanese people will not possible that for far too long has been making an unattainable risk of dragging lebanon into war inside. israel cannot, without consequence, just experience operations into lebanon. france demands that everyone respect their obligation along the blue line. we will therefore act to ensure a diplomatic voice can be heard a voice that is indispensable for sparing civilians and preventing a regional confrontation. we must not and cannot have a war in limit on. this is why we urge as well to seize this escalation that on and for his will out to seize the missile launch to his will. we urge all those who provide them with the means to do so to stop. the french foreign minister will head

to 11 on at the end of this week, but now you have as long as on those lives, i'd be un headquarters in new york guys on 11 on the coast, dominating the general assembly. i understand that there's a meeting of the security council probably in about 2 hours or so. what do we know about negotiations that we've been talking about on the sidelines of you and ga, the yeah. what happens in these public meetings are public speeches is one thing, but a lot of the work gets done in these private meetings on the sidelines, behind closed doors, these bilateral meetings. and what we're hearing on 11 on is that the lebanese prime minister has arrived in new york for being told that he's met privately with anthony blinking the us secretary state as well as the us special envoy for 11 on amazon hutch dean. as well as the french president emanuel mack, ron, has met with the prime minister of lebanon as well behind closed doors. of course,

they are talking about the situation in lebanon, and these really escalation there. and we're going to see if they can reach any sort of a 3 mentors. this diplomacy is moving very fast here at the united nations as this is front and center make no mistake about it. so much so that as you mentioned in a little under 2 hours from now, the web security council to hold an emergency meeting on 11 on it was called by the french at this meeting. we expect to hear some from, from some briefers about the situation there, as well as all security council members expected to speak a high level meeting, perhaps the lebanese prime minister or foreign minister both who are here. i could make some remarks at that meeting of the un security council on 11 on as well. so we watching that very closely in the coming hours and a growing number of senior figures and seemed to be making comments about the

issues closure as far as the closure of i'll just say it was bureau into ramallah and the occupied westbank understand the latest one is the u. k. foreign secretary david? let me yeah, that's right. over the last several days we have heard widespread condemnation by various world leaders and officials and diplomats and others here about israel's decision to close the out to 0 bureau in or on my law. the latest uh to speak out about this, as you said, is the u. k. 4 and secretary david, letting me in an interview with our colleague sit out 0 arabic just in the last couple hours. he was asked about israel's decision to storm our office in ramallah and the foreign secretary said in his words, the decision by israel should be reversed again. so that's it for. and the secretary again, adding his voice to the wide spread condemnation of israel's crack down on the free

press. particularly, how does your offices in ramallah, gabriel? thank you very much indeed. that's gabe arizona talking to us from new york at the un headquarters. still ahead on al jazeera. i'm highly jo, castro, in the state of texas, where republicans say they're cracking down on potential motor fraud. and democrats say the effort is motor suppression the the color we've had some pretty wet weather related to central pilots of australia. some live is still just rolling away, easing for a lot of spring celibacy, some weather weather, pushing towards that to the west side of queensland. and so what weather down to will southeast in cooler, this co fun who that is a significant feature flicks its way through winds coming from us, doubly direction. gonna feel the fabric cooled up as

a result of that in some way. whether coming into west sydney, pushing further north was running up that eastern side of the new south wales eventually running up towards the gulf coast was busy some wet weather here and we are looking to some of the likely winds to for good measure. hi that's. it's not too bad down towards the southeast type of just opposite to pick up the for allied and full melvin at also full how about but where to where the tumbling is way to southern parts of w way that will make his way further east was coming itself, australia, i heard of that one of the 26 and that a light that's not too bad. thank you so much to sales. use the full melbourne again. so pleasant sunshine and not too bad for new zealand. does he make our way through the weekend? things not so good. meanwhile, for the eastern side of japan, we have a trouble. depression rolling very close to was southern and east scenarios, bringing heavy rain towards took the

as the world economy. those struck those with a strong bizarre, the indonesia is where such resolve of the right place for your business to get off the ground of grace. otherwise with the strategic downstream industry on your better tomorrow the the want to go to 0 reminder about top stories. this is army chief says the military is

preparing for a possible ground operation into pods of level house. it however, is comments comments by mister benjamin netanyahu warned israel boy, stop until northern residents can safely return to their homes. lebanon's health minister says 51, people were killed and 223 were wounded in these very strikes on wednesday, at least to 620 people, including 50 children, have been killed across the country since israel began it's offensive. 3 days of it's going to turn to guys and now what is, what are the forces of killed at least 20 palestinians since the audi hours of wednesday? is there any or stripe talking at all? no set of drug. i'm kidding. at least 4 people. the bodies were brought to a make shift, morgan unlocks the hospital and then a time from the neighboring o. bryce county, a pregnant women and 4 children were killed. is there any forces, have deliberate, a truck containing at least a bodies or palestinians in gaza. the policy and ministry of health says it's refusing to receive the bodies, citing the lack of coordination base i have those killed have repeatedly been

handed down to authorities without any identification, forcing them to be buried as unknown monitors. i mean, my quote has moved from different body is really are a tax continued to pound across the gaza strip, causing further civilian casualties then to your level of destruction everywhere and quite visible ruby, one right now and more in force displacement across the golf in areas such as the during the camera, further in the southern parts of the golf unit go last week and wishing earlier. i've talked to these really military 6 members of one family in northern, broke off city, and injured multiple to take you to live, to the united nations generalist with the president of sent a gong deal. my fate is addressing the assembly. let's listen to what he is going to be saying. i don't need them, lucille, is she ever did that? and the government was here to take advantage of that. out of the secretary general

deputy secretary general miss you ladies and gentlemen, very distinguished guests of onto perform at the outset. i wish to take this on the team too. one second pay tribute to the memory of my fellow countrymen without jungle who has just left the form of general director of director general of unesco phone. until 1998. he was a m and an statesman and a staunch african defender of independence received. i wish to congratulate mister philip in yeah, on his election to the presidency of this united nations general assembly. i also congratulate his previous assa for the contribution he made to the implementation of a common agenda through you, your part of me. i convey my wishes for you feel every

success when it comes to discharging your mandate. we see the and waiver and commitment of our secretary general into a new gutierrez, his efforts to promote peace, human dignity of multilateralism. now more than ever, the full necessary cynical once again expresses its full support for his monday. so in these times of global turbulence, as i take the floor before you today, i speak with the conviction, the deep conviction that we are united in diversity. indeed, unity in diversity is the key to guaranteeing sustainable development, consume, addictive t 4 o everyone in the world. this is the theme of this session that will guide our discussion, invites us to we think our collective responsibility to guarantee that the

fundamental principles of the united nations set modem around 8 decades ago contribute to upholding the promise of a cetera and more equitable weld ladies. and gentlemen, who really all of these a travel to a world in which the principles of the united nations child to which i talk about a quality justice and the respect for human rights all every day to put to the test conflict, saw spreading inequality. so widening and climate crises rendering millions of people throughout the world even more vulnerable than they were before. moreover, we are witnessing a worrying trend to call into question multilateralism. at a time when human kind needs it more than ever before the world must stare the truth in the i the, the ideals that we swore to defend being trampled upon and also corners of the glow

. whether we're talking about casa talent for you call and swear, all human beings, i equal in dignity, dignity which transcends borders, coaches, and religious affiliation. it is incumbent upon his old to ensure that these dignity be protected and respected. so all human beings, regardless of who they are, what this duty is, the very essence of the united nations. however, almost every day we see international law as the very foundations of international peace is violated. resolutions adopted by this general assembly outreach, who with vagrant disregard we have repeated violence, the principles of the un charter of kicked to the corner. and we see the

undermining of this very house of peace. never before the foundations of the united nations have been as shaky as they are now. we're seeing violence fit and uncertain to being so if we wish to vanquish the spectre of war and ocean in a better world, well, it's high time to change a power dimes. it's high time to come with them because let's put human beings at the highest of our international agenda as we're invited to do by the theme of this session. president, ladies and gentlemen, we no longer wish to stand idly by and watch the tragedy in these to help play out terrorist groups, the sewing terrorism, the pillaging the killing innocent civilians. this region was one stable and now it is in the grips of the day violence at the same time, the united nations, specifically the security council. it remains still inactive all too often. and

moreover, we con, allow, is etha hill to become the cfo of foreign rivalries. clashes between which do nothing other than the stabilize the region here, i must remind you that the peace and security of africa inexplicably linked with global peace. it is vital that the security council back to play its role as a guarantor of international peace and security. once again, let me say that cynical is deeply concerned by the tragic situation playing out in palestine. entire generations have grown up in palestine in the shadow of oppression. they are deprived of the fundamental right to a viable state. senegal, as president of the chair of the committee on the ineligible rights to be published in and people calls for an immediate lusting cease via.