series of huge explosions of rock by root. israel is saying that it's a tax on has ball as central come on to headquarters, and da here in the capital southern suburbs, da, here has been targeted a number of times before has been subjected to these bombing attacks. but here, according to our correspondence accounts that we have been receiving from people in the area successive as strikes at least 10 explosions. what hud heavy plumes of smoke can be seen in the area. dia is a densely populated part of the country. they've been at least 5 strikes. this appears to be the 5th strike and lebanese capital bay route this week. but actually what we have seen over the past couple of days is an expansion in the scope and intensity of is really as strikes, not just in the southern part of the country, but in some cases in the area is north of a route. and also in the, because valley they claim that these are position strikes that it aimed at. the

grading has belies capabilities, but we do see that many civilians have been killed. and this includes at least 50 children, at least 50 children have been killed in these attacks. these a live picture is coming to us now from the level of an east capital bay route, after a series of explosions in don. yeah, we did get a statement from these righty ami. now they have said that it was a precision strike. that's how they've described it. but it does appear to be the biggest attack on bay roots southern suburbs since the beginning of the conflict and want to now speak to dosage of bari, who is in bay route. and, you know, do, sir, it's was touching on that some of the remarks we've had from you in united nations officials and un agencies with one un humanitarian coordinator, has warning that lebanon is facing bloodshed. but it's not seen in

decades. and this was in ron rays, i said just recently set the recent escalations in lebanon and nothing short of catastrophic, but we are witnessing the deadliest period in lebanon in a generation. and that this could just be the beginning, is that the fear among many residents in favor that this could be the 1st phase and something that is, is protracted and even more dangerous to the civilian population. and we've already seen absolutely, there's a lot of fear here, and there's also a lot of touch on the comments from yulusef who said earlier that to the crisis 11 on has now turned into a catastrophe. also save the children. estimates that are about a 170000 children have been displaced and they are now suffering from severe

trouble. we also were at a red cross blood donation. dr. earlier today in a capital bay route where people were donating blood and the officials that i saw there said that they have not with this, this kind of a catastrophe. since the a they report last explosion in 2020. he said that they are overwhelmed by the number of people that tells them the demands of the medical sector. so they're doing their best that they've launched a campaign asking for people to donate blood. but i want to touch on uh the comments we heard of the us and from these rarely prime minister, who said that israel as long as hezbollah choose as the path of war, israel will defend itself. now the few in here is israel is now it's a fighting. who has the largest has, will, are, they are fighting the lebanese population. as down here is home to 700, about 700000 liberties the people. and they believe that these so called targeted strikes are really not that target. they were people we spoke to from da here on

thursday, who said that clearly israel has no regard for civilian life. and their attempts to illuminate members of his will up. it will take place at any cost despite the civilian casualties. figure is now the biggest blast we've seen so far until today in the here took place last friday were 16 members of has a lot there, and the units rug, one unit was eliminated as among the, after the sick as well. as the 16 there were a number of civilian casualties. $52.00 in total of people died including women and children. there was a daycare facility and one of the floors of buildings that was targeted by israel. so people are very, very angry at the actions by the israeli army and the government. and they say that really, this is now a full on war. they feel that they are displaced, they are anxious, they have lost their life. who is both there is

a loss of anger and they don't really understand why this is happening. got what is the real purpose? hezbollah said that until there is peace in gaza that the um is rarely, as settlers will not be able to return to their home in northern israel, as the israeli military says that the reason they're carrying out these attacks on hospitalized. we can, there's a organization and to also create fear, which is something that is certainly been established among ordinary loving these people. all right, thank you very much. dosage of mine with all the lights as in the lebanese capital, bayard. and so we have had reaction from me is radius. ours. he's with the ministry spokesman, daniel garza speaking about this and released a shipment statement just a short while ago, off to the strikes and bailey took place. moments ago these real defense forces carried out

a precise strike on the central headquarter of the fees bought after we're going to zation that served it at the center of these ballast there. please bala central headquarter was intentionally built under residential buildings in the heart of the gulf here in bay root as part of police butler strategy of using lebanese people as human shields on october, 8th, please bundle started attacking israel. and after all, most a year of please bala firing rockets, missiles and suicide rooms. it is really civilians affair almost a year of israel warning the world and telling them that please bala must be stopped. israel is doing what every silver and stayed in the world would do. if they had a tear, we're going to zation that 6, their destruction on their board or taking the necessary action to protect our people. so that is really, families can leave their homes safely and securely. well,

that's bringing home the cell, hurt his life for us from amman and jordan, because these riley government has banned out his era from 14 inside israel. and tell us more about this statement from these res as well. the army is saying that this was the precise drive on his bottle as main headquarters in the southern a suburb of baby oil. it's known as da here. this is an area that has been subjected to quite a lot of is really airstrikes with in the last couple of weeks alone. these really army has been maintaining that they are going to continue this type of military action until the goal of returning evacuated is really, is from the northern townsend settlements is achieved. it's also worth mentioning, but just in the last couple of hours and throughout the day is really officials have been speaking and putting out statements, saying that there's still a lot of work to do. but they are not going to slow down. but preparations are

being made for ground invasion into southern 11 on that, despite all of the efforts that are being brought forth by the international community, especially israel's biggest ally, the united states for a stop of the fighting. israel says that they are going to continue prime minister benjamin netanyahu had dispelled any sort of reports about him. green lighting stopped to the fighting by saying that israel has still a lot to quote, accomplish in 11 on when it comes to military. objective be is really, is have been saying this for quite some time and it's important to remember the rhetoric not just this week and in the last couple of weeks. but throughout the last several months and almost the last year saying that they would bomb living on back to the stone age that they would turn. but you do it into a 2nd garza and i also want to point to the fact that these really military and is really politicians a like have been saying that his mom was using civilians as human shields. but

there's been no acknowledgement whatsoever about the countless number of civilians who have been killed. it is really bombardment and loving these territories. over the last couple of weeks, there was no mention of the civilians who were killed and injured in those pager and walkie talkie explosions that took place almost 2 weeks ago. now. so these really military says that their actions in lebanon are not going to slow down until their goal is achieved of returning those evacuated is released back to those northern areas near the border. i mean they, they claim that is this day to go, but of course we've also seen photo images. we know for a while now. that is, riley troops have been deployed in the northern border with lebanon. and so there is this sort of building anticipation that that could be a ground incursion. but on the other hand, it's not certain that that is something that will take place just yet.

is there a high said that nothing is off the table, there is no sort of military means that they aren't prepared to use. and in fact, they've been al, locating military resources to the border since october the 8th of last year. but just in the last couple of days to different reserve for gates from these really are me called up to the north, a separate one earlier in the week that was called up to the north from the outskirts of gaza. and they're saying that they are conducting several different drills in preparation for a ground maneuver into southern lebanon. these really army chief of staff has been saying over the last week to troops that he's visiting on the border. quote, your boots will be in enemy territory. the head of israel's air force has said that he's prepared for that as well prepared for essentially a carpet bombing campaign in southern lebanon to make it easier for troops to go in to 11 on through the border. the same way we saw it happen in guns and nearly a year ago, the army has also been conducting these types of drills for months. it's important

to note that this is not the 1st time we're hearing of this. there have been the largest drills in these really military's history that have taken place on the northern border in the last several months. so it's nothing new. but what is new is them saying that they are not afraid to enter in on the ground, that they are not afraid if the ground invasion, it's what's to come next is really officials have also been saying, but there are a lot of military capabilities. his bullet hasn't yet seen and you'll have gone up . the country's defense minister has said that the his bowler that's due at 11 on a week ago is not the same. his beloved that he's standing there today, indicating that israel has done severe blow as to the lebanese group and have said that there are more to come. but there's been no acknowledgement or mention whatsoever about the innocent lebanese civilians and citizens who have been displaced to have been killed, who have been injured. these really, military and officials, politicians from the very top. slight benjamin netanyahu use the same type of

rhetoric, but these fighting groups are using civilians as human shields while they attack injure and kill civilians on a daily basis in both cancer and now 11 on. but when it comes to this ground invasion, israel has said that they have not ruled anything else. and if that's the next step that they need to take, they're prepared to do the a. okay, i'm the south could thank you. 100 reporting to us from a non in jordan. oh, so these are just some of the latest pictures coming to us from the 11 east capital bay route. this really gives you these images, gives you an idea of the magnitude of the explosions that we have just seen. we did receive a statement from these riley army spokesman, daniel, who gary saying that this was a precision strike on his bell as colanda in control center. but as you can see, this is quite an expensive potent strike in, of course,

a residential area in dia, this is a in district in a route in southern lebanon, and the southern part of the lebanese capital. and we don't yet have any figures on civilian casualties. but we have seen a significant escalation of a is writing bombing attacks on lebanon initially constricted to the southern part of the country. but now we have seen areas north as they were targeted, as well as eastern areas, but it has to be said that these are densely populated areas. and so by default, these attacks are indiscriminate in nature because there is thousands of families already 50 children have been killed during this uh, the, during this conflict. just over the past week, at least 50 children have been killed up, but just to put it into some perspective in 2006, israel killed

a 1000 people that was in a month. and so here we have seen just that number we are approaching that number and just the space of a couple of days. so there is, there off, is that this is a situation that is likely to last that, that could possibly be a ground invasion by the israelis. but there is no indication that that is some things that as yet imminent, we have a succession of explosions. there. these riley say that they are targeting, as well as come on to control center, but this is a residential part of the capital. dia, a vibrant of an area where you have many people who are living in this area. but it is rarely say that it's a precision strike based on intelligence information. but nonetheless, we have seen many civilians caught up in these attacks over the past week. and we have had, we have been hearing from these ready prime minister just in the past couple of

hours. you dress delegates, the united nations general assembly benjamin, as the youngest, said that his country wants peace while at the same time its forces are engaged. and these attacks that we see in the goes up also now and 11, at least 742 people have been killed in lebanon in the past 5 days. move in 41 and a half 1000 people have been killed. and israel is nearly a year long bull on gauze. after i heard the allies in flanders leveled at my country by many of the speakers at this podium, i decided to come here and set the record straight. i decided to come here to speak for my people to speak for my country to speak for the truth.

and here's the truth is we'll seek space is real, yours for peace. israel has made peace, i will make peace again. too many delegates walked out as these writing prime minister took to the podium, dozens of diplomats was seen leaving united nations general assembly, who as benjamin not messing yahoo, started to speak while i get the latest. now from my white house correspondent, kimberly how kits and, and kimberly on the it was over the past few days, we have been speaking about an american french proposal that was made for a 21 day cease fire between a as bullet and israel, which was dismissed out of hand by the israelis, they had determined that the fighting should continue. what is washington's position right now? is that concerned that that could be a ground incursion or is it something that is seen as the kind of inevitable next

phase of what we see playing out in london and right now as well. the wagner ministration has not spoke specifically about the ground invasion. what it has said is that it is still optimistic for some sort of breakthrough in terms of this 21 day spark proposal. but what we can take from the fact that it has been rejected by the is really prime minister, is that it is yet a nother slash point in the strained relationship between the united states and israel. the fact that this was flat out rejected in advance of the is really prime minister coming to the united states to the united nations. where he stood up and made that address at the un general assembly. where he just

before making that address ill only instructed the military to continue fighting with full force is, is a flat out rejection of everything that the united states said just 44 hours earlier. what it said that it believe that diplomacy was the answer that this was necessary to avert an all out of middle east conflict. and so even as the israel's says that it is the us ally and that it is the united states is a friend of israel uh that was flatly rejected. so the white house has not responded since the is really prime minister made his address of the un. but what i can tell you is that it is still in firm belief that diplomacy is the answer that it is necessary. the white house press secretary increase on pierre on thursday, insisted that there are teams at the united nations that are still working with you really trying to convince the military to de escalate. but i can tell you that this

latest escalation is certainly making that prospect even more them a yes, because there is a, a mention tool of this and finds a point that if it is reached, makes it very difficult to then kick start any sort of diplomatic process the americans claim that they are working towards a ceasefire. right? i mean this is, this is always the rhetoric that we got from washington. but how they move, oh, very conscious, but it's lame. yeah, that's what i mean really most recent, very conscious company. all of this happening before the, the american election. i'm just thinking of, of some of the democrats for couple of hours. so when it gets to thinking about 2 constituencies you have the, is really low. be then you also have a progressive and others on the left. presumably they, you know, those votes that will be lost if there is a fresh round of is riley atrocities in the run up to the election as well. there's

no question that this is unpopular in terms of israel's war on does that? uh, no american voter who there you have to remember, there's been not an entire generation of war and incredible war fatigue in the united states. there are now young adults in their twenties that have grown up with constant war in the back of their memory. they know nothing else whether it's afghanistan. now it's israel's wars, whether it's on thoughts or now in love and on. and they are simply not tolerance of that, and now they're a voting age and they are making their voices heard. we've already seen that across college campuses. so this is a problem where the democrats and there is also on the republican side. donald trump is very firm supporter of israel. you have to remember that he is the one

that is said, but he wanted to move and was moving the. c the embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem . so way he has made it very clear where his allegiance lies. so it's a very complicated relationship, but i think what's most clear of all is what happened just 24 hours ago. the united states and the by the administration said that they care about the people of god that they care about the people on both sides of the board, or whether in lebanon or in israel. and they want to see the return to their homes . they want to see the escalation, but what does they do? well, israel said that they secured even more military money from the united states to keep the war going is to keep their military edge. in fact, what they secured was $8700000000.00 from the united states. so as the united states says, it wants diplomacy. it continues to pay the bills for a war to continue for israel and israel's favor, so to speak. yeah,

the full size of it smells. all right, thank you. kimberly, i do appreciate it and maybe we can catch up a bit later. kimberly how could for now i want house correspondent in washington dc . i li, hashim is following this as well. his entire, in southern lebanon, and i mean, just to put this into context that the framing of this is very important because we do see, as we saw in the, the statement just now from, is there any spokesman that receive a root particularly that the southern bay route cost as a sort of as bala stronghold which kind of makes it sound like the whole thing is a military base. very important to remember that this is a was a v talk that we've seen as a series of massive attacks that may or may not result and, and hezbollah and i'm handful of come on as being killed. if it does, it is likely that there are many civilians and families will also be caught up in an attack like this. well, my m,

this talk has raised a complete block around 6 to 9 buildings. well, either completed arrays all partially destroyed. and this was, this is a block, a residential block up with a lot of, uh, residential buildings. and it is a bridge just adjacent to it in the middle. oh, let me see on the side of uh, the area of how to fix close to the ad for too big with the international airport on the main road depth. so of course, when such an attack with such huge explosives with such huge rockets in case being launched was such a, an area. we will, of course, expect that there are several people killed in this tens of people killed in this that we can for now know how many people were killed and how much it was the impact

and who was dead and who was surrounding this block and who was living in this block, these are all the information, these are, these are all details that's out of the, it for this moment who just speculating me guys speculating. well the, the main issue here is that as well, has been working the, the tree although defy over the past few weeks on hitting the sub install about on targeting has block on mondays in different areas in a bit to dismantle the come on train of has with law and now they're saying that they have have the uh, combined headquarters in the 2006 we're always we going back to the 20064 because there are a lot of follow those that are all at lot of similarities between the 2 wars, and this gives an indication how these really is all thinking and how his lives also thinking there's rarely,

he's also targeted the command center of his will law. and how about the fake we used to call the shoot off a square and hold the should i area then of course uh there was a lot of reports at the beginning about who was killed and who was not killed. but later on it was, i think, was the housekeeper, was let me say in a way or another, it had its own weight. what, what about, what about, i mean, you know what about as well as capabilities because, you know, i guess we know, we know that there are thousands, even tens of thousands of messiahs that could potentially be fired. deep into israel, a visa on the cells which are precision guided, but maybe maybe what is not clear to many people, perhaps even has paula's on kind of constituency is why they haven't responded more falsely. this was, that is an argument to you guys that has the laws of not responding force within

the past to search and access the nations to the hitting golf, the southern cell, back to the killing golf. it's come on. does to each and every is where the attack gave. this really is more and probably a reasons to i talk more, i'm more this is one of the arguments that the, there's another argument to you is that has a lot. doesn't want to go to the end of this game quickly, and they wanted to go and they want to go gradually, and they don't want it to be the ones initiating the wor, no, these all arguments that to me listen, he and yeah, of course has the last, secretary general has been always saying, send us all as you know, the saying that this war here on the news font is the link directly to the warning . does that and it says support fund, not a war. and it says what's not would be coming the water and it sounds especially the federal law, started using and use log in any sort of statements in the past that used to say that these at the ox that we are doing all in support of the palestinian people

today they're saying i'm in defense of living on so there's a new not active. there's a new rhetoric for his beloved book, this new not the, the new we've thought it was of course reflected in the the depth of attacks, but not in the weight of the docs. still has. the law hasn't use this ballistic midsize except for one. so i went to the, when it launched, if you watched the most out ahead courses, as they said couple of days ago, it is, it hasn't choose its precision miss size. yes. and what it used to say it has office strategic weapons. so for the moment, there are lots of layers of weapons that has a lot did not go to and everyone is asking and never and on an outside never even is read. when has the lives going to use them? and whether and is where the incursion 11 on and is really managerial perturbation and they've been on to the, to that, or else what's gonna happen. these are the big questions right now. and with

today's a thought on the southern sort of in this way it's, it's maybe the biggest attack ever, even in the 2006 was we've been seen saw it such attacks. yeah. at 5510. missed thought that missed size hitting a who a square of area in, in the southern. so about destroying the whole block there. this is the biggest one . yeah. it has, we're not going to do next. is going to be maybe the $1000000.00 question. indeed it, this is a series of large scale attacks that have affected the southern part of they would, the district of di collection of neighborhoods, the sort of outskirts of the lebanese capital. and as you say, you know, to many people, this will be a red line that has been crossed because of the magnitude and the scale of this attack. and now, you know, that will be a great deal of curiosity as to whether,

how hezbollah is going to respond, if indeed they respond. thank you very much for now, allie. do trying to stay with us if you can, let's go to joseph jabari. those has been reporting from that, i've been east capital bay would as well and those so maybe you could just give us some of the context around the kind of conditions, circumstances, challenges the lebanese people had already been facing country to already been punched into an economic crisis, you know, that health system under enormous strains that just to deal with some of the, the, that just to deal with the patron walkie talkie attacks. and they had to seek medical expertise in a, from other countries in the region. how. what are people saying about what is just happened in a route tonight and how, how the country might cope with that something on this scale of the i think many people here uh,

the top seat over the past 2 hours are still a shock. this is the biggest single attack at that day if the witness is this country's recent history. many people saying they heard that the explosion, they felt it's in other parts of the capital. and really yes, again to run their reminder that their country is no longer just basically in a conflict with israel, but they are at war with this route. that is how the lovely people feel. now these and attacks have become a daily occurrence in the summer of da here, which is about 7 kilometers from where i'm standing here is home to roughly about 700000 people. it is so heavily populated densely populated neighborhoods within the southern suburb of the capital. this latest attack appears to be a, a beast of 10 miss house use the bunker busters used to target 6, at least 6 buildings in this area. and many people say that it is come,

their homes are completely devastated, they're completely gone. we're seeing some very disturbing for.