tom bateman and daniel de simone. — moment. tom bateman and daniel de simone, thank— moment. for- de simone, thank you both for now. for more on this i'm joined by hanin ghaddar who's a senior fellow at the washington institute how significant is this move by the israelis, and in terms of what we have heard from mr yoav gallant and netanyahu over the last few hours?— last few hours? thank you for havin: last few hours? thank you for having me. — last few hours? thank you for having me, let— last few hours? thank you for having me, let me _ last few hours? thank you for having me, let me start - last few hours? thank you for having me, let me start by i having me, let me start by saying this is the biggest israeli operation, breach of hezbollah security, since the beginning not only of this war but said since the beginning of the conflict between hezbollah and israel emma it's a big blow to hezbollah and the city to recover. no matter the objective of the operation, it would have a serious impact on you or. there are two scenarios, two possible objectives of this. one is that i

let's head to jerusalem and talk to our| jerusalem and talk to our correspondent there, daniel de simoneargets in lebanon. what are you hearing? so that is right, so just before hassan nasrallah began speaking a short while ago, the israeli defense forces put out a statement saying that the idf is striking hezbollah targets in lebanon, it goes on to say the idf is operating to bring security to northern israel in order to enable the return of residents to their homes, as well as to achieve all of the war goals. and following that, we began to see reports on social media channels here of air strikes taking place in lebanon. i got a message in few moments ago from a bbc colleague in beirut, who reported that there were fighter jets reported that there were fighterjets seen reported that there were fighter jets seen above reported that there were fighterjets seen above beirut. so it does seem that there are air strikes taking place, the idf confirm that. as we know, there has been air strikes taking place for a long time now, because hezbollah has been firing rockets and drones into israel,

live to our correspondent injerusalem, daniel de simone. lem, daniel de simone. first, i want to ge the daniel, first, i want to get the latest from you on the current strikes, the fighting between the borders because of course this has been going on for months, but what are what we are witnessing is what we have seen for months, israeli air strikes in southern lebanon, israel say it is targeting hezbollah targets. and hezbollah saying they are firing rockets into northern israel. we have been saying this for a long time. i think yesterday it was a bit different, we have only seen israel strike three times in beirut since this conflict began very, very densely populated area. several hezbollah senior figures were meeting in a basement but the lebanese authorities have said 31 people died, including three children. the israeli military has said 16 people who died were senior hezbollah figures. but what we're seeing today, in terms of the israeli air strikes in the hezbollah —— hezbollah rocket attacks, it is quite in line with what we have se

daniel de simone reports.adly explosions in lebanon, the conflict between israel and hezbollah has entered a dangerous new stage. hezbollah�*s leader gave his first response to the blasts targeting his members. translation: crime wars or declaration of war? - you can call it anything, and it deserves those words. he said hezbollah won't stop fighting until israel stops targeting gaza. as he spoke, israeli fighter jets flew low over beirut and carried out air strikes in southern lebanon. hezbollah fired multiple rockets into israel. israel's defence minister reiterated the goal of returning 60,000 israelis displaced by the rocket fire to their homes, but how it can be achieved is unclear. translation: in the new phase of the war, there are _ significant opportunities, but also significant risks. hezbollah feels persecuted. the sequence of our military actions will continue. despite calls around the world for a de—escalation in this conflict, the opposite appears to be happening. daniel de simone, bbc news, jeru

return to jerusalem now — for the latest on the israel—gaza way — and join our correspondent daniel de simonesalem. in terms of the israeli authorities, is there anything being said about what we have seen? �* , being start about what we have seen? �* , being start with t what we have being start with the lat we have being start with the breaking ve news from the middle east. authorities in them in and say more than 80 women killed and hundreds injured, some critically, as to medication devices used by name or detonated across country. let me show you the moment one of the pagers exploded in the supermarket in beirut. he of the pagers exploded in the sup blast ket in beirut. he of the pagers exploded in the sup blast and n beirut. he of the pagers exploded in the sup blast and saw lirut. he of the pagers exploded in the sup blast and saw peoplee the blast and saw people rushing away, the blast on the left—hand side in the foreground of these pictures left—hand side in the fl bag ound of these pictures left—hand side in the fl bag being >f these pictures left—hand side in the fl bag being carr

daniel de simone, bbc news, jerusalem.lla insurgency while president brought allegations of human rights abuses. he fled the country in 2000 but was subsequently arrested and extradited back to peru, where he was convicted on several charges. fujimori was released from prison last year after serving a long sentence, and his coffin will be put on display in lima so people who wish to can pay their respects. three major wild files to continue to rage in california of the city of fire has burned around 35,000 acres prompting the evacuation of several mountain communities in an area popular with tourers. a man suspected of starting the fire has been arrested since charged with arson. while in orange county eight firefighters were injured tackling the airport fire which is burned several homes, at least 10,000 people were quickly evacuated after the fire moved so fast it surprised fire officials as well as residents. when you�*re outside looking at the flames, it you realise how scary and chaotic it is for that it was like a mo

daniel de simone, bbc news, jerusalem. to treat one another with fairness and without discrimination, during a mass in singapore. it's the first papal visit to singapore since popejohn paul the second in 1986. about 50,000 people filled the national stadium for the service. pope francis said love was characterised by a deep respect for others, no matter their race or beliefs. he added that singapore society and the church should be "united in solidarity", despite being ethnically diverse. singapore is the last leg of a 12—day asia—pacific tour. the much—awaited mpox vaccines are finally in the democratic republic congo. but not where they are needed. the virus is rapidly spreading in the east of the country and health workers are waiting for the vaccines to control the spread. however, the country's health minister has told the bbc that it will be a logistical nightmare to distribute the vaccines, and it will be several weeks before roll out begins. the bbc�*s ian wafula filed this report from kinshasa. this is the first t

tom bateman and daniel de - formally admitted to this. torn bateman and daniel de simonebanon caught up in the toxicity and" reserves its rights under international law to take required measures deemed necessary to respond". that is a un envoy letter to the un from iran, urging condemnation from the joint security council chief. rina shah, political strategist andrew fisher, columnist at the i paper. that's get more from our panel. thank you both from being with us. obviously, we wanted to get the latest on the ground and that story in lebanon, which is moving as we speak. rina shah, we heard john kirby given a briefing in the last hour or so. what is your sense of the political mood there and the worries about escalation? there is a serious _ worries about escalation? there is a serious mood _ worries about escalation? there is a serious mood of— is a serious mood of frustration in washington about how the biden harris administration continues to handle this conflict and our role in this conflict. it feels like we are always late to everything, whether talking about ukra

daniel de simone, thank you.idf briefing which was in hebrew, we might get that briefing in english if that gets under way. and some lines from un agencies, the un general assembly is meeting today and this week in america, in new york, and it is reported the iraqi prime minister is seeking a urgent arab meeting over these rates. also that egypt is urgent un security council intervention after the dangerous israeli escalation, as depicted, that is being reported by some news agencies. will keep you across those developments. let's speak to dr daniel cherfan — an 0pthalmologist and consultant surgeon — he's been treating patients who were injured in the attacks. thank you forjoining us, have you had patients coming in today and then the last days? yes we have, obviously the most intense numbers were on tuesday and wednesday, and as the week went on, we have still had patients coming. right now, the patient�*s we are seen have already had their primary repair, which is what we call it when we close the eye after an

daniel de simone, bbc news, jerusalem.ep respect for others no matter their race or beliefs, and he said society in singapore should be united in solidarity despite being ethnically diverse. singapore is the last leg of a 12 day asia—pacific tour for the 87—year—old pontiff. my colleague joins us from singapore. where you were last hour, a huge concert taking place after the mass and the sheer volume we could hear gives a sense of the celebration this has been for catholics in the country. i could not hear you and i could barely hear myself. that was about an hour ago but everything is calm now, very quiet. the stadium behind me is gearing down and hopefully the lights will stay on while i'm talking to you. significant day in singapore and the pope has been here before, in 1986, and he only stayed here five hours but this time around pope francis was in singapore for three days and this is the second day. he started with a visit to a university and he spoke alongside the singapore president talking about social cohesion an

let's speak to our corresopndents, hugo bachega in beirut, and daniel de simone injerusalem. heltering in northern isreal. bring us up to date. there was significant fire, overnight and into this morning. there was a smaller number of missiles fired into israel from iraq by an islamic, and am back group. schools have been closed until at least tomorrow night, hospitals have been told they can operate insecure areas one hospital has been transferring patients to an underground car park. beaches have been caught —— were closed and people have been told they need to be near secure shelters at all time, being near bomb shelters. some of the missiles that came in overnight from hezbollah has been described as the israeli military is going further and deeper than seen before during this almost year long conflict with hezbollah, that means farther south. we have seen missiles around haifa in northern israel, we saw some houses damaged, some people have been injured and hezbollah said it was targeting an airbase and a defence company in the north of the area. what this shows is that h

live to our correspondent injerusalem, daniel de simone. , what is the latest now on these cross—border exchanges of fighting? on these cross-border exchanges of fighting?— of fighting? well, the israeli military has _ of fighting? well, the israeli military has said _ of fighting? well, the israeli military has said overnight i of fighting? well, the israeli l military has said overnight and into this morning, around 150 projectiles, missiles were fired into israel or at israel. most is from lebanon. the military say there was some incoming missiles or drones from iraq, and iran as well. but most of them are from hezbollah. what the military spokesperson was saying publicly earlier in the briefing, some of these have gone further and deeper than previously seen. we have actually seen some of these missiles gone further south than previously seen from hezbollah during this near year—long conflict between israel and hezbollah. that will be a concern for israelis and the military, it will show hezbollah still capable of firing deep into israel

our correspondent daniel de simone has the latest from jerusalem there has been no let up in the israeliy operation. extensive air strikes carried out in southern lebanon and elsewhere with israel saying it was targeting hezbollah weapons and infrastructure. there was also an airstrike in a densely populated area of beirut with israel saying it had eliminated the head of hezbollah�*s rockets and missiles division. this evening, the defence minister spoke to troops following a simulation of ground operations in lebanon. saying hezbollah is very different to the organisation it wasn'tjust one week ago. the goal, stated by israel, of this operation is the return home of 60,000 israelis in the north of the country displaced i hezbollah rocket fire. but today over 300 rockets were fired into israel by hezbollah and there remain significant disruption in the north of the country. today, world leaders urged restraint and deescalation. again calling for a diplomatic way out of this conflict. but this evening, israel says, again, what it has says for a long time now, that its military action will

our correspondent daniel de simone has more from jerusalem.medics from the palestinian red crescent have said that five people were killed. palestinian social media and media are describing them as all males and naming them. the palestinian red crescent said it recovered their bodies and took them to hospital, and it said they were killed in what it described as a drone strike. the israeli military, the israeli defense forces, confirmed that it conducted an operation overnight. it said it was a counter—terrorism operation and it said it had struck, with an aircraft, a terrorist cell an armed terrorist cell. this all comes within the context of this larger series of operations that have been taking place over the last few days in the west bank, which is really the largest operation, israeli operation, in the west bank, in the occupied west bank since the october 7th attacks last year by hamas. and a previous statement by the palestinian health ministry said that 39 palestinians, including some children, had died in in this west bank operation.

joining me now is our correspondens daniel de simone injerusalem.g some more information and in the last few moments, he said that they�*ve carried out air strikes in beirut, targeting the beirut area, and he�*s saying they have killed the head of hezbollah operations team and the acting commander of a unit which is an elite commando unit within hezbollah. he said that alongside aqil, the chain of command of the red one unit. he said there was a meeting taking place in the basement of the building that was targeted. and they were planning terrorist attacks. and so in the last few moments the israeli military is saying that this air strike for air strikes in beirut in the southern suburbs of beirut, has eliminated ibrahim aqil, who is the head of a specialist unit and has blew her back. he had been wanted for some time not just by israel but by the us, there was a $7 million bounty on his head from the us relating to bombings in the 19805. lawyers say they�*re representing 37 women who were raped or sexually assaulted by mohamed al fayed, the late ow

we spoke to our correspondents in the region, daniel de simone who's injerusalem and hugo bachego who'sbanon. hugo began by giving us the latest from beirut. emergency teams are still searching for people who are believed to be missing and could be under the rubble of this building that collapsed into here, which is the suburb here in beirut. that is hezbollah�*s stronghold. and again, this was a major attack. hezbollah now saying that at least 13 senior members of the group were killed, including two top commanders, ibrahim aqil and ahmed wahbi. these were top leaders in the group's elite radwan unit. so again, another major blow for hezbollah. this happens just days after those explosions targeting pagers, walkie talkies used by the group in a major security breach for hezbollah. and this is obviously humiliating for this group. hezbollah wants to be seen as a powerful, sophisticated enemy by israel. so, i think here in lebanon, people are obviously waiting to see how hezbollah is going to respond. this is a major escalation in this conflict with israel. but, i think hezbollah doesn't

live to our correspondent injerusalem, daniel de simone.s up—to—date with what we know on that recovery operation in beirut. the lebanese _ operation in beirut. the lebanese authorities i operation in beirut. tue: lebanese authorities say they've been working through they've been working through the rubble of this southern suburb of beirut to try and identify any survivors, anyone thatis identify any survivors, anyone that is buried beneath it. they've said today that they're now saying, confirming that at least 31 people died yesterday in that air strike. they are saying that at least three of them were children and there were dozens of people injured. in the last 15 minutes the israel defense forces have said that 16 hezbollah terrorists were killed in the air strikes. as we were reporting one of them was ibrahim aqil. the israeli military is saying with in the last ten minutes that the idf is currently striking targets that are belonging to hezbollah. we had something similarjust after the air similar just after the air strikes. similar

from jerusalem, our correspondent daniel de simone brought me up to date with the recovery operationuthorities say they have been working under the rubble to try and identify any of the survivors. they're saying... they are confirming that at least 31 people died in that at least 31 people died in that air strike. three of them children. there are dozens of people injured. within the last 15 minutes the israeli defense forces have said that 16 has bella were back has bella were terrorists were killed. 0ne bella were back has bella were terrorists were killed. one of them ibrahim aqil. that's also been confirmed by hezbollah. the israeli military in the last ten minutes have said the idf is currently striking targets belonging to hezbollah were back a terrorist organisation. we had similar something yesterday afternoon, a short statement from the idf and then we got a lot more detail later in the day. in terms of _ detail later in the day. in terms of what israel is saying, can you bring us up to date with any response to these later strikes?— with any response to these later strikes?

daniel de simone reports.k's deadly explosions in lebanon, the conflict between israel and hezbollah has entered a dangerous new stage. hezbollah�*s leader gave his first response to the blasts targeting his members. translation: targeting his members. tuna/mom- targeting his members. translation: ., , ~ translation: crime walls. a declaration — translation: crime walls. a declaration of _ translation: crime walls. a declaration of war. _ translation: crime walls. a declaration of war. they - translation: crime walls. a declaration of war. they can l declaration of war. they can call it anything and it disturbs the girl deserves those words. he disturbs the girl deserves those words.— disturbs the girl deserves those words. , ., those words. he says hezbollah will not step — those words. he says hezbollah will not stop fighting _ those words. he says hezbollah will not stop fighting until- will not stop fighting until israel stops targeting gaza. as he spoke, israeli fighterjets flew low over beirut and carrie

our state department correspondent tom bateman and — from jerusalem — our correspondent there daniel de simone a reporter at the top major offensive bombing in recent hours, what are you hearing about the outgoing fire and what that amounts to? there have been — what that amounts to? there have been intended - what that amounts to? there have been intended bombingj what that amounts to? there i have been intended bombing in southern lebanon. as you said, there were fighter jets flying low over beirut as well. that is a continuation of action we have seen for quite a long time now. israel has been targeting his brother targets effectively daily. there have been daily fire from his brother and northern israel. in fact it was very much timed as the speech and it was very much a show of force i don't know if it is a change in the actual military strategy we have seen. the thing where there has been a change is this week the israeli government has made the return of its citizens who are displaced in the north of former blueback formal war goal. it's put a division of the israeli army to the north.

daniel de simone, bbc news, jerusalem.om circulation. until then, owners and shops can surrender the knives and claim their money back. two companies in bedfordshire have handed over more than 37,000 weapons between them, as our reporter ben schofield has been finding out. the first of 39 pallets delivered to bedfordshire police. on board, box after box of deadly cargo. oh, yeah, that's over eight inches. that's got the serrated edge on it. we quickly spot a blade that's familiar. this is one of the knives that's come in the consignment today. this kind of knife was used in a murder in luton last year — and there's another 363 of this coming in these boxes. the knives came from separate luton based companies run by two brothers, 35,800 from eddy eliaz�*s sporting wholesale, a bulk importer who sold to retailers, and 1,500 from adam eliaz, who runs online shop dna leisure. both have said they'll no longer sell knives. right, so this is a 5.76. each model of knife checked to make sure it meets new criteria and qualifies for

let's go tojerusalem and our correspondent daniel de simone.s is an extraordinary attack on hezbollah. what more is known about it was to mark what is the latest?— is the latest? within the last hour, is the latest? within the last hour. the — is the latest? within the last hour, the lebanese - is the latest? within the last hour, the lebanese health . hour, the lebanese health minister has confirmed that death toll is now nine and says at least 2800 people are injured, with 200 of them critically injured, and he said that a young girl is among the dead. what we know is that these series of explosions throughout lebanon month throughout lebanon month throughout the whole country, started this afternoon and have been described as simultaneous, but not everything was completely simultaneous, they did not always happen at the exact same moment, but the explosions came from pagers held by hezbollah members. in the hezbollah members could have been doing anything, to be frank, there is cctv of people in shops, there is one image of a mind pain at th

our correspondent daniel de simone is injersualem and told us more about the overnight operation.e palestinian red crescent say that five people were killed, various palestinian channels are naming the dead, saying they are all men. the palestinian red crescent said it has recovered the bodies and taken them to hospital. it described them dying in an israeli drone strike. the israeli defense forces confirmed it conducted a military operation overnight, described it as a counterterrorist operation, and said an aircraft had struck what it described as an armed terrorist cell. this all comes as part of a context of a large operation by the israeli military in the west bank that started quite recently. it is the largest operation in the occupied west bank since the october 7th attacks by hamas last year. a previous statement by the palestinian health ministry said in this recent operation, at least 39 people had been killed, including some children. given that five people have died overnight, i think that number will rise. and certainly since the attacks of the 7th of october last yea

our correspondent daniel de simone is following the latest developments from jerusalem.'re witnessing today is more in line with what we've really been seeing for months, which is israeli airstrikes in southern lebanon. israel are saying it's targeting hezbollah targets, hezbollah installations, hezbollah weaponry, and hezbollah saying that it is firing rockets at israeli, into northern israel. and we've been seeing this for a long time. i think yesterday it was it was a bit different. we've only seen israel strike three times in beirut since this conflict began nearly a year ago. and obviously the strike was on a very, very densely populated area of southern beirut, on a residential building where several hezbollah senior figures were meeting, apparently in a basement. but obviously the lebanese authorities have said 31 people died, including three children. the israeli military saying that 16 people who died were senior hezbollah figures. but what we're seeing today in terms of the the the israeli airstrikes and the hezbollah rocket attacks, it's quite in line with wha

let's speak to our correspondent daniel de simone injerusalemi.alk from the un general assembly in new york was about this hope of a ceasefire that world leaders have put together, so how was that received in israel and what have the interested parties said in the last couple of hours?— parties said in the last couple of hours? ~ . ~ .,, ., of hours? when the talk was out there this morning, _ of hours? when the talk was out there this morning, the - of hours? when the talk was out there this morning, the prime i there this morning, the prime minister netanyahu _ there this morning, the prime minister netanyahu was - there this morning, the prime minister netanyahu was on i there this morning, the prime| minister netanyahu was on the plane to new york, so he wasn't available to respond but his office issued a statement later in the morning, making it clear that he had not actually responded to this proposal yet, and he was instructing the military to carry on fighting hezbollah with full force. it is a coalition government in israel and there are

daniel de simone reports. lebanon, the conflict between israel and hezbollah has entered a dangerous new stage. hezbollah�*s leader gave his first response to the blasts targeting his members. translation: crime wars or declaration of war? - you can call it anything, and it deserves those words. he said hezbollah won't stop fighting until israel stops targeting gaza. that press conference regarding allegations against mohamed al fayed is due to begin. let's take you to azadeh moshiri. reporter: they are likely to detail the legal claim they have against harrods for failing to provide a safe system of work for the women and the bbc has gathered evidence that harrods not only failed to intervene but also help to carry up at some of the allegations of abuse. and since the initial report came out, more women have come forward to the bbc and testimonies from more than 24 employees reveal a pattern of not only predatory behaviour but also sexual abuse by mohamed al fayed. harrods has said it apologises, it is utterl

response to the pager and walkie talkie blasts earlier this week. 0ur correspondent injerusalem, daniel de simoned more about where those strikes have landed. well, the israeli military has said overnight and into this morning, around 150 projectiles, missiles were fired into israel or at israel. most is from lebanon. the military say there was some incoming missiles or drones from iraq, and iran as well. but most of them are from hezbollah. what the military spokesperson was saying publicly earlier in the briefing, some of these have gone further and deeper than previously seen. we have actually seen some of these missiles gone further south than previously seen from hezbollah during this near year—long conflict between israel and hezbollah. that will be a concern for israelis and the military, it will show hezbollah is still capable of firing deep into israel. certainly it is known hezbollah have significant missile capacity, it can fire long—range rockets. last night the israeli air force carried out extensive air strikes in southern lebanon. they said they did that in anticipation of signific

daniel de simone, bbc news, jerusalem.ak to our middle east correspondent in beirut, hugo bachega. this is evidence of what israel said yesterday that it was entering a new phase of war, regardless of whether it has admitted responsibility for the pager explosions, and tensions are increasing yet again.— are increasing yet again. exactly, and these were _ are increasing yet again. exactly, and these were some _ are increasing yet again. exactly, and these were some of - are increasing yet again. exactly, and these were some of the - are increasing yet again. exactly, | and these were some of the most intense air strikes, if not the most intense air strikes, if not the most intense air strikes carried out by israel targeting hezbollah positions in south lebanon. this is an area where hezbollah is active, and these are areas that are largely empty as tens of thousands of residents have left because of the violence along the borders, and this was a reaction to the speech by the leader of hezbollah, of residents have tens of t

live tojerusalem and our correspondent daniel de simone. - what happened is totally unacceptable. the head of the un... which deals with palestinian refugees, has said this brings at least 220 the number of staff who have died in gaza since the war began in october last year between hamas and israel. they say it is a single... for its staff and it has lost six staff members including the manager of the shelter. it says that no one in gazais shelter. it says that no one in gaza is safe and that the shelter it was looking after over 12,000 displaced people, displaced by the war in gaza. runs through what had happened on the ground, what information are we getting in terms of what happened in that? {liam are we getting in terms of what happened in that?— are we getting in terms of what happened in that? own rare are sa in: happened in that? own rare are saying that _ happened in that? own rare are saying that it — happened in that? own rare are saying that it was _ happened in that? own rare are saying that it was two _ happened in that? own r

let's go tojerusalem and our correspondent daniel de simone.e response been from the israeli side and why now? there's been no response from israel authorities at all. there's been no comment. the context for this is that overnight there was in israeli security cabinet that made the return of israeli citizens in the north to their homes. 0ne the north to their homes. one of the four core war goals in this war that started last october for that it's the only one of the four goals to relate to the north of israel and not to the north of israel and not to relate to gaza or hamas. there's been an ongoing debate in israel about this conflict with his brother at started a year ago, the day after the october seven attacks. what 0ctober seven attacks. what happened in that period is there's been daily cross—border attacks from his brother into israel and israel carrying out air strikes and other things in lebanon. that means thousands of people on the border have had to leave their homes and they been displaced. within israel there's been a debate on w

joining me from jeruslaem is daniel de simone — who has been bringing us the latest updates from on thel — during this ongoing conflict. see you first, lena, it is been a devastating day where you are. a, a devastating day where you are, �* ., , ., a devastating day where you are. ~ . , ., ._ a devastating day where you are. ~ ., ., ._ ., are. a devastating day and we're still _ are. a devastating day and we're still having - are. a devastating day and we're still having more - are. a devastating day and | we're still having more and more deadly news. you have just learned there has been a targeted attack also in that he, a stronghold of his brother —— hezbollah here in lebanon in beirut in the south of beirut, and we don't know much about this targeted attack, who has been targeted or if any civilians were injured in this attack, so it seems things are not stopping are calming down after a terrible day in southern lebanon. as you mention, and over 700 injured, thousands of people are civilians fleeing villages and towns in northern lebanon, fleeing the south and trying to find shows ar

joining me now is our correspondents — daniel de simone injerusalem and hugo bachega in beirut.ut this? find saying any more about this? and tells more _ saying any more about this? and tells more about _ saying any more about this? fific tells more about the backdrop. the israeli government has not commented that all and it is now confirming its involvement nor denying its involvement. the widespread public view here is that israel was involved and thatis is that israel was involved and that is of course the view across the region with several states condemning israelis, israel's actions, saying israel was involved. the context is that israel has been involved in a that israel has been involved in a conflict that israel has been involved in a conflict with that israel has been involved in a conflict with hezbollah since the day after the october seven attacks by hamas last year and on that day hezbollah launched rockets into israel and since then i have been thousands of cross—border attacks driving tens of thousands of people away from their homes on both sides of their homes on

let's speak to our correspondent daniel de simone in jerusalem.scalates before our eyes. we are seeing these additional brigades going up to the north of israel. are we ahead of a ground offensive here? we still don't know _ ground offensive here? we still don't know for _ ground offensive here? we still don't know for sure. _ ground offensive here? we still don't know for sure. these - ground offensive here? we still don't know for sure. these are | don't know for sure. these are reserved brigades that have been called up, the israeli military announcing at this afternoon. that will bolster the numbers in the north of the country, nearthe the numbers in the north of the country, near the lebanese border. last week, we had a division of the army transferred from the south of the country, had previously been focused on gaza, to the north, meaning there were two divisions in the north and two in the south. so there has clearly been a sequencing going on and there is clearly a far larger number of troops in the north now than there were just over a w

we can go live now tojerusalem and our correspondent daniel de simone.. what do you think the likely reaction will be when it is very clearly laid down that that objective of benjamin netanyahu, israelis will be able to return to their homes in northern israel because they have been evacuated for many months now, hezbollah saying that will not happen.— that will not happen. yes, he has made — that will not happen. yes, he has made that _ that will not happen. yes, he has made that point, - that will not happen. yes, he has made that point, he - that will not happen. yes, he has made that point, he has| has made that point, he has made two main points, really. 0ne, he is saying that the war goal has been set of returning as well, but ends, we will stop as well, but obviously israelis would not trust anything he actually said, but that is what he is saying. and he is saying we will carry on, we are not going to stop, hezbollah will not stop and it will not be deterred by what has happened this week in lebanon and by the air strikes today. the air strikes t

joining me now from jerusalem is our correspondent daniel de simone.us through the context of the idf' talk us through the context of the idf�* preparations on the northern border? the the idf' preparations on the northern border? the context is israel set a _ northern border? the context is israel set a goal _ northern border? the context is israel set a goal for _ northern border? the context is israel set a goal for itself - northern border? the context is israel set a goal for itself of - israel set a goal for itself of returning home 60,000 israelis who have been displaced in the north of the country due to rocket fire from hezbollah. that was the goal set at the beginning of last week and since then we have seen a series of attacks against hezbollah. we saw the and pager attacks as we can do extensive air strikes today, including in beirut against senior hezbollah figures. we then saw a division of the army move north. today the call up of reserve brigades. within the last 20 minutes, we have had remarks released by the chief of the general staff

return of the residents of the north securely to their homes. 0ur correspondent in jerusalem daniel de simone some of the pressure mr netanyahu will be coming underfrom his coalition back at home. well, he's talking about is this goal that the government set for itself, which is the return home of 60,000 israelis who have been displaced by hezbollah rocket fire in the north when that was set at the beginning of the last week. since then, we've seen a whole series of attacks on hezbollah. the walkie talkie and pager explosions, and then these extensive air strikes this week which have killed hundreds of people in lebanon. but of course, the goal hasn't been achieved because his brother has kept firing rockets. so what we're seeing now is speculation about what might what might come next, including the possibility of a ground invasion which the head of the military was talking about in very blunt terms yesterday. and that same that same officer, the head of the military, has been quoted the this evening here in israel as saying we must keep fighting his brother. we've been waiting for this oppo

joining me now is daniel de simone, our correspondent injerusalem and our middle east correspondent, if you go, let's start with you because of course that coverage we have been looking at those live pictures from beirut and the devastation following that strike on those two commanders but a lot of devastation of that suburb in beirut. exactly and emergency _ that suburb in beirut. exactly and emergency teams - that suburb in beirut. exactly and emergency teams are . that suburb in beirut. exactlyl and emergency teams are still searching for people who are believed to be missing and could be under the rubble of this building that collapsed in the suburb here in beirut that is has blah�*s stronghold. again, this was a major attack. hezbollah now saying that at least 13 senior members of the group were killed, including two top commanders including ibrahim aqil. these were leaders in the top unit. so again another major blow for hezbollah. this happensjust hezbollah. this happens just days hezbollah. this happensjust days after those explosions on pagers and walkie—talkies in a major s

let's speak to our correspondent injerusalem, daniel de simone. like itjust feels like this tension is escalating, it is creeping up, now we have these latest comments saying this has entered a new phase, the group presented a new phase with its battle with israel, what do we into that? it battle with israel, what do we into that?— into that? it is a mirror of what the _ into that? it is a mirror of what the israeli _ into that? it is a mirror of| what the israeli leadership have been saying. this week that israeli defence minister spoke about new phase in this war, about the centre of gravity of this war moving north which of course means north to the lebanese border and to the conflict with covid—i9 so the deputy leader has been speaking today. —— the conflict with hezbollah. and he has been saying that... the deputy leader has been saying there's a new phase and this is an open confrontation with israel, and he has also said that there would be a possibility of a ceasefire, again linking it... the necessity of a ceasefire in gaza before there w

live to our correspondent injerusalem, daniel de simone.border exchanges of fire, of strikes. it is ratcheting up tensions and those fears of escalation. that's right. i think the exchanges today between hezbollah and israel are somewhat typical of the kinds of exchanges we have been saying for months. rocket firing into northern israel and israel carrying out air strikes on hezbollah positions. but this week as a whole has seen significant escalation in the conflict and we have seen things we haven't seen the before, for example in the pager and walkie—talkie explosions targeting hezbollah members in lebanon. only a couple of times before this week we saw this particular conflict which was israel carrying out an air strike yesterday in beirut, a heavily populated area of beirut which has led to 37 people dying, with the israeli military saying 16 of those people were senior hezbollah members. i think early this week israel set a new war goal which was to return home 60,000 israelis who had been displaced in northern israel by the hezbollah

now let's speak to our correspondent daniel de simone who's injerusalem.s against hezbollah have not necessarily got any nearer to achieving that goal because yesterday we saw around 200 rockets fired by hezbollah into northern israel. but i think that is why we are seeing concern about what might be next, there has been further escalation. there is further talking here of actually a ground incursion into southern lebanon by israeli troops. but has not been said by the israeli military, it is part of a public debate here. last night the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, took to social media to say "our goals are clear and our actions speakfor say "our goals are clear and our actions speak for themselves". downing street has said that the prime minster, his deputy and the chancellor will no longer accept any donations for clothing, following growing criticism over gifts from party donors. it comes as the labour party heads to liverpool for its first annual conference since the general election. our political correspondent iain watson reports. labo

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