the, the, this is dw news, live it from berlin. zeros have been all over more between israel and has beloved after 2 days of explosions in libby, not as well as liter calls the glass massacres and says that they amount to a declaration of war, dozens or dead and thousands more injured. also coming up to night, nigeria, bracing for more flooding with neighboring camera rooms set to release water from one of its largest dams, recent floods of already displaced hundreds of thousands of people. the

membrane golf is good to have you with this, the leader of the militant group has the law says israel carried out a massacre this week and 11 on when pagers and walkie talkies suddenly exploded after 2 days that nations the death toll stands at 37 the blast came into waves, beginning with thousands of pagers, including those used by the militants. then one day later, other devices including walkie talkies explode. some of those targeted in the 2nd wave were at a funeral link victims from the 1st attack to risk a son. nothing wrong has just responded to the attacks and saying that the violated red lines. you describe the as a declaration of war by israel on the love of these people. or some of the say the thousands of painters were targeted by me is really enemy and detonated simultaneously with the methods you with this operation of the enemy crossed all rules. lopez and red lines is how many uh,

let me pull. i need one for both and how about it didn't care about anything at all? it was not morally, i would not who mainly not legally. and then so any, and i'm any point i want to go now to our very corresponded and bureau chief mohammed trades on mohammed. so the leader of his bullet was giving that speech that we just saw there. and excerpt from at the same time is really war. planes were heard flying over b route. what was it like? well, minutes before the speech, the, the, the been easiest for the board to witness the big escalation as well. i fired a barrage of rockets and these way the army carried out multiple air strikes on different locations in south and the been and doing has been less. chief speech is why you need that fighting jets where flying very low over that they were breaking the sound barrier and carrying out huge sonic bombs,

which left frustrations among the, the, been the citizens here. and they were the leader of hezbollah has, as called these detonations, we've seen in the past few days of massacre and the declaration of war by israel. what is he offering the people of lebanon and other than the likelihood of war with his re, or what to begin with. this was unexpectedly that the common speech by an assault. he used some sharp words, of course, but that his tone was slow. i would say and to conclude, his speech kept the level of this confrontation below the soil out war. the militant groups. he said, that is why i wanted to kill the 5000 people in less than 2 minutes, adding that, and it by this is why it's so possible constraints and lows. and red lines. you said this was a must occur and filed to seek severe, the revenge. he also said that the party is investigating the events and that

it's so close to come to a tangible jewels. on this respect, the group chief said that his group will continue to striking israel in support for gaza as a that this is the, the bottom of what he calls support uh for uh, gaza. and that will not stop before a ceasefire is wage in uh, casa, um, no sir, the admitted that the attacks have dealt a big blow to hezbollah. will the groups response change the relationship then it has with the wrong? i mean, are we talking about more and reading and influence now in living now? or what festival is organically connected to what you're on. this is how it's perceived. and it's very hard to believe that this is going to change any time soon . and in fact, his belief is gaining more and more support from iran at the 7th of this attack and

live in on it was widely perceived as a loss of to determine is the question that has the last been speaking about is massively jeopardized, as well as command and control system, but also cause more damage to the party members and, and because we're completely in shock of by just a security breach. and now it is believed that hundreds of, if not thousands of as well as militants will be out of service for at least some time due to the injuries i think as well. i would need some time to do just this event and find alternative to, to store it's communications and system into a sore models of its offers and backers. and he has all the support from here on for this. c, w is mohammed administrative reporting tonight from the root mom and thank you as well. i'm joined now by our middle lease expert and analyst shawnee who's on his shot. he's good to see you there's. there's been

a lot of signaling i'm taking place this week. let's start with what we heard from the leader of hezbollah to date. what's your read on that address? well, as long as he, you know, 1st of all the toners as we said, was a bit more timid with, as long as it keeps the coupling between what's happening and gauze at what's happening 11 on. he's basically keeping the same equation that you know has been in play since october 7th. and this may be something that these realize might be relieved to hear if there was an expectation for an astrology layout, a war grand war plan. in his speech, this does not happen. he kept a very ambiguous, you know, it was sort of a also almost a mandatory response that he had to give there. also a lot of support to the troops to the militant, you know, they were hurt their families talking about, you know, so talking about how, how god has helped them. it just prevent a much greater tragedy. so in that, in that space aspect, talking lock red railing, the base more than actually laying out any concrete plans which something that is

really, is probably a very relief to here though. i think is israel assuming that it is the one behind this was banking on the fact that ms rela is not actually interested in, in, or war. the feeling in israel was that if he had one it in a lot more so far, he had had many chances since october to launch one. so under that feminist, they were, they're not trying to sort of badger the ball out in the policy and, and, and believe in these. and also kind of say we, you know, you thought you were setting the rules for this, you know, a conflict between us, you know, you, we keep discrimination and you know, in the badger on the border and we're fine with it. but i want to tell you you're not the only one sending the rules and we're not necessarily fine with whatever it is we just you to find. do you think that the goal of israel with these attacks that we saw this week was to communicate to hezbollah? that these are maybe preliminary strikes or a prelude lose to a much larger attack. and this is your last chance to pull back from the brink of

what we're seeing, this real this thing. same as we've seen in august in t. ron, with the assassination of um, hum, obsolete or any other that is really is trying to show we are not afraid to do bold moves. we are not afraid to step right into the hearts of the cities and you know, um, of where our, our enemies are. operating and we will do it every takes. it's part of israel's, a, you know, long efforts since october to reestablish a stature in, in the middle east and in the world. and sort of we re gain it's, it's, it's the turns that's, that's one thing. but then it's the same time, it's also again banking on the idea that especially this, this branch of the she item militants, you know, supporting, come off the very good in words, more than an action sort of like we want to show solidarity. but we're still keeping some sort of an arm flags, you know, a way not letting us of to be completely stuck in. that is, you know, she, i mean, come us at support. i mean, there's support for it from your on. and it says, well,

we're not going to let him us take over the agenda. we're not going to, you know, so it's completely into a complete or what we're, we try to push back against as well. but keep borders clear. let me ask you about what we do. what we heard yesterday from the is really the defense minister saying that we're entering a new chapter in this war. the center of gravity is shifting to the north. it is the message there. we've got mission accomplished in gaza against a moss, and now we can, you know, re focus to the doors on hezbollah. so it seems like 1st of all, interestingly enough, israel more than it was making the steps on, on, you know, starting a new chapter. it made sure that the world knows it states it, make these statements sort of like, you know, if you need to shoot, you shoot, you don't necessarily talk. so that the idea that is really needed to communicate, that seems to me more of a deterrence than actually a plan for a war. and we've also seen that when the last series of those in the last days, it could have been the classic move to start and or where it says, well, why don't? because this is a cause by like, even by mister all his own admission and its weakest point. if it's really wanted

to operate on that, that would have been, you know, a golden opportunity. the fact is, all does not do it. i think tries to tell us both sides are trying to push, you know, each other, but still not going all in into and all that was shown is always we appreciate your analysis. thank you. you're welcome frank. sorry, here's a quick look now and some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world. at least one person has been killed into injured in russian shelling of ukraine's central. separate to your region and creating authorities is a russia used rocket artillery and drones against the civilian homes and other buildings. it comes a day after ukraine struck a key rushing arms depot, causing a massive fire. the european parliament has passed a resolution recognizing opposition candidates. edmondo gonzalez, wrote c a as venezuela's, legitimate president. lawmakers also called for sanctions against incumbent president nicholas medea, though, after he claimed victory and the disputed election prompting gonzales good idea to

flee to spain. the resolution does not reflect the stance of all e u countries in staying into europe and commission president or so if on the line is visiting poland today to meet the leaders are for central and eastern european countries. hit by severe flooding on their agenda. aid for the areas affected by storm boris. now they're gathering in the polish city of approximately where doherty's and volunteers are working to 4 to 5 river bank send to protect the buildings from the rising waters. more than 20 people have died so far in flooding across parts of central and eastern europe to our reporter martha. a tour is in an area north west of the city of fall cloth, where people have been preparing for the water level to peek along the odor. river, i asked her what people need most at expect from brussels and the polish government to expect money to get uh, to get the restructuring done, especially for housing,

smaller businesses. and of course, the infrastructure which is most crucial because there has, has been villages in the mountain areas that have been flooded so severely that some bridges and roads were completely taken away. and these villages just need the help because some of them are just cut off from civilization and they still have no drinking water. electricity is not really working. so these are the most crucial problems. and they're hoping that the government will help them as soon as possible . these are these larger tour they're reporting. nigeria is warning of further flooding after neighboring camera rooms so that it would start releasing water from its largest dam. more than 400000 people in the jury have already been effected after heavy rain caused floods in widespread destruction. across the western and central africa. authorities via the latest flooding could effect as many as 11

states the floods and worse than the humanitarian crisis in nigeria, where violence has forced millions from their home. this is have some residents of flowed heat, northeastern nigeria are getting from a to b. the area has been under water since heavy rains led to a dom well bursting and neighboring camera room last week. and now the threat of further flooding loons. the new river flows down stream from camera room tonight, g area, and there are several times along it on saturdays and come a room had warned that they were releasing water from one of them the like dom offline. like though, sparking fears across the border with nigeria, claiming that would leave 11 states at risk of flooding. hundreds of thousands of people have already been displaced in nigeria because of the rising waters, according to the un, including a part of the country that has already seen millions forced to flee to,

to an islamist insurgency. it's an absolute tragedy for these local people who had their homes wiped out due to the flooding and were already affected by a conflict in the region. poco rom related. com, that these are farmers who would rather be on their farms now being hit by slides. so what we saw today was continued challenges for people to live away from their homes, nigeria, the most populous country, and i forget is prone to flooding. and experts, a climate change is making extreme weather events more frequent. they claim more needs to be done to prepare highlighting the need to modernize aging infrastructure and improve crisis planning, providing some hope for those who risk losing everything when the water start to rise. are you watching the news? i'll be back to the top of the hour with more world news. i hope to see you then the

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