the, the, you're watching dw news life from for then explosions, ross, the lebanese capital b root, a series of as rarely air strikes, hit by root southern suburbs after israel ordered civilians to evacuate the area. the melissa chan welcome. we begin in lebanon, whereby route has witnessed another night of is really air strikes. the explosions came shortly after israel ordered people to evacuate from a number of areas in southern bay. root. israel says it is putting has full of

targets in the city of an honest information minister on a visit to friends said he's still hopes last minute diplomacy could prevent further destruction and suffering in his country. yeah, we still think there's a tiny bit of hope on the diplomatic front. so the really boss, because loving them as being bombed every day when by the central baby, what is being bombed every day, every night around the clock. wonderful. we're afraid we're turning into a new guys, it has not been a journalist, stella manor is in a root. i asked her earlier what more she can tell us about over night air strikes on southern bay route and other areas. so these riley army has carried out a number of air strikes and the silence of verbs of beverage and is continuing to strike this area as we speak. now, we are really at the point now where it's twice on this area happening on a daily basis. we don't have any information. yes. about any casualties in the

strikes. and we are still waiting to hear from his paula about the the 2nd head hash, some scifi dean, who has been targeted to yesterday. and we still have no information about whether he was killed on those that have also been other strikes and other areas of love on, on. of course, the strikes in the south have continued as the night as they do all the time. but there has also been a strike um on a refugee camp in the northern city of tripoli. and how much here in the on, on, has said that one of its colanda has been killed during destroyed along with his comedy. now hezbollah claims its fighters are engaging, is really forces along the border area. do we know if that is the case? so yes. so what we had now is that there has been heavy slicing

wrong pass on class, just going on in a village and this house was living on cold at a see you. i've been to this village myself just a couple of weeks ago. this village is right at the border. it's a on a little hill and when you stand there you can see into these really territory. i don't see it is a point that is there any army is using as like an entry point to get into levels. and what has paula has said is that the idea of toyed to enter in other c again, and that they let the troops enter an input for it and then the last time, and then ambushed them and pushed them back. this is what is bullet headset about this. now with most commercial flights cancel, the countries are evacuating citizens on government flights. are there many people still trying to exit the country?

yes you said most commercial flights are cancer, which makes the situation here very difficult for international people or live a newspaper with dual searches of citizenship. if they want to be for the country. i live in on only has a border with israel and syria, which are very small, so i do not really great to, to cross if you want to leave the country. so many people really are depending on slides, but they're in the airline operating. i'm flying still to be rude as middle east airline, and the tickets of really hard to get as most of them are fully booked. so some embassies like germany, the u. k or the netherlands, have organized some commercial flights. i mean, they have tried to planes for their citizens if they want to leave it there. of course, people who do want to nice, but um, yeah, this is also affecting other parts of the economy as a the airport is also important to get the goods like groceries or aids into the

country. journalists, stella mentor, thank you very much for joining us. 11 non has been in a state of near permanent emergency for years. it has no precedent. only a caretaker, government and a currency that's almost worthless. the country is divided and dysfunctional. political system also means the army is unable to challenge hezbollah or resist in his really assault the bystanders in a war within their own borders. the lebanese armed forces has been paralyzed, as has been, the militants launch missiles from the territory. and israel responds with a devastating rain of rockets and cross border incursions. the official lebanese army is estimated to have some 70000 troops with equipment and even salaries funded by the united states and other allies, but observed as sites in no shape to confront israel. while being politically

prevented from challenging hezbollah. if the liberties only wants to deploy the soldiers or do any military action, it has to be given a green light from the political any. unfortunately, for the best of 50 years, often have been useful. it took a history of the governments where all ways of formed already presented the, the political allies off the law. so here it would be more of the thing to know why never did it, even if it is, are we were asked to control or to live a lot. lebanon's army is co tailed by its dysfunctional government. the country is without a president. since the last step down in 2022, the political system is divided along religious lines with key roles reserved for

she and sony muslims. and mary nodded christian saw him for more than 2 years. the divided parliament has been unable to install a government to 15 different ones without from seeing them. the already fragile political stage was blown into catastrophe in august 2020 on safely stored ammonium nitrate designated in a baby report warehouse, killing hundreds and shattering buildings across the city. the explosion exacerbated and existing economic crisis. a natalie, a banking scandal had collapse, the value of the lebanese pound, millions were pushed into poverty level known his struggle to supply basic services . like electricity and water, gasoline shortages have become a common occurrence. desperate account holders have resorted to rubbing banks to access the cash, attacking the institutions that have failed them on the job. and what are you

loving these people waiting for? go down and take your rights from this mafia, thieves and criminals. that is, ruling the country where the human rights, there is no electricity, no water, nothing at all in this country. now, ordinary lebanese people are forced to watch on, as their country disintegrates even further. and their political and military systems are unable to protects them. for more analysis, i'm joined by simon may vaughn, who is a lecturer in international relations at lancaster university. thanks for joining us. this morning in the past week has brought the middle east closer to an all out war that at any time in the past year, talk to us about where things stand and whether you consider this war with the capital w already a yeah, me somebody say this is this a month of distinction? but i think when you look at the number of people that have been killed,

the number of people that have been displaced, the damage done set to infrastructure, to the very way of life across the region. it's, it's easy to see how this could be considered conflict. this could be considered to be a war. and you look at the footage from, from south lebanon. you're looking for it from gaza. it's pretty obvious this meets many of those characteristics. but i guess what the big war is and why people have no as yet spoken about this as a middle east, them, or if you will, is the worried that it will escalate so that it will rule in neighboring states and it will lead to a very clear and very deliberate articulation of hostilities between the radians b as riley's and others across the region. so i guess this is, this is more of cost. this is war, but it's not well with the capital w that you're suggesting that many are we all figuring there's been lots of, uh,

comparisons to the 2611 on war. how useful is that comparison and where are things different? as it's useful in the sense that, that was the last time there was a major is really military reaction in lab. and on, i say, major because of the devastation that, that was imposed on, on the people of, of south lebanon and of da here, a southern part of a route which was destroyed after the war. so that it's useful and not respect, but it's also very different in terms of the broad context at that point around wasn't necessarily quite as, as involved in the role of the regional tensions, particularly with israel. and it was also the, the post spinning an issue. the question of gaza was not on the cards as much as it is right now. but then it was a very limited. i said limited in terms of the,

the scope of our cars involved. and the limits of conflict between israel and his by law. why that now it draws in other acts as other regional players, including obviously how much and gaza and the who is in yemen and malicious and that ok. so then real, there are differences bucks, i guess the devastation that was imposed in 2006 is one of the reasons why people was so keen to avoid an escalation in south lebanon and battles as well. israel says is fighting the militant group has well at 11 on uh, we just aired a piece about the state of 11. he's government, but are, are they playing a role including a military role in any of this the. busy the lebanese government is paralyzed, it was described by one of my colleagues as a form of some of the power sharing, which i think really captures the, the, the complex and the frozen nature of, of, of the political dynamics. and in less than on right now. but that, of course,

manifest and other institutions including the army. so they all mean it taking a bit of a watching breaks for the past past. yeah. right. as, as things were increasing between his by law and iran intentions. what was the next? but in the past day or so, the lebanese army has decided to start taking action. but it is a limited force and is certainly not the most powerful military force and 11 on which would be his by law. the fighting 11 on has shifted focus away from gaza and the occupied west bank. how well israel's engagement in fighting has blown and loving on impact the situation in the palestinian territories as well as speaking with friends in the post to me and territories and speaking to friends and to god um and my line jerusalem, there are uh east jerusalem. i should say just for clarity, there are a come, there's a continuation of, of the state as quote that is continued uh as

a continued as where the security presence that was the devastating striking to caught him the other day. we know that the situation in gaza is continuing more strikes more that's the question remains i guess is can you on tango. ready what is happening at 11 on from gaza? the piece by the end of a say no, this way, these are opening up to strategic fronts here. and that, i guess to ask for teaching question is, can they continue to conduct a strategic operations of the soul that we're seeing in lebanon? garza was also doing things in the west bank and of course i missed all of this is people is the people of palestine, the people of gods, of the people of lab. and on the people of the west bank, the people of israel, who are the ones who are really figuring the escalation of the situation. professor simon may bond from lancaster university many thanks for your insights. thank

you. let's take a look at some other stories making headlines around the world. the us and british forces have strep more than a dozen ac targets in yemen. the pentagon says aircraft and worship is bond weapon systems, bases and other targets. with the media confirmed strikes at the airport in who data and in the capital, sauna, former us president donald trump has said that israel should hit is, are there runs through nuclear facilities in response to tear runs were sent, missed all attacks. trump said it was wrong for president joe biden to zoom out against such attacks bite and had called on israel to respond in a proportionate way to the iranian attacks. to clarify some of the comments engine easier, hundreds of people have protested against president chi site and what they see as his authoritarian rule, the incumbent is considered the biggest favorite and sundays elections where he is

running for a 2nd term. his critics, a q site of restricting civil liberties and imprisoning political opponents. and you're up to date, thanks very much for joining us. i'm alyssa, chance the living independently rise to society is full of contrasts and inequality is a big many problems can only be solved by working together. yes, i think i pretend as a new slaves and what is home how do we tackle the major issues about time to die? there is a significant risk of human extinction from advancing our systems.