and now the senior officials hochstein will also travel to lebanon in southern lebanon. many towns and villages are in ruins. off the months of his riley bombing, some families are returning to was left of the homes to mark some of them holiday of aid. do you and says 9090000 people have flight the area or is there any government as bind? i'll do 0 from the full thing the so i'm just also now joins us from the jewel damian capital i mind. then let's start 1st with the decision to the solve these ray, the war cabinet. what prompted that the oil recall that last week, national unity member of benny against the head of that opposition party decided but he and his cell party members would leave the war cabinet. it was started after october 7th, and a show of unity by prime minister benjamin netanyahu inviting several heads of opposition to sit in the unit in government with him for war time, decision making. but benny gans has said that there has been no direction for which nothing y'all who wants to lead the war. there is no plan for what will happen after the war, and the

hochstein saying he had been dispatched as the situation had become serious, adding president biden wants to avoid further escalation to a greater war. and while israel's defense forces say operational plans for an offensive in lebanon have been approved and validated, following the escalation in fighting and the war of words between the two sides, hezbollah has said they would stop attacking israel if there was a cease-fire in gaza, and also amos hochstein saying the best way to avoid a greater fight is to get a cease-fire in gaza. now, a war with hezbollah and israel could be potentially greater, as hezbollah, backed by iran as well, has a larger arsenal, as well as more, bigger fighting force than hamas. so there's real hopes that diplomacy can prevail, and a larger war can be avoided for the region, as they've been saying all along, trying to avoid escalation in the region, frances? >> okay, chapman, thank you. >>> new this morning, after a short trial, an american off-duty soldier has been sentenced to three years and nine months in a russian penal colony. gordon black seen here was

hochstein is in the region working on this and we all collectively have been working on this from anyone of the paradoxesment is i 'f that potential belligerents actually want t#? see a war or conflict spread, i don't beliesy doesn't because it would suffer the most. i don't belveyet you have because with the day, there is always the possibility of a miscalculation, one side not .ully seeing what the otis and it is very important to do everything w to address that and find a diplomatic enge that exists for israel, as well as for lebanon are something like 60,000 or 70,000 i■vsraeli% that have been forced from their homes and basically depopulated a big part of northern israel beuse of the threat from hezbollah and because of hezbollah launching rockets at israel. are many lebanese in lebanon also not able to live in their homes. so we are working diplomatically to find a resolution to this so that people on both sides of the line have the confidence to be able to live in their homes and go back to where they live. now, here again, so much of this comes back to the the most immediate w

israel, hoping to avoid a wide conflict. us president joe biden dispatched special envoy, a most hochstein to meet leaders and living on and israel. the situation is serious . we have seen a escalation over the last few weeks. and what president biden wants to do is to avoid a further escalation to a greater war. but as hochstein wrapped up meetings in babies, his blood released drone footage, it says, shows sensitive and military sites deep within israel. the analysts say the group's message is clear about us capabilities. continue to expand, become more sophisticated, and are more able to penetrate or with a is rarely a defense of systems. he's rails respond slates on wednesday was an announcement that see me a general's had approved operational plans for a ground defensive in lab and on the. 6 inflammatory rhetoric is also fueling tensions. servers were allow me to talk. oh, well, victory. we need to enter the north and fight tests the law. i'm not really the rivals have gone beyond this point before fighting a months long boy in 2006. and now both sides appear to be willing to violate

but as hochstein wrapped up meetings in bainbridge, his blood released drone footage, it says, shows sensitive military sites deep within these rail. analysts say the groups message is clear about us capabilities continue to expand, become more sophisticated, and are more able to penetrate. what are they is rarely a defense of systems. he's rails response slates on wednesday was an announcement that see me a general's had approved operational plans for a ground defensive and they've been on the. 6 inflammatory rhetoric is also fueling tensions. servers were allow me to talk. oh, well, victory. we need to enter the north and fight says the law. i'm not really. the rivals have gone beyond this point before fighting a months long boy in 2006. and now both sides appear to be willing to violate the unwritten rules of engagement that govern. they low level hostilities, but that will come at a cost. the regions attend to box one wrong move by either side, could set it all off. mike, level l g 0 for the inside story. it okay, let's bring in uh guess from bay ruth where joined by nicholas kno

the video was released as presidential biden special envoy, amos hochstein, concluded his meetings in bay route. it was his 4th round of shuttle diplomacy since hezbollah opened up a front to help him, us in garza, he is trying to de escalate the conflict between israel and has the law that's reached its most intense level yet from a route he had a message for his brothers ally, hum us, encouraging it to agree to a us back cease fire deal in garza as a way to reduce regional tensions. the deal stops the war and gaza. it lays out the schedule for the withdrawal of forces. if that's what from us once. so they should just say yes, accepted a ceasefire and gaza and or an alternative diplomatic solution. could also bring the conflict across the blue line to an end. that seems to show an understanding of has the last position. the group has already lost more than $300.00 fighters in this war and insist it will only hold fiery once. there's a permanent end to as well as war on gaza. but as round has insisted on a new reality along the border during his last visit to bailey with the us and vo

out war off the both sides stepped off with tax and recent days through a special advise that amos hochstein is in israel. meanwhile, for tools to prevent further escalation, he's meeting prime minister ben, you mean that's and yeah, and all the senior officials hochstein will also travel to lebanon in southern lebanon. many towns and villages are in ruins, off the months of his riley bombing. some families are returning to what's left of that holmes to mock the most them holiday of lead the you and says nearly 90000 people have flight the area. as always, right, the government has band down to 0 sum reporting that so i'm the sounds who joins us now from the jordanian capital a mine. so i'm that, let's start with that visit by the us diplomat. what can we expect out of hawks stein's talks with these? right? the officials, the full, the us, the visual has now met with these really prime minister benjamin netanyahu. israel's president, is occurred, solved as well as other senior defense and security officials. but it is worth noting that these released himself had said that any sort of diploma

a cnn has learned that almost hochstein, who had been traveling in the region, met with netanyahu yesterday and told him, very frankly that his comments were unproductive. active and more importantly, completely untrue. the us ambassador to israel, jack lew was also meeting with netanyahu and reiterate that these comments were incorrect, actually running through the types of weapons that the us has been sending to israel over the past few months. now, it's unclear what exactly netanyahu i'll who was referencing here in early may, we know that the administration had put a pause on the shipment of some heavy bombs to israel amid concerns about its operations into rafah just yesterday, both secretary of state antony blinken and the white house press secretary said that that is still under review, but that there haven't been any other pauses in the shipments. take a listen to what i'm john pierre had to tell i'll reporters yesterday we generally do not know what he's talking about. >> we just don't there was one particular shipment of munitions that was paused. there are no other pauses, none,

hey, miss hochstein says that she's been meeting that been these leaders and they root has blog, has increased cross border rocket attacks in the past week out. the israel killed one of its top commanders, hosting. also matthews, ready to lead us on monday? let me be clear, the conflict along the blue line between israel and because bella has gone on for long enough. innocent people are dying, property is damaged, families are shattered, and 11 is economy continues to decline. the country is suffering for no good reason. it's in everyone's interest to resolve it quickly and diplomatically that is both achievable and it is urgent is what of the bombing has continues across. the goal is the strength of tax on 2 homes and understood refugee come killed at least 17 palestinians. the victims have been taken to unlock the hospital and out of the bottle, strikes wells that are posted in the ridge refugee can honey. my mood has moved from the bella in central golf. we receive a statement by the holtzman, the 3 confirming that within the past 24 hours, that was looking at at 3 atrocities comm

israel's political establishment also concluded that hochstein intended to negotiate a deal that wouldmmediately arises war, this time involving iran. and thirdly, the americans are unable to restrain the parties, and mos howshtein, biden’s special envoy , has not convinced netanyahu that it is necessary to act more carefully. netanyahu in response i just began to compare myself with churchill, with roosevelt, about the situation with the second world war, they say he will not retreat, the americans must help him with all their might, and this stubbornness has long been causing irritation. in washington, but here is another failure: the americans can neither convince netanyahu, nor yet can they replace him with someone else, although they are working in this direction ... they will cope with hezbollah, but hezbollah is of course not hamas, it is much more powerful, more powerful force, better armed, quite massive, there are only 15,000 armed forces, yes, as far as i know, hezbollah has very serious systems for destroying missiles, including long-range ones, which are capable of reachin

senior biden adviser amos hochstein is set to travel to israel today for a meeting to try and deescalateituation between hezbollah and the jewish state. the idf says hezbollah's increasing aggression is bringing them to the brink of what could be a wider escalation. this as israel mourns the deaths of 12 soldiers in one of its deadliest weekends of war in gaza. eight of them killed when their armored vehicle was hit by an explosion in rafah. cbs' chris livesay reports from tel aviv. >> reporter: a tactical pause in the fighting, allowing more aid in parts of central gaza according to a new israeli directive. these worshippers take advantage, celebrating the islamic holiday of ead in front of what's left of their mosque. "we are praying in the rubble," this man tells our cbs news team in gaza. it's a time when man gazans like muslims around the world would make the pilgrimage to mecca in saudi arabia or the hajj, but due to the war and the closed gaza crossings, this travel agency says 2,500 trips have been canceled. "our hearts break when we hear of people doing hajj in other countries a

and we've had been us special envoy in 11 on a most hochstein. what do you think the timing of this video, the release of this video is linked to that visit? i probably should probably also link too much of a, um, uh, originally morales, the palestinians of the building a down with a and a half months of continuous attacks. by israel, and there's also probably a link to the pushing to the terminal is really designed against the war. and the pressure is the protesters, i guess nothing to our, to get the more agitated. and to make it clear that the hostages can go back to israel. the work and, and if certain conditions are met and those conditions are that israel has to completely stop the attack in gaza and release the ballast. and then the prisoners left life resumed somehow in the engagement. but this is a deterrence power that people have developed, and there's something this message to multiple firms to the americans as well. they marked the message to the americans as well. if you want to media, you got to be an impartial mediator. historical

secretary of state, a was -- amos hochstein has been in the region over the last few days in the mdleions between israel and hezbollah? on gaza, an investigation by the associated press this week identifiedat least 25 memberve of them involving four generations of the same family, than 50 family members killed, and in one, 173 family members killed. i interested to understand that am for palestinians who hear what you say about a continuing conflict for just cause, that to them it feels like a war t to destroy palestinian society, what do you say to those people and howu recognize those positions? thank you. sec. gen. stoltenberg: on the russian hybrid actions against nato allies in europe, let me say that what we have seen in the last weeks and months is a surge in hostile actions by s

who and all those senior officials, hochstein, will also travel to lebanon, and southern lebanon. many towns and villages are in ruins. off the months of his re, the bombing, some families are returning to was left of that homes to mazda, most of them holiday, of 8. the you and says around $90000.00 people have fled the area all of them austin is in by roots, but 1st size goes to have the salt vote. these are the government we should remind you. his band out is 0 from the forcing bass. so there is joining us now from the jewel damian capital a mine. so take us through what's expected out of hong stein's meetings with these, right. the officials well, he's now met with these really prime minister benjamin netanyahu. these really president isaac hertzog and other senior level defense and security officials. this is something these really is that have in fact said wouldn't work diplomatic efforts in order to and the cross border fire with his bullets. something we've heard from these really defense minister months ago. additionally, we've been hearing different kind of sent events fr

indeed, amaz hochstein, the us special envoy, was in both israel and lebanon this week to try to do so, but even this morning, we've seen an explosive late and drone coming from level and then over into israel, which israel failed to intercept no casualties. but some damage done to a settlement to an israeli village in the northern parts of the country. so no sign of attention is de-escalating. there indeed, un secretary general antonio guterres saying that one rash move either by hezbollah or by israel could set off, in his words, a catastrophe. kim. >> all right, and then elie, are there were protests that took place in several cities. so take us through the point that demonstrators were hoping to make they've been making the same point every week for months now, kim, which is they want the israeli government to do everything humanly possible to get the hostages who were kidnapped on october the seventh in that hamas-led terrorist attack back into israel. >> now it's believed that there are still 116 hostages who were kidnapped that day, about a third of whom are already believed to

the presence of a leader will be new, the presence of an american special envoy will be new amas hochstein in israel and in lebanon, it helped defuse the situation at least a little, it doesn't look like that, it supposedly gives some hope, but it... dries up so many times that in society and in other circles, if you like , even in the economic and financial sectors, and foreign investors do not see anything in it at the moment, foreign investors do not return, and domestic investors also invest more in... than in the local market, and in that sense yes, the development of events is not very positive overall for the israeli economy. it can be said that after this iranian attack the situation in this area has stabilized at least a little and that such actions cannot be expected in the near future, that iran, at least in the form in which it was out of the game, at least from that , what was it, iranians, iranians, persians, they are still people, a... but practically, and they understand that the level of development they have reached, and the level of israeli development is higher than, bu

as i mentioned, the model one once you make of the messaging coming from a most hochstein, let me just take a moment here and remind ourselves of something i am totally bewildered about as almost all the time is that he's right. he's that is really a miracle. he was born in his room. he served in the is there any admitted to he was a thank you man. he was a part of a bank true and is very limited. the remains of a problem just right. so what we're all pretending he's by this guy. he's actually on his own. the soldier mediating between has been law. i'm is read. i mean, imagine if it was a comfortable, if he was more than that, but on what sort has been law and then became america's invoice. is there a level, i mean, is that even by just simple, is that even compare? but i actually, um, uh how about the last 4 words that we take you as a, as if it's natural for the. busy market and what to be shipping. the news, i'm about to go to a level. now, having said that, let's remind our viewers again, that he's been coming to an up and down since the war started basically after a couple of mont

deputy special assistant to the president, amos hochstein — seen here on a visit to saudi arabia in 2022on monday, for meetings with top officials. the biden administration has long expressed concern that the israel—gaza war could spread further in the region. president volodymyr zelenesky says ukraine would hold peace talks with russia, quote, "tomorrow", were moscow to pull its troops out of all ukrainian territories. a two—day summit in switzerland aimed at bringing peace to ukraine wrapped up on sunday. dozens of countries committed to ukraine's territorial integrity but the names of several countries were notably absent from the final communique. russia was not invited to the conference but mr zelensky says the results of the summit will be communicated to moscow. our eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford sent this report from the summit. it was to this swiss mountain retreat that politicians came this weekend to talk peace — to discuss ending the biggest conflict in europe since the second world war. thank you very much. applause what they achieved was a joint declaration af

most hochstein would also travel to lebanon, both sides of step top of the tax against each other in recent days. is there any government has bind, i'll just hear from reporting that. so how does all, who joins us now from the jo damien capsule. i'm mine. so what's coming out of hawks times meetings with these, right, the officials now of the over just getting a read out for me is really defense ministry that you'll have go on to has met with the us official almost ha signed. and there's not really a lot of details as to what israel is going to do next, but rather it says they discussed the situation at israel's northern border at length. you'll recall in the months prior, you'll have the launch. israel's defense minister has said that he does not believe any sort of a diplomatic sort of elements can solve this cross border fire with his bi line. he's even said that he's not afraid to turn to be due to into another, gaza. i'm not, they are willing to fight a full out war with his butler if there is some sort of larger scale attack that is launched into israel. but it's not really cle

now was i'll let mentioned, i must hochstein was just in the region trying to calm the situation down between israel and hezbollah. now tuesday night, there was a nine minute video that was released by hezbollah purported to have been filmed on a drone. and it shows the city hi food shows many residential areas. it shows military facilities, iron dome batteries, missile storage sites, radar sites, for example, the sorts of things israel does not want to published and certainly doesn't want its enemies to know and they have said that this is just the first episode suggesting that there is more of this drone footage potentially to come. so that's really spooked some in israel. but what we also heard from the idf on tuesday night was that they have approved and validated operational plans for an operation in lebanon. now, i must caution, this does not mean that an operation is imminent, but it does show that israel wants everybody to know that they are ready should that eventuality be necessary? sarah, i'm certainly the world watching fear of a regional war is a real one, especially afte

be a new, new, new presence of a leader, namely the presence of the american special envoy amas hochsteinin israel and in lebanon, it helped defuse the situation at least a little, it doesn't look like that, it supposedly gives some hope, but it happens so many times that... in society and in other circles, if you want, even in economic and financial, and where. foreign investors do not see anything in it at the moment, foreign investors are not coming back, domestic investors are also investing more abroad than in local markets, and in that regard, yes, the development of events is not very positive for the israeli economy in general. you can to say that after this iranian attack the situation in this direction has stabilized at least a little and that such actions cannot be expected in the near future, that iran, at least in the form in which it was, is out of the game. yes, at least from their side, whatever it was, iranians, iranians, persians, they are still people, ah, practically and... they understand that this is the level to which development, to which they have reached, and the

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actions today will be a new, new, new presence, namely the stay of the american special envoy amos hochstein israel. in pouring, it helped to defuse the situation at least a little, it does not look like that, it supposedly gives some hope, but this happens so many times that in society and in other circles, if you like, even in the economic and financial, and its foreign investors do not see anything in it at the moment, but... foreign investors investors are not returning, domestic investors are also investing more abroad than in the local market, and in this regard, the development of events is not very positive for the israeli economy in general, we can say that after this iranian attack the situation is in this direction. . at least it stabilized a little and that such actions cannot be expected in the near future, that iran, at least in the form in which it was, left the game, so even though the bloc was not at all iranian, iranians, persians, they still people ah practically, and they understand that the, that level, to which development, to which... they have reached and the level of

amos hochstein's visit comes as the israeli military warned that increasing hostility is bringing thethe seventh, there have been near—daily exchanges of fire between israeli forces and hezbollah. last week, the iran—backed group launched a barrage of rockets and drones into northern israel after one of its senior commanders was killed. meanwhile, israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu says he considers it "unacceptable" that the idf is introducing daytime pauses in its military activity in part of southern gaza. israel announced what it called a daily "tactical pause" in military activity in one area, to let more aid in. israeli military operations are being halted between 8am and 7pm every day along the road that leads from the kerem shalom crossing to the main salah al—din highway, which extends north through the territory. 0ur middle east correspondent lucy williamson reports. allahu akbar. in gaza, they stood to pray in places with little else left standing. allahu akbar. the festival after eid al—adha marking another milestone in this war, those for whom conflict and celebra

now, by the ministration just doesn't get it, they, they, they, they've lost hochstein who is useless and he absolutely, uh, showed his colors buys by pointing out, but he'd be with back is real, is what's pointed out. and he might as well just stay home. these are, are so called diplomats, which i have a question about just have not showing any imagination any creativity. they haven't been blunt whatsoever with netanyahu. in fact, aust, i've had just visited netanyahu before he went to loveland on, so he got his marching orders in effect and, and got the and got his talking points from that and yahoo in order to present to the lebanese. and i think that this, this really is a failure of uh well it's, it's a lot of matters, drop it, catastrophic failure. half i relate to another. it's just, it's, it's, it's truly astounding to observe, you know, live. oh, i guess joe biden is running as a war president because of what we've been just talking about. there's a trip wire when it comes to hezbollah. i mean, this is going to be a regional war. and the united states is going to be in the th

so m as hochstein is a senior advisor to the us president joe biden, and he's being sent over the white house says to avoid an escalation of further escalation along the blue line. the unofficial border between is israel and 11 on that. he's coming now because that has been an escalation that increasing exchange of fire between the 2 sides alone that border and the americans want to comment down as enormous political pressure in israel to resolve the situation on the northern border. some $28.00 towns and villages were evacuated no longer for october. the 7th, some 60000 people. they want to go home. if i live political issue and israel and they'd like to be home with all the stats of the school to on september. the 1st as bullet both sides say they're open to negotiations, has boss says, oh, no negotiations until is deceased by and gaza. i'd ask the receipt and the men some behind his latest a cease fire at the time is the great is beginning to dwindle now. and his riley, military spokesman, has said that has boys increasing aggression is bringing us to the brink of what could be a wid

and i am as hochstein also matched the speaker of parliament as well as the kind of take a prime minister. he says, washington is working to avoid a great tool between hezbollah and as well as law has increased cross border rockets attacks. and the past week out, the israel killed one of its top commanders of steam match is really needed on monday because of the conflict must stop. let me be clear. the conflict along the blue line between israel and because bella has gone on for long enough. innocent people are dying, property is damaged, families are shattered, and 11 is economy continues to decline. the country is suffering for no good reason. it's in everyone's interest to resolve it quickly and diplomatically. that is both achievable and it is urgent. meanwhile, on the grounding dollars of these highly ami has all teased its bombing campaign across the strip talks on 2 hands and understood what the g. com. okay, let me, 17 palestinians. the victims have been taken to that like the hospital in depth about him, calgary, his endeavor, obama in central gall. so enjoys us not with the very

hochstein is in working on this and we all collectively have been working on this from/s any -- for many months intently. no one was to see the conflict spread. of the paradoxes at this moment is i don't think any o that potential belligerents actually want to see a war or spread, i don't believe israel does, lebanon certainly doesn't because ituffer the most. i don't believe iran does. and yet you momentum potentially in that direction be with the back-and-forth that goes on every day there is always the possibility of a miscalculation, one side not fully seeing what the other is doing. and its important to do everything we can to address that and find a diresolution to the challenge that exists for israel, as lebanon. in israel they are something or 70,000 israelis that have been forced from their homes and ba of northern israel because of the threatg rockets israel. there are many lebanese in lebanon also not abltheir homes. so we are working dto find a resolution to this so that people on bo be able to live in their homes and go back they live. now, here again, so much of this comes

by the tone, partly because it came on the heels of a message conveyed by you as in boy, a most hochstein to the been his government. and then from them relate to his bundle that if there is no suspicion of facilities on the is or add a 11 in board to within the next $4.00 to $5.00 weeks, then is we're out. we'll organize a limited, we'll, we'll engage in a, what's called limited operation. and we don't know how limited, because whether it's already limited to the southern region of lebanon, you know, near the board of the end, or whether it's is going to inform us tax on the capital, debatable other parts where it has been a lot of able to it has been law has, you know, major presence of and, and, and, and i think the message of necessarily us today was very much and reply to this message. that is where and where to decide to do this lar, this incursion 11 or this attack 11. and then that would be no rooms, no limits, no boundaries to his velocity actually has one that has been trying to decode is, or as, since it started, it's war of support of the palestinians image as a. and it has be

between hezbollah and 11 on, and israel, what message are we expecting him to carry a so i must hochstein is a present jo bivens, a specialist visor on the middle east on the region. he's arriving the white house, says to avoid further escalation along the blue line between israel and 11 on mass . be official for the ease of trying to avoid an escalation that yeah, yeah, rise because of a real increase in exchanges of fire across the board. it's been quiet and the last 48 hours. but before about the been a step of an exchange of fi on an israel, it's a very live political issue. because since october there's been some 60000 people, 28 towns and villages evacuated from a long that. these riley's who live that want to go home. the government wants them to go home. they want to be that ideally before the sides of the school year on september, the 1st. and israel says it's ready to negotiate something as has paula. but as bullet says, it's only gonna sit down until when there is a sci fi and gaza. and as we've seen the momentum for that has really dissipated over the last few days. and he's r

a most hochstein is in israel for tools to try to prevent the escalation of fighting between hesper law and lebanon. with israel, as well as prime minister, has to spend to the will cabinets. he foamed after the 7th of october, a tax it's moves that was why they expected. benjamin netanyahu says that to make creates another group for limited consultation on sensitive issues. now the announcement comes just a week after the guns quit the cabinets as well. these are the governments has done dollars that are from reporting from nasa home. desolate chose this now from the jordanian capital. and so the will cabinet gets dissolved honda what happens next? well the is really prime minister had reportedly been considering this decision after national unity member benny gans and his fellow members of his party had left the war cabinet. now remember, this was the council that was formed after the 7th of october in a show of unity for the state of israel. these really prime minister had invited multiple leaders from opposition parties to join this war cabinet. but now the national security ministe

a top white house aide is in lebanon the us special envoy amos hochstein, met israeli leaders on mondayve been searching the sea off southern italy for survivors from two shipwrecks, which left 11 people dead. dozens of people are missing after one boat sunk off the coast of calabria. the other happened near the island of lampedusa. the italian coastguard said it has been looking for "possible missing persons" since late sunday. more than 200,000 refugees and migrants arrived in europe by sea last year. this graph shows the number of boat crossings over the past 5 years. you can see italy marked in green. our correspondent mark lowen has more. these are two separate shipwrecks that took place in the italian coastal waters, the first was a vessel coming from turkey, its set off eight days ago from the turkish coast with migrants from iran, iraq, syria and was found by a french pleasure vote, at least 65 people are thought to have been missing from that migrant vessel that ran into a disaster and so the italian officials are scouring the waters to see if they can find any of those 65 peop

hey, ms. hochstein says that sees the meeting that these leaders in they reach, has the law has increased cross border walk into tanks. in the past week, up to israel, killed one of its top commanders, holstein, also matthews, ready to lead us on monday? let me be clear. the conflict along the blue line between israel and because viola has gone on for long enough.

let's turn now to the middle east — amos hochstein, president biden envoy to the region was despatchedin lebanon. it is the muslim holiday of eid al adah which appears to have brought at least some respite on the border, his brother has not launched an attack since saturday. but on monday, the israeli military announced it had killed mohammad mustafa ayoub, who is described as a key his brotherfighter, from the wing that controls rockets and missiles. this afternoon the israeli foreign minister israel katz warned. that they are very close to the moment to a point where israel will decide to change the rules of the game against his brother. and then whilst we have been on air, some breaking news. israel's defence forces announcing it has approved operational plans for anoffensive in lebanon, increasing thereadiness of troops in the field," the idf said. let's speak to firas maksad, a senior fellow at the middle east institute. would you make of the latest news that the idf is given operational readiness to increase the events on the border?— the border? part of the signalling of marchin