the, the system even come in as an international inside corruption, excellence award, nominator hero. now, the israel sends driving since across the border into southern 11 on the armies says is carrying our limited and targeted raids against husband on the arm about this. and this is obviously are life until how most of coming up loving owns largest palestinian refugee comes under, is really a tax reports of casualties. it was military buttons, very with southern sub are about to demanding revenue. citizens evacuate the homes,

as well as defiance message for israel. a senior member says the on group is ready to face any is may be drawn, defense, the hello and welcome to this news. options of smoke hang over the horizon 11 on capital bay boot as a nation wakes up to is really soldiers inside its borders. and define global calls for the escalation. israel's begun, it's 1st dry and defensive into 11. in 18 years, the military size is conducting quote, limited and targeted rates against has ball after kenning, usually the house on the slide just days ago. barely seldom somebody has been hit multiple times 11 on the largest and most densely populated palestinian refugee camp has also been attacked. calhoun begins our coverage. the lee is illuminating. the sky is above the southern leaving on the sign. it is right

. troops were crossing the border the days as military had been mobilizing along the northern border. it strikes throughout monday, pipes, the wife for a ground offensive, which as realities will be limited, localized and targeted against. he's bloss science. if we look at the composition of this trends, so pensacola is made off mainly to miss side units and the special forces. now these are believe that it had destroyed, most of them is science, where the units will at least 50 to 60 to 70 percent. and now what is a loss is to surround this special pulse. it is ralph is ground operation is being supported from the strong kid that i know who i can see a side on the largest colors to me and camp and living on in the southern suburbs of bay roots were once again targeted in civil lodge strikes the confidence because

of race and successes in various assassinations and bombings that they have conducted. but frankly, i think they are over confident if they go in and they think that they can seriously disabled has by law on the ground. i think they're in for a few nasty surprises. the strikes weren't limited to living on. so reinstate media seed an attack and killed several people, including a journalist in the capital, damascus. callahan, alj a zeta. our team of correspondence is covering all angles of this developing story in washington dc. i'm on eastern level, comes back our volley. for us, we're gonna have to be rude on a passion is there for us out a tell us 1st of all about this and strikes on the palestinian count of the let me start from the latest news coming from

south 11 on weather. the news news agencies reporting that 10 people from the same family were killed and is ready to strike on the sound of i've dealt with the witches in south liber onto the south of siding and to the north of ty. so it's between side and side. this is just a initial reports from the news news agency probably will have more details in the next bulletins. well, this is another talk is really a talk mainly on civilians. a house was had 10 people, 6 men for women, but all killed the old tennessee valley. this is the 1st update with respect to what's happened to either henry refugee camp an attack targeted this highly populated the refugee camp inside them. and there are reports of several people killed the targets according to me, during forces when he locked off a palestinian,

a simian commander, whose brother watkins 2 weeks ago. so much that survived the attack. his son was killed and members of the family watched goes along with all those from the area to the moment that all attempts to recover bodies from under the rubble and to try find survivors. it's very difficult because these are the ways of this refugee kind of a very narrow buildings are so close to each other. and that's why there's and lots of challenges for the rest of the teams to get in. and part of that all assuming the thing is the, they're all so attacks and they root is really what plays a fact several buildings in the southern suburbs destroying multiple buildings for now the no reports of casual. and i'm going to ask you more about that. i understand that since midnight there were 8 strikes and i believe that there were 4

buildings that were heads. do we know any more about the strikes and david's southern sub of the was for the moment? no information about what was that, and where are these bills in precisely except that we understood they are in several districts within the southern solve the, the, the facts, a see. and of course, by from, from above because many people left the area over there before were displaced gradually from the southern. somebody leaving to watch a route, leaving to watch, say for areas now falling out during the day will be able to check and see what kind of really things may be. i heard about a religious sense about this as well so that we don't have access that during the night. so probably in the day without more information. i really thank you very

much indeed. that's not a hash. i'm talking to us from be rude. we're going to go to, i said, big life ice from the back of all the and eastern level i'm done has been the scene of several strikes over the last few days. you've been reporting on all of the lots . what is the latest that you're hearing as well, the latest is that there has been an intense number of strikes, not just here and the best i've already booked across the ground, especially in the side of the valley, is in a neighbor it neighbors city. a also uh, the bottom half of it is next to the guns, 7 uh government. no parts of the vic of body a consent. it has been law strongholds and is it has been talking to ville is it, is it says that they had talked and gets the infrastructure and weapons demos, but, and the size of the brown. what we have been seeing is does but board to tons of it . it is coming, coming down, the intense is ready to henry, shutting. no faces out of the comfort. can i do?

yes. uh these places have been hit since just come fix. talked it back in october last. yeah. but what it seems like these ratings are doing is softening. these talk is trying to uh, target has been the infrastructure before they actually move in. but as i said, there's been a intense level of activity strikes down to the southern fordable, so it strikes here in the back of what are we seeing in terms of uh, troops? is there any troops on the ground in the side level us but not to look at the moment. we've seen them a mass thing along the board. i've seen those tents, but my guess is and is a guess that the not in a rush to engage in a grand, you know, a grand fight with his. but uh, at this point in time it feels like what they're doing is increasing the intensity of those stripes. and those are tentative. struct. a long lived on southern border trying to degrade his beloved infrastructure and firing ability. but what we have

seen since midnight, local time, it has been that said that they've tied to at least 12 strikes of attacks against is ready positions. a northern is read and on is ready military facilities, including what they say is the 1st time that they've used a nutri massage, which is a ballistic missile. so has with us those very capable of launching mississauga and rocket attacks. and as of yet we haven't really seen any pictures or seen any evidence that is there any forces have moved inside. so then let brundle occupied any positions as of yet, but that may change. so thank you very much. indeed. that's actually the big life for us from the back of valley and eastern 7. and it was definitely deckers in jordan's capital of mine. and that's because these really government has bond orders either from the, for the inside israel. so be seeing succession of attacks and strikes. they've been happening over the last several hours. what is the israeli government saying about

what's been happening as well? they say that they have especially launched the ground defense of the statement around 2 o'clock in the morning. these really are me saying that this would be limited and targeted in scope. it also talked about phases of to political ashland, how to prove this is of course the potential cabinet and security cabinet that met on monday night giving the final green light to this ground offensive. what are the aids the aims are to bring 60000 is radius back to their homes along the northern border was nothing on israel believes that the military option is now the best way to achieve this. it is seizing on the momentum the upper hand. if you will, that it has over hezbollah at this point in time after having decapitated the group really caused severe hits to a submitted treat tomorrow, and its military commanders, bundles with weapons, arsenal. and we heard from her as well as deputy yesterday,

where he said that has butler was prepared for this ground invasion that they had planned for it. the end of the day, these re, the army has planned and trained for this for many, many years. they are prepared at the same time, these ready army. we've had words from the commander saying that he realizes that this is going to be a far more complex operation than a ground invasion in goal is a, for example, is also something that has been that has been training for for years. and certainly many will tell you that has been a will have the upper hand when it comes to the ground. this is their territory. but as you heard from acid there, at the moment, we're not clear exactly in terms of how far geographically these rate, these are at the moment. it seems still a lot of artillery showing as to movements along the border. i want to ask you about those 2 movements because i was looking at the list of um, troops and, and facilities is really facilities that have been moved forwards towards the north

end. artillery and tank brigades that are part of troopers there. another is reserves and airborne units. i like most managers around the world, of course israel doesn't really get a lot of information prior to any operations. but is there any sense that you're guessing about for you is real in times to go off to it has moved forward with these smaller operations? well no, it says that it wants to return the residence to their homes. what is the finishing line for that? when do they determine that they have achieved that? i think it's clear that you will not end the conflict without a political solution and blame down arms as any conflict in the past. always needs a ceasefire, needs sides to top, needs and agreement, as well as things that it's going to get even more of an upper hand by dismantling infrastructure as it says along the border. but many people will tell you,

even though israel has says it doesn't intend to occupy southern lebanon, and it doesn't intend to push further north, once a war like this starts, it's not always very clear for possible to predict where it's going to end. and this is the concern, the americans have said so many times in the past. we want israel that to be limited in scope when it came to cause it will look where we are now. 11 months later now we have levon on the americans. it said, we do not want to ground defensive to happen. now. there is a ground defensive with the american green light saying, well, it's going to be limited in scope. israel seems to be doing what it wants, how it wants these days settling scores. and at the moment we're going to have to wait and see as to how exactly they are going to undertake this ground. defensive. stephanie deca in jordan's capital. i'm on stephanie, thank you. very much indeed, as well earlier us presidential biden responded to reports about a possible is really drawn defensive in lebanon, a press conference,

whitehouse. israel may be now launching a limited operation and 11 on. are you aware of that? are you comfortable with their plan? i'm more aware than you might know, and i'm comfortable with them stopping. we should have a ceasefire. now, hours later, the pentagon came up with a statement, the secretary of defense, lloyd austin, calling his is really contra part of green on the necessity of dismantling attack infrastructure along the border to ensure that his ball cannot conduct october 7, the style of tags on israel's northern communities piece as a diplomatic resolution is required to ensure that civilians can return safely to their homes on both sides of the border. and he says, there will be serious consequences for a run if it chooses to launch a direct military attack against israel, from the vows in washington dc. so joe biden, on the one hand saying them i want this thing to stop and we need to have a seat as far as the time to come to the other hand. basically saying that as far as is concerned, it's quite happy where to go along with the way that israel is carrying out the

operations inside southern loveland. is there any indication of where the administration actually does standard as well? i mean, yes, there are 2 uh, 2 lines. this 1st of all is the one of them is that the us administration uh box this action um we understand the officials. i spoke to prior to send the yahoo, our pricing button while the spoke to prime minister netanyahu. i managed to choke him down from a larger scale invasion to the smaller incursion i'm, the us box is, well, you know, we've had that line over and over again. we back is rails right to defend itself on his right to exist, but there is a split between those who feel that this is good that has block, could be degraded. but also those who are concerned that this could drug into something a lot larger, that it could, the idea of could get involved in, in a much larger process. and this could lead out to an all out bigger conflict, which obviously the united states does not want on the subject of thought,

read out that we had from the pentagon. we got that late last night. now it's quite unusual to get these readouts quite late unless there was an active, a situation going on. but they do tend to follow the same category the same problem . they always tend to talk about as well as right to exist and how the us supports his ro. they also talked about the need for a $65.00. this one was slightly different because it really took aim to around, you know, those words that they set at the end of it, that they agree, the serious consequences for iran in the events around choose us to launch a direct military attack against these are a lot of so basically the american site to a run back off, we all in the region, we will defend israel out. of course, president biden is a defender as well, but he's quote, increasingly frustrated with prime minister. i probably just been that in yahoo because we've seen over recent weeks that be the number of occasions where is royal has launched actions on the us as being forced to admit later on. but it have no prior knowledge of these actions. obviously the fact that president by the spoke to

private as the netanyahu, and they discussed this being a smaller incursion, shows that president biden knew about this. but this is effectively being put down by the white house as a weird because in one sense they knew that this was coming. so that is a win in that regard. like i said, present, abiding, increasing the growing frustration. and remember, this is a man who is the most powerful man in the world. he's dealing with an ally of the us backs. it has a long relationship with it gives military a to and yet he is finding that he's not being told about things in advance. so obviously there's a lot of annoyance with the private as to that, you know, and this gap is growing wide and wise on the analysis. here from experts is the prime minister. netanyahu is basically biting his time. he knows that job items options or limits if he's not going to disavow israel because there is a deep relationship. there's a lot of support is ro, hey a. and he knows that joe 5 is effectively on his way out, right. he's leaving the white house in johnny reed. there is an election in

a matter of weeks. it is raise a fence between donald trump and cala harris. we know that donald trump is a storage us, the defender of israel, and the feeling is among experts. is that a prime minister netanyahu can just bide his time, can just wait until the election. a trump administration may give him even more free right to do what it is and feels he needs to and not part of the welto. so help us out with some phone tag. so just very briefly, of course, as the a lot of 5, the stories coming out about the movement of us troops. now if i understand correctly of these parts of that is that like a regular rotation that would normally happen any way. we could just give us some clarification about what's happening with the movement of those uh that us, those us troops and all that equipment of what we saw a bigger build up of military assets in that region fall. going to kind of give us mail. however, we saw those that remarks from a ron talking about reprisals and they concerned that they could be retaliate to reactions. so the us moved

a number of assets into that region which included the u. s. s abraham lincoln. and we understand that the abraham lincoln was choose to leave, but now it's being told you stay put on there are more assets on the way. at some point there's gonna be some $40000.00 personnel in that part of the world. and we're going to have a 16 f, 50, a tens as tried to, to fight to aircraft. but the us is very, very specific about this. it is say that one sage, it is trying to get the escalation. but at the same time, it's building this up as a precaution, we measure this is very much a new round to say to iran, to not take advantage here. we have this presence here. we're not afraid to use it if we have to, because ultimately i will loyalty as with israel and we will defend israel if we need to feel thanks very much. indeed that's for a level bring yourself to date from washington d. c. i want to get, bring you some of the pictures that are just coming out from the reuters news agency. we understand that these are a 1st pictures of um types which are being moved towards the 11 on the border.

and they said they're on the back of a, a low, low to there. these are slayers that are happening over the skies over that part of the bar forwarded. but we know already, of course, there is no telling me and times the brigade or the gates they are they, it's called the $36.00 division. it's already in place on the border with that we've seen some of these times being moved, as i say by lo load is the 1st time we've seen pictures of those times be moved towards the border. we're going to try and get more pictures of those and bring them to the are these for what you're, what you're looking at at the moment. there we go. there's the picture of the times, the latest pictures that we're seeing of those times be moved along the road towards as i say about or not, i'm not clear on what is really measuring markings. those are, but as i say, the 36 division is already there. is mainly made up of artillery and time brigades . there were also at the 98th division of products which has been deployed to join

them as well as those soldiers as an extensive combat in gaza. in the past year. what content was minister of state for ford on the face has just released a statement. it says the current regression 11 on rankings is security and the stabilizes the region, starting with the people of level known as not only a model duty, but an urgent necessity. we have firm our full solidarity with 11 on its government and its people in these difficult times. it was last major incursion into 11. it was in 20 o 6. the conflict lost to $34.00 days. is there a launch the offensive off to his ball of fighters killed 3 soldiers into 2 others captive and across the border rate is very forces pushed more than 20 kilometers into 11 east terrace, which they also launched on extensive bombing campaign across the country. this is all reported a 158 desk over the course. the conflict. most of those were soldiers and 11 on

more than $1100.00 people died during a month of fighting. most of them were civilians does have ortho shot of hands. a middle east analyst is also had operational service in south lebanon, with the u. n. in the 19 ninety's island bay route, as the military and the as an officer with the standing army during the 20 or 6 war . he's joining us live now in sydney. so thank you very much indeed for being with us. but tell us about the situation regarding un troops which are already in uh, 11. i understand that there are some, there is a garrison on forgiving me if i'm using the wrong phrasing which are based there. what is the, the position with regard to what they are expected to do or not do, given what's happening between israel and has all the listeners to organizations in southern lebanon. there's the new field in durham force and 11 on, and those the and observe it force the tree supervisory,

supervisory. organizational answer um type buys a form of roles in terms of i was saying, what is going on in the south? i advise you got any transgressions. of agreements in the south, but by looking at this kind of military operations, they will, that will probably vary by a very passive role in this kind of conflict that they're, they're predominantly as a monitoring roles all those on any active military role. just that they're not there and in terms of defense, so any in self defense that there's a series of vices throughout the south and obviously by some posts in the south to report on truth. they've been so incidents in the area. exactly what busted, i would have undertaken. now that is the announcement of is riley grant incursions

. we don't know. and it'd be a very fluid situation at the moment. yeah, it's worth it maybe pointing out to the viewers. this is, this came into place up to 20 o 6 when the month the month long war between digital hezbollah, it was a un resolution as 17 or one, which a lot of those you and our troops to patrol the lebanese border. i want to ask you, given your experience as a military liaison officer, but he is training an army during the 20 o 64. what your assessment of the comparison with 20 o 6 is compared to what we're seeing now. a little, obviously a israel, a lot has let or piece or black the lessons of 2006. and they want to grad commission, which was the commission at the inquiry that looked into the political and to a degree the military approaches is, are all in 2006 was quite sky, doing all of these riley performance. and so i have learned from that,

and so he's saying this a degradation of his bowl is also is in the south of the period of a year. uh, essentially since october the 8th, once hezbollah started firing, all right, and is ro is all this taken measures against his ball out of that has been wrapped up in the past couple of weeks. and so you could say by as the page or explosion that you can say in the last couple of days, the targeting of emulation stop pulse or has bala gain targeting this and yet, and mid ranking leadership of hezbollah, bass ro, prepared tree sizes for what we're now seeing which is the grounding cushion size, so it's much more plan that it was in 2006 is being much more pepper preparatory work. and his bullet has been degraded to a degree that they would in 2006. obviously, you'll be aware that there's a lot of speculation about whether or not there is actually going to be

a significantly greater movement of his reading troops into southern 11 on we know that there are, i tell every and time brigades on the border with leaven on there are is a division of powder troopers there that are to reserve for gates for the 30000 soldiers already they are unobserved, almost brigade, given your experience. what does that list tell you about what israel's intentions might be? well listen, it's again, it's difficult because combine are on the ground or bike uh, the decision based on exactly what's occurring in terms of the contract federal, uh, which is riley forces in southern lebanon. exactly how much resistance has ball it is putting up as well at the moment israel has said that they're going to be limited in terms of what i was targeting like going after his bowler positions and also with and stuff. paul's. the problem with that is that the

political i'm from prime is a bit and benjamin at yahoo is that he wants the return of the 60000 is riley's to the north. and this military operation is designed to achieve that political. i'm, if you're has bella, it doesn't take many rockets to be bought into the north to still make that too dangerous for the settlers. for the is riley citizens to return. so it's very difficult to militarily change the political i, you can degrade hezbollah to the point of which you have done it at the moment. and you can continue to, to guide them. but whether you can make sure that the ne riley is going to be safe for everybody to return is another issue. and that's a political issue. as much as it is a military issue or something home, we appreciate your being with us and i'll just they're giving us the benefit of our experience. thank you very much. indeed sir. my pleasure. i want to put this into

context, the fighting on the 11 on israel frontier has been the longest by the across the board of skirmishes since the 2006 war that ended with united nations resolution. 1701. as we were mentioning that our calls for both sides to abide by it, the resolution bought has bought it from operating between the tiny river and the blue line. that's the unofficial border with israel. while israel was instructed to remove all its troops from lebanese territory, however, neither side has ever fully complied with the demands. israel regularly violates 11 ins, aerospace as far north as being rude, and it continues to occupy the ship off farms project on the coffee shop heights i prize. ball is accused of building up its arsenal side of the tiny. despite the presence of a un peacekeeping force, david woods, i senior 11 an analyst with the international crisis group, please joining us now from baby. thank you very much. indeed for being with us.

lebanon was a country that was already essentially in crisis. its economy was struggling, its politics was in chaos. give us your analysis of what this latest conflict is going to do to ads, too bad to 11 on this problems or the so as you point out, living on has been size, the multi faceted crises, not just for the past uses. this conflict began again, sorry, but since at least october 2019, when the non presented economic process for us became apparent. this has created many divisions in the country. obviously it is deep and poverty around the country . it is disputes about what the future of the country looks like. and now, especially in the positivity, increasingly in the past weeks we've seen a new and honestly wiring political questions being raised. so at least is the 20064, if not before, has by law has been a very powerful to go in domestic politics in lebanon. and while hezbollah

participates in state institutions in democratic institutions and 11 on it also can call on the power of its weapons, that he'll be on the stage 30 as another reinforcement of his power in the country . now that has butler's military capacity has been a seriously degraded in the past couple of weeks there already. mom is 11 on about how this could potentially open up the kind of power vacuum and the kinds of forces that might move in to try to wrestle some political power on the domestic st back from his speller. so in this fall, the child situation, we could reasonably expect it has about low, would resist these kinds of efforts violently. and therefore it's incumbent on the international community and also eliminates domestic players to preach kung and not to proceed with any of those kind of ideas. given the fragility of lebanon's politics, we're seeing, of course, with the last week we've been doing stories about tens of thousands of displaced

people moving from southern 11 on further off the country are leaving 11 and altogether. and of course the we are now hearing that people within be route as well are starting to make.