' rgeted a con by -- targeted a convoy. new demands from the islamic state group to save a pilot. demanding jordan release a bomber in exchange for their lives. the newly elected party names the cabinet in greece, trying to renegotiate the terms of the massive bailout. ♪

hezbollah is claiming an attack on a military convoy. the attack took place there mount dov and shebaa farms. the attack prompted israel to fire at least 50 artillery shells into lebanon. we are hearing now from the news agency that a soldier has been captured during that operation. rob parsons is with me here. tell us more about what you have been able to find out. >> reports have been contradictory so far. an israeli soldier has been captured and ups the ante.

the response can be expected to be tough indeed. we haven't heard anything at this stage from the israelis. the israelis are saying a missile struck a vehicle and forces were wounded. hezbollah said it was a sophisticated operation. several vehicles were hit and several israeli soldiers were killed. they said nothing in the early stages about an israeli soldier being killed. if it is true, i expect the israeli response will be tough indeed. >> talk us through the timeline. >> it clearly does seem to be related to the attack on january the 18th. the unit that carried out the operation suggest that on the

other side of the border inside syria, which is where the israeli airstrike was carried out. six hezbollah members were killed and six iranian revolutionary guards including a brigadier general. this seems to be their response. >> what is at the root of the conflict? is it about getting back the land? >> neither lebanon or hezbollah has recognized israeli's claim to the shebaa farms. it is a small sliver of land. when israel took the golan heights, it was part of the territory they claimed to be part of the kenji gotoe golan heights.

it was part of the occupation of the golan. lebanon claimed it was part of their territory. the symbolic value in the strike of the shebaa farms. >> talk this through the current conflict in syria on what is happening today. >> it is a little early to say. the airstrike was taking place in syrian territory. the big question is how far is hezbollah prepared to allow itself to be sucked into a tough conflict with the israeli army? they are engaged with the syrian army against jihadists organization inside syria. it is already suffering heavily in that conflict. my first reaction would be to

say that is unlikely. >> thank you so much for that. let's listen to reaction from earlier today from benjamin netanyahu. >> the israeli army is replying to the events in the north. who would want to attack us in the north unless they look at what happened in the south inside the gaza strip. hezbollah suffered their biggest blow ever. >> that is benjamin netanyahu speaking earlier today. let's bring in the senior researcher and middle east specialist at a think tank. based in major it. -- based in madrid. how much is israel likely to get

itself pulled into a greater conflict? >> what we know from israel and the way they reacted in the past is that israel is not capable of engaging of a large-scale attack. but israel considers such an attack cannot leave them not reacting. there will be a reaction one way or another. what about benjamin netanyahu question mark and he is heading meeting if he gets, engages in attack widescale attack and if he brings back what happened in 2006, when israel was against hezbollah but did not score any victory against hezbollah, this would be a political deceit in

the coming elections. this is why i think we cannot be sure about the way the israelis or the scale the israelis would favor in the reaction to hezbollah. we can be sure that israel will react but will react in a way that will have everybody understand that israel has those cities when it considers its interests are at risk. >> what is the likelihood that hezbollah would get sucked into another major conflict? >> hezbollah has said what happened some days ago with the attack on the convoy in the golan heights in which we had some members of the hezbollah was something that would bring a response but they are evaluating the way they answer that.

we have the answer today. hezbollah wants to prove israeli has kept those cities. we do not know to which extent hezbollah could be exaggerating the means that it has. hezbollah keeps on repeating it has far more means than anyone can imagine. if hezbollah decided to attack the israeli territory and to provoke damage, it would be capable of doing it. nobody is able to say what lies the inet reality. it is risky, a risky bet. they remain engaged in syria. it will remain engaged on the golan heights. it considers they are occupied by israel. it will be capable of engaging,

defending itself against any strong israeli attack. the main asset they have today is that it does not rely on traditional ways of confronting the israeli army. it is more likely to stick to its guerrilla style, the way in which it responds to being able to witness attacks from the official israeli army but being more tactical and targeting more assets of the israelis that would wound much more the israeli army and would bring a kind of symbolic defeat for the army. >> thank you for taking the time to speak with us. let's go to jerusalem. what is the latest you can tell us from there?

there has been confusion about whether an israeli soldier has been captured. >> it has been confirmed by israeli soldiers that no soldiers have died following this attack. there are several wounded israeli soldiers, one of them severely wounded. the reason for this confusion is the information is contradictory, whether coming from the israeli or lebanese sources. several vehicles have been damaged, and a lot more israelis have been impacted by this attack. the casualty toll for the moment, at least four israeli soldiers wounded after one or several missiles and perhaps other artillery were used

against those vehicles traveling on the israeli side of the border. >> israel has said none of its soldiers has been captured correct? >> correct. the scenario which we just witnessed in the north is the disputed land, shebaa farms very similar to the one which had led to the major conflict between the israeli defense forces and hezbollah in southern lebanon. very similar weapons had been used to shoot at israeli vehicles to proceed with the kidnapping of the israeli forces. that was the event that triggered the major conflict. if no israeli soldiers have been

captured, the israeli authorities look at events and decide to contain it as much as possible rather than move toward escalation. had an israeli soldier been kidnapped, we would have seen a stronger response from the israeli forces. a lot of has been fired. the military saying tens of shells about 25 were indeed fire from israeli forces at what they are referring to as hezbollah targets on the lebanese side. the chief of staff on the israeli side convening an urgent meeting to discuss developments in the north.

we heard benjamin netanyahu warning israel -- not to test israel. looking at their options in terms of the next step, whether to try to contain this, leave it at this with different parties satisfied, considering the balance has been reestablished or deciding the rules have changed and no blood should be shed. >> we are hearing the u.n. is saying a peacekeeper has been killed in southern lebanon likely in that incident of the border clash earlier today. the mother of a japanese hostage threatened with death has made a desperate plea for her son's life. they have given a final threat

to execute the japanese journalist if jordan does not release a female jihadi bomber on death row. we have more now. >> let me be very clear. kenji is not an enemy of the islamic state group. every time we discussed the situation of the middle east, he is tortured. he is more concerned about them that about his own safety. please save kenji. please continue doing everything you can to negotiate with the jordanian government, until the last minute. there is very little time left for kenji. >> jordan's government

spokesperson said his country would be ready to hand over the iraqi would be suicide bomber if the pilot is released. he did not make any reference to the japanese hostage, kenji goto . the woman they want back is an iraqi woman sentenced to death in jordan for her involvement in a terror attack 10 years ago. >> she is now become the latest bargaining chip. calling for her release in exchange for their hostage journalist kenji goto, pictured here. she was convicted for participation in her parts when a series of blasts destroyed three hotels, killing dozens. she was given a death sentence and is currently in prison.

she was unable to activate the explosives attached to her body. >> my husband and i went into the hotel. there was a wedding, women and men. my husband bew himself -- blew himself up. i wanted to do it but it did not work. >> she has become something of a hero for other would-be jihadists. the islamic state has dropped its call for more than $200 million in ransom. >> she belongs to a powerful sunni group in iraq. the current islamic state and al qaeda has tried to negotiate a release. >> another among the well-known faces of female jihadist.

pictured here, she was sentenced to 86 years behind bars for attempted murder. al qaeda demands her release. >> greece's new prime minister held his first cabinet meeting today. now the hard work. really begins he ran on a promise he would renegotiate the plans of the massive bailout that forced greece into austerity. >> lawyers and former journalist, the new prime minister wasted no time swearing in his new cabinet. former communist yanis varoufakis was chosen as deputy premier. his role is to oversee

ministries related to the economy. >> we will do everything in our power to make sure what is just begun has long jeopardy. >> the finance industry will be run by yanis varoufakis. a longtime critic of the bailout deal, his promise to define advice to put up or shut up and see solutions to europe. >> we are about to begin new negotiating with our partners. the challenge is how to minimize social cost that were unnecessary throughout europe. >> then the leader of the party that was named defense minister. he has a strong austerity stance. the campaign promise to renegotiate the bailout appears

to be alive and well. a warning of the consequence. the election results were described as credit negative and can along -- prolonged risk. >> the new government is causing some turmoil on the markets today. >> that is right. the benchmark has been rising after that cabinet meeting today, up over 10%, the yield on the 10 year bond. we locked greece out of markets. they are still in the bailout program. the first cabinet meeting he said he wants a fair deal with his creditors. athens getting a battering as well. down almost 7% in training.

the utility company ppc managed to be privatized under the bailout plan. across the rest of the european markets, shares are dipping into the red following that news from greece. good news from apple, which we will have more in a moment. >> good news for ukraine. >> $2 billion in loan guarantees to ukraine. social spending according to jack lew. last week there was urgent need of new funding for the war in the east of the country, costing it $7 million to $10 million a day. the maker of the iphone reporting its biggest quarterly

profit making $18 billion in the e nd of december with an explosion of iphone sales. perhaps taking back its title of the biggest smart phone maker. >> the largest profits in history. a vindication for tim cook. he faced questions about whether he could successfully take the reins after the death of steve jobs. in three months, apple reports the largest net income of any public company $18 billion. a 46% jump in iphone sales. the demand for the iphone has been staggering. he never figured the success of the iphone 6 would be so successful, said cook.

uses reported the phone would bend in pockets. others said apple was lagging behind competitors like samsung. apple could now crack the chinese market. 70% increase from this time last year. the only loser appears to be the ipad tablet. demand continues to fall as people moved to cheaper alternatives and existing customers choose not to upgrade. >> nintendo is getting a boost from the weaker yen. profits rise almost 500% to just over $500 million. sales were below forecast for this year of the 3ds. profits jumped by 7% by the end

of november, less than had been expected. they opened a new store every day in 2014. yahoo! managed to spin off its stake in alibaba. shares were up 7% in after-hours . trading on tuesday they had been struggling with falling revenues. >> a new card game. >> a card game called exploding kittens. this was the kickstarter campaign and is gotten over 106 000 backers, raising more than $4 million. the players are dealt cards until they get an exploding kitten card. they have to stop the kittens

exploding. it is like it interesting sort of game. >> it looks fun. thank you so much. ♪

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