the history of israel's fight to defend its northern border and innocent civilians against hezbollah bears eerie parallels to the story of brutal violence hamas has perpetrated from gaza. israel withdrew there in august 2005. and by 2007 they ran back terrorist had been to the enclave to its all-consuming mission which is war on israel. but the mostng glaring in israes north and south are not the relentless bloodlust of terrorists. there isth predictable dilutionf israel's quote friends." in the shameful cowardice the claim to stand for peace. the biden/harris administration chose to welcome the un general of assembly its openness to resuming funding and clings to the fiction that an organization so thoroughly corrupted but nearly a dozen of its staff directly is somehow performable what others in one place the general assembly might productively s spend its time contemplating other pressing questions. for example why hasn't the un security council met to enforce resolution of 1559, and 1701 and lebanon? these resolution were passed to end and prevent further conflict between israel a

. de-escalation between israel and hezbollah.— de-escalation between israel and hezbollah.essage to all parties _ and hezbollah. our message to all parties is — and hezbollah. our message to all parties is clear. _ and hezbollah. our message to all parties is clear. we - and hezbollah. our message to all parties is clear. we need - all parties is clear. we need an immediate ceasefire from both sides so that we can get to a political settlement. votes are being counted in a key regional election in germany with exit poll suggesting the party of olaf scholz is slightly ahead of the far right afd. russia's chess team is to remain banned from international competitions. hello, i'm nicky schiller. we start this hour with the latest on the tensions in the middle east. the united nations chief has said he fears the escalating cross—border conflict between israel and lebanon's hezbollah could become another gaza. antonio guterres also voiced his pessimism about the chances of a ceasefire deal in the gaza strip. his comments came as the deputy leader of the armed group hezbollah sai

israel. there has been silence from hezbollah _ israel. there has been silence from hezbollah in _ israel. hezbollah in the - israel. there has been silence from hezbollah in the last - israel. there has been silencej from hezbollah in the last few hours. its leader has been killed, much of its command structure has been decapitated by israel. what kind of respond and what does a transition look like? replacement. there is confusion, disruption in hezbollah. they want to retaliate but they cannot do that without a leader so there is an urgency for hezbollah to find a leader so anything extra days they should find a leader, otherwise will be more weaker and the problem is, if they do not, they will still have capabilities, and that they are still strong enemy, even israel said they are afraid to his eye but without a leader, you cannot respond in the near future. ., ., future. something to look out for. future. something to look out for- thank _ future. something to look out for. thank you. _ a big question is how will countries in the middle east wrespond to nasrallah's death. our security

israel?— hezbollah with israel? thank ou for hezbollah with israel? having _ hezbollah with israel? thank you for having me. _ hezbollah with israel? thank you for having me. since - hezbollah with israel? thank you for having me. since day one and even since before the war in gaza broke out we had a problem with having a militia dictating war and peace on the lebanese people. the militia is called hezbollah, it operates outside the control of the lebanese government, the lebanese government, the lebanese parliament and it gets its orders, weapons and financing from iran, it acts as a proxy for iran so since day one we had a problem with this entity. so since the war between hamas and israel... (inaudible). we saw the total destruction in gaza, a total wipe—out of the population and infrastructure in gaza and no positive consequences. they opened without getting back to the lebanese people in the lebanese legitimate authorities. we have an issue with this scenario, with having our country gives us a platform to send messages between iran and israel and

decide _ israel and should hezbollah decide to _ israel and should hezbollah decide to unleash to unleash them. i thinkj people want to see peace, they want _ people want to see peace, they want to— people want to see peace, they want to see _ people want to see peace, they want to see a _ people want to see peace, they want to see a ceasefire - people want to see peace, they want to see a ceasefire and i want to see a ceasefire and they— want to see a ceasefire and they want _ want to see a ceasefire and they want to _ want to see a ceasefire and they want to see _ want to see a ceasefire and they want to see hezbollah| they want to see hezbollah degraded _ they want to see hezbollah degraded but _ they want to see hezbollah degraded but it— they want to see hezbollah degraded but it doesn't- they want to see hezbollah i degraded but it doesn't mean they— degraded but it doesn't mean they want— degraded but it doesn't mean they want to _ degraded but it doesn't mean they want to see _ degraded but it doesn't mean they want to see a _ degraded but it doesn't mean they want to s

is responding _ israel by hezbollah. israel is responding by _ israel by hezbollah. israel is responding by force to - israel by hezbollah. israel is responding by force to this | responding by force to this aggression by hezbollah. we will use _ aggression by hezbollah. we will use all means necessary to restore — will use all means necessary to restore security to our northern border and to safely return — northern border and to safely return our— northern border and to safely return our citizens to their homes _ return our citizens to their homes. we will respond with force — homes. we will respond with force to _ homes. we will respond with force to this unprovoked aggression from hezbollah. we can go live now tojerusalem and our correspondent daniel de simone. they will be monitoring that speech, just like we have been. 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, hez

israel's relentless assault on hezbollah goes on. ing the militant group's infrastructure — especially its rocket launchers, trying to keep hezbollah on the back foot. translation: in the last few| days, we inflicted on hezbollah a sequence of blows that it did not imagine. if hezbollah has not understood the message, i promise you it will understand the message. in beiruta in beirut a military funeral. but there is another beirut here where people cling to daily rituals and for being sucked into a conflict not of their choosing. we don't want war, she says, but in the end we are not the ones making decisions, no words can describe what is happening. where all of this is heading is not clear. there have been several other moments of high tension over the past 12 months. but israel's war on hezbollah has stepped up several gears in the past week. now the group is trying to prove it remains a formidable enemy. scenes like this are likely to trigger further scenes like this are likely to triggerfurther action, for the now the two sides l

israel has not commented. the context is there is an ongoing conflict between hezbollah and israel going on since the day afterober seven attacks by my michael last year. on that day, hezbollah launched rockets into israel, and since then we have had thousands of cross—border attacks by hezbollah and israel, hezbollah sending rockets and drones and israel attacking hezbollah positions with air strikes, and killed leading hezbollah figures in lebanon. just yesterday, overnight, the israeli security cabinet met on formally added the return of israeli citizens in the north to their homes as one of its war aims, one of only four war one of its war aims, one of onlyfourwaraims, one of its war aims, one of only four war aims, you are three relating to gaza, so it is formalizing the fact that this conflict is taking place in the north as well and that thousands of people, tens of thousands of people, tens of thousands of people on other side of the border between lebanon and israel have been displaced, and there is a debate in israel over whether they should expand their conflict with hezbollah into southern lebanon.

this is all israel hezbollah rockets. hasn't said is how it is going to achieve this goal. so far, this week, we've seen an escalation in rhetoric, talking about a new phase of war, the centre of this gravity egg... we've seen intensive air strikes today in beirut. we also saw the walkie—talkie and pager explosions in lebanon which was deadly and injured thousands of people. israel has neither confirmed or denied it was responsible. the train this week is one of excavation. the prime minister of israel took to social media this night to say our goals are clear and our actions speakfor say our goals are clear and our actions speak for themselves. heading into the weekend it feels like every day something is happening. it's been happening every afternoon, it was three o'clock, three o'clock, three o'clock. we are going into tomorrow wondering what the next step will be. hezbollah say they are not going to stop, they are firing their own rockets into israel, until there is a ceasefire in gaza. at the moment these two belliger

for too long hezbollah has been using you. >> this evening, israel the east. is saying it has destroyed in one day what has taken hezbollah 20 years to build. >> is the dilemma that israel faces, even as it ups the ante again to hezbollah, it is inciting hezbollah to attack further into israel. so far, no sign of those attacks diminishing. if anything, they are increasing. >> he is not likely to do anything unless cost is inflicted on him that the country can no longer fathom. christian: the united states is sending more troops to the middle east as israel continues to pound targets across lebanon including the capital beirut. president biden says his team is working to de-escalate the crisis, not a strategy that to this point has been very effective. how concerned then should we be of a wider regional conflagration? also tonight, labor's plans to bolster u.k. investment. we will explain whether the chancellor can find a extra government spending. and coming to america. president zelenskyy begins a weeklong tour, ending with his plan to defeat russia. let's see

the us says it is working to prevent further escalation in the conflict between israel and hezbollah, as israel says it is opening a new phase in the war. the late mohamed al—fayed — former owner of harrods — is accused of rape by five female ex—employees, a bbc documentary reveals. evacuations in northern italy as storm boris — which has killed at least 2a people across europe since last week — batters the country causing severe flooding and landslides. and coming up — the bank of england will decide whether to cut interest rates from 5%. it's after the us central bank announced a cut welcome, i'm martine croxall. we begin with the latest in the middle east, following two days of explosions in lebanon. the united states says it's involved in intensive diplomatic efforts to prevent the conflict between israel and hezbollah escalating further. the comments come after explosions triggered in pagers and walkie—talkies used by hezbollah killed at least 32 people and injured thousands. the leader of hezbollah, which some western states have designated a terrorist organisation, is expected

it comes as israel and hezbollah threaten to increase cross—border attacks. 's military says hezbollah launched about 150 rockets into the country this weekend with some landing near the city of haifa. hezbollah�*s attack comes after pagers and radio devices held by members of the group detonated across lebanon last week, killing at least 20 people. israel hasn't said whether it was involved. as the fighting intensifies, un chief antonio guterres says he fears lebanon could become another gaza. the lebanese health ministry raised the death toll to 45 in friday's strike by israel targeting hezbollah commanders in southern beirut. most of those killed were civilians. authorities say women and children are among the dead. on sunday, israel launched further strikes on towns in southern lebanon, killing three people. and the israeli military says it destroyed thousands of hezbollah rocket launcher barrels over the past few days. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu had this to say. no country can accept the wanton rocketing of its cities. we can't accept it, e

israel's relentless assault on hezbollah goes on. targets across southern lebanon overnight. israel says it is hitting the militant group's infrastructure, especially its rocket launchers, trying to keep hezbollah on the back foot. translation: in the last few| days, we inflicted on hezbollah a sequence of blows that it did not imagine. if hezbollah has not understood the message, i promise you it will understand the message. where all of this is heading is not clear. there have been several other moments of high tension over the past 12 months. but israel's war on hezbollah has stepped up several gears in the past week. now the group is trying to prove it remains a formidable enemy. none of this bodes well for southern lebanon, caught in a battle between deadly enemies. it has already paid a heavy price and seems destined to suffer more. scenes like these from northern israel are likely to trigger further action. for now, the two sides locked in a dangerous spiral. paul adams, bbc news, jerusalem. let's speak to our correspondent in

you included, israel and hezbollah. — solution? you included, israel and hezbollah, and _ solution? luded, israel and hezbollah, and you know that - solution? you included, israel and hezbollah, and you know that is i solution? you included, israel and hezbollah, and you know that is a| solution? you included, israel and i hezbollah, and you know that is a in a possibility. the admits ration filter draw the collection connection this is not... this is a challenge and attack and undermining by iran to openly limited israel and what we have is a great opportunity for lebanon, because lebanon to an extent is being occupied hezbollah. this is not an invitation by lebanon. iran through hezbollah, their proxy, their franchise, occupies lebanon and continues to put lebanese people at risk as date from lebanese territory attack israel. israel has no other options but to defend themselves and then to go and to take out that military presence that is there. they cannot use missile defence to protect the people of israel, they have to take to hezbollah, the iranian proxy. let me ask you this, b

she told us more about israel's strategy in its conflict with hezbollah. do is prevent hezbollah from using this military capacity by, for example, infiltrating its communications infrastructure, and causing disarray within the organisation. let's not forget that an attack like the pager attack will mean hezbollah will now become suspicious about practically any equipment that it has imported, and so this kind of chaos within a militant group like this is in a way more crippling than large—scale military action against it. let's look at the timeline of all of this then because the latest strikes come after four days of deadly attacks in lebanon, widely attributed to israel, though israel has not confirmed any role. on tuesday, handheld pagers which were used by hezbollah, exploded across lebanon killing at least 12 people and injuring thousands of others. as some people were being laid to rest, at least 20 more others were killed by walkie talkies that exploded in a further attack on wednesday. several people in iran and syria also suffered injuries. since

and it comes as we have been saying, all morning, israel says it has hit 75 hezbollah targets overnighte to syria, now the israel defense forces are saying they are continuing attacks on hezbollah, in several areas of lebanon, including a village in southern lebanon. the israel defense forces add that following sirens in northern israel, about 45 rocket launches were detected from lebanon. they say some of these wore intercepted and that the rest fell in open areas, so far no reports of injuries. itjust gives you an indication that israel and hezbollah are certainly not heeding those calls for a ceasefire. those calls for a ceasefire. those calls that of course that are coming from the united nations, in new york, and those world leaders who have gathered there. now, the other impact of all of this is of course, that thousands of people are now displaced in lebanon and this morning lebanese media has been reporting that the syrian president has issued directivesle to health authorities to provider advices, including free emergency treatment in hospitals, for those arriving from lebanon.

will this deal be acceptable to israel and to hezbollah?— acceptable to israel and to hezbollah?ollah? thank you for having me this evening, _ hezbollah? thank you for having me this evening, and _ hezbollah? thank you for having me this evening, and based - hezbollah? thank you for having me this evening, and based on l me this evening, and based on the terms of the deal that have been put forward, it doesn't look like that is going to be put into place in the next day or two, put into place in the next day ortwo, because put into place in the next day or two, because both on the israeli side and the hezbollah side, they continue to attack each other, previous reporting showed the scope of the attacks today and then hezbollah has also stepped up its attacks against israel and today launched for the first time and actual ballistic missile that was i believe headed towards tel aviv but intercepted. so both sides seem to be eager for a fight and there doesn't seem to be any appetite at least right now for either side to accept a ceasefire.- right now for either side to accept a cea

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says that hezbollah initiated rocket fire - israel says that hezbollah initiated rocket fire acrosshave had to leave their homes in the north. is there a way that israel can manage this while reducing the risk to civilians in lebanon? well, of course. first of all, because for an invasion of lebanon in the israeli cabinet began around 12 october or 13 when minister gallant wanted to invade but was restrained by the biden administration. there was no evacuation then, people have not been evacuated because of the rocket attacks which have mainly been within a mile of the border and around military targets, they surely there is a risk to those people, no doubt. but that is not the main thing going on here. the principal thing is hezbollah is refusing to stop what for them is basically symbolic attacks, or kind of limited series of actions, trying to protect... helping palestinians in pakistan. risking israel being able to justify this escalation we have seen time and again. i think that israelis are really on the brink of falling into the trap of invading lebanon and trying to create a

you have to question _ israel and hezbollah. you have to question how— israel and hezbollah. llah. you have to question how target these i to question how target these attacks have been when you look attacks have been when you look at the sheer number of civilians, and children as well, who have been affected and maimed by these explosions. exactly. this has been the source of a lot of anger in the country, because of the extent of these attacks. some of these devices exploded as people were in shops, at home with our families, and there has been a lot of confusion. yesterday i was south of beirut when one of those explosions happened. there was panic because many people believed that no electronic device was safe, hezbollah members were stopping us to say do not use your phone or your camera. us to say do not use your phone oryour camera. one us to say do not use your phone or your camera. one of our producers received a message from a friend to say that she was changing her lebanese sim card to a international one, because she was concerned that her phone could explode. so t

and israel says hezbollah has fired more than 150 rockets into its territory. from a parked car — verified by bbc verify — shows the exact moment of an impact in kiryat bialik in israel. you can also see in another video that cars and buildings were set alight. some people were injured. in haifa, 30 kilometres from the lebanese border, hospital patients have been moved to underground facilities and residents have been told to restrict gatherings and stay near shelters. egypt has warned that the escalating fighting risks igniting a regional war and damaging the chances of a ceasefire deal in gaza. the united states has warned israel against any escalation. more on that shortly but we start our coverage with this report from our diplomatic correspondent paul adams from jerusalem northern israel under attack early this morning. houses hit far from the lebanese border. hezbollah seeking revenge after days of devastating setbacks, bringing chaos to a quiet suburb. around 6.30, there was an alarm and then immediately afterwards, a big explosion, a very, very big expl

to an all-out war between israel and hezbollah? days and hours away- — israel and hezbollah? way. if the _ israel and hezbollah? days and hours away. if the parties - israel and hezbollah? days and hours away. if the parties in . hours away. if the parties in the region do not make the right moves, the risk of escalation here is escalation that would quickly spiral out of control and it is significant. 0n the israeli side, perhaps there is also the thinking that washington is essentially a lame duck with the sitting president not running for re—election and a period three november five and january 20 when the new administration is going to be sworn in. so that coming period between now and january 20, might allow benjamin netanyahu and israel more leeway to operate as he wants to on the northern bottle of lebanon. —— northern bottle of lebanon. —— northern border. find northern bottle of lebanon. -- northern border.— northern border. and finally, on antony — northern border. and finally, on antony blinken, - northern border. and finally, on antony blinken, linked i northern bor

and israel says hezbollah has fired more than 150 rockets into its territory. eo from a parked car — verified by bbc verify — shows the exact moment of an impact in kiryat bialik in israel. you can also see in another video that cars and buildings were set alight. some people were injured.(mix in haifa, 30 kilometres some people were injured. in haifa, 30 kilometres from the lebanese border, hospital patients have been moved to underground facilities — and residents have been told to restrict gatherings and stay near shelters. orla guerin has more from beirut. hezbollah today, in mourning, but unbowed. this was the funeral of a top military commander, ibrahim aqil, killed on friday in an israeli air strike. the armed group's deputy leader said it was entering a new phase of open—ended battle against israel. and there is resounding support for that in its stronghold in southern beirut, where hezbollah fighters, living and dead, are heroes. many have lined the streets here to say goodbye to ibrahim aqil. his killing is a major loss for hezbollah at a time when the

intensify. between israel and hezbollah intensi . . . between israel and hezbollah intensi., ., everything we can. flash floods for heavy rain issued for parts of england. heavy rain issued for parts of encland. ., .,, . ., england. the crown prosecution service confirms _ england. the crown prosecution service confirms it _ england. the crown prosecution service confirms it reviewed - england. the crown prosecution service confirms it reviewed anl service confirms it reviewed an allegation of rape against mohamed al fired in 2015 but took no action due to a lack of evidence. labour's first conference in 15 years as the party of government has begun —— with ministers attempting to wrest back control of the political agenda. it follows days of questions over leaks about the downing street operation, and senior ministers' judgement in accepting free clothes. the deputy prime minister, angela rayner, rejected the suggestion that she broke rules when she stayed in the new york flat of a labour donor — and she told the bbc that the government was "open and transparent" about don

and israel — and what it could mean for the region. hezbollahas now confirmed the death of a top military commander, ibrahim aqil, after israel struck a high—rise block of flats in the lebanese capital beirut on friday. ibrahim aqil is considered the most high—profile member of the group to be killed in the current conflict — with the us having had a multimillion—dollar bounty on his head. israel says the "targeted" strikes killed around ten hezbollah military commanders. the lebanese health ministry says 14 people were killed and more than 60 injured. in response to the attack, hezbollah, has called the killing of mr aqil a crime, and said israel will "pay the price". from beirut, our senior international correspondent orla guerin has been reporting on the attack. explosion. this footage captures the moment of the attack, in the heartland of hezbollah. explosion. the skyline looks like a city at war. israel hit hard, without warning, in the densely populated residential district of dahiya. calling this a "precision strike", the target was the v

the escalation we've seen between israel and hezbollah. ike to bring in the deputy to the ambassador to the united nations. thank you for joining us. i want to start with the diplomatic situation surrounding this escalation between israel and hezbollah. the white house said today the cease-fire proposal that was put forward by the u.s., the u.k. and its allies, that it was coordinated with israel. at the same time, you have israel saying it will continue its strikes. where do negotiations stand right now? >> quite simply, they are ongoing and have been ongoing for some time because we understand the urgency of the situation. we believe there can and should be a diplomatic resolution to this conflict. in recent days and over the past couple of weeks, we have seen the prospects of a wider war flare in some ways. our goal and the goal of the dozen other countries that signed last night's to give diplomacy a chance. do the hard work to have the parties come to a cease-fire, a 21 day cease-fire so we can potentially build on that. so we can achi

fighting between israel and hezbollah increased overnight, with both sides carrying out large strikesspeaking at the labour party conference, the foreign secretary david lammy called for a de—escalation between israel and hezbollah. and an immediate ceasefire so a political settlement could be achieved. votes are being counted in a key regional election in germany with exit polls suggesting the party of german leader olaf scholz is slightly ahead of the far—right afd. and russia's chess team is to remain banned from international competitions. a vote on the issue was held at the international chess federation meeting, currently under way in budapest. we will get more on all of those top stories later this hour, but first we want to bring you a special report. women in iran have told the bbc how their online activity has been spied on by the authorities, leading to arrests, threats and beatings. their testimonies come two years after the woman, life, freedom protests ignited by the death of mahsa amini in police custody after she was arrested for wearing the mandatory hijab loosely. bb

israel's defence against iran. apparently there was no interest from hezbollah to launch a wider conflict with israel because it wouldons. they have missiles that can strike deep inside israel. another concern has been that any kind of wider conflict between israel and hezbollah could force other iranians back groups across the region, including the houthis in yemen, tojoin hezbollah in this fight. there have been attacks from the houthis, but we have not seen any kind of co—ordinated campaign between these groups to attack israel. early days, the news hasjust emerged from the israeli military that hassan nasrallah has been killed, but obviously real concerns that this could spark a wider regional conflict.— spark a wider regional conflict. ., ., ., ., conflict. you for that and thank you _ conflict. you for that and thank you to _ conflict. you for that and thank you to john - conflict. you for that and thank you to john as - conflict. you for that and | thank you to john as well. conflict. you for that and i thank you to john as well. a thank you tojohn as well. a reminder if you are just joining us that hassan nas

reports say israel's spy agency planted explosives in thousands of pagers used by the armed group hezbollah — the devices exploded simultaneously in lebanon. israel hasn't commented. a taiwanese electronics firm denies any involvement, saying the pagers were made by a hungarian firm it signed a deal with. as the white house calls for calm and restraint, america's top diplomat — antony blinken — is back in the region to try to revive stalled ceasefire talks. we are expecting to hear from him this hour. here in the uk, the rate at which prices are rising remained unchanged last month. the princess of wales returns to work — following her cancer treatment earlier this year. hello, i'm azadeh moshiri. we start this hour with the latest on the electronic pager explosions in lebanon. multiple reports say that israel's mossad spy agency placed explosives in thousands of hezbollah pagers, before they detonated across lebanon on tuesday. so far, israel hasn't commented. the united states and the us i'm —— have called for calm and the russian foreign ministry said the aim of the attack was to provoke

it seems that both israel and hezbollah are _ idea? israel and hezbollah are going - idea? it seems that both israel and hezbollah are going to - and hezbollah are going to reject this deal. i think looking at the development over the past few weeks but especially in the last week, both israel and hezbollah stated objectives that israel want to replace the citizens of the northern, hezbollah want to continue the fight it out there is a lasting and to the conflict in gaza and it seems that the israelis are not interested in ending the war on gaza right now. do interested in ending the war on gaza right now.— gaza right now. do you think the will gaza right now. do you think they will intensify _ gaza right now. do you think they will intensify it? - gaza right now. do you think they will intensify it? a - gaza right now. do you think they will intensify it? a lot i they will intensify it? a lot of talk about a ground offensive by the israelis. they have lost an awful amount of troops over the years comedy thing that will deter them or we

hezbollah is notjust a threat to israel and to the state of lebanon. of last night, hezbollah's leader, hassan nasrallah, will no longer be able to terrorise the world. for nasrallah's many victims over the decades, whether in israel, argentina, syria, or lebanon itself, justice has been served. we warned the world countless times, hezbollah is dragging the state of lebanon and the entire region into wider escalation. israel does not seek a wider escalation. we seek a wider escalation. we seek two simple things — to bring the hostages home for almost a year and hamas captivity by all means. and to make sure that our borders are safe and secure for our citizens. studio: there we got a sense of that first official briefing in front of cameras, taking questions from local journalist. just to give you quick i digne of some of the key point that he was talking about there. he spoke in english at the end, but first in he producing slightly different things. he said the killing of hassan nasrallah makes the world a better and safer place. also saying that thi

overseas israel and the hezbollah militant group exchanged heavy fire across the lebanese border this intense that a u.n. spokesman in lebanon said the region stands on the brink of an imminent catastrophe. israel unleashed missile strikes into the heart of lebanon, and hezbollah sent squadrons of drones deep into israeli territory. the conflict entered a dangerous new stage after thousands of pagers and walkie-talkies used by hezbollah fighters exploded, killing dozens of people and wounding thousands. some military observers call that a terrorist act. lee cowan reports. >> reporter: if there really are any rules of war, what happened in lebanon this past week has surely rewritten the playbook. on tuesday thousands of pagers, those low-tech devices that were high-tech for many of us back in the '90s, exploded in the hands and pockets of suspected members of hezbollah and on those around them. 24 hours later the iran-backed terror group was hit again. only this time it was booby-trapped walkie-talkies. >> it's very surprising. it's very bold. it's wow. >> reporter: israel has not offi

beyond even if hezbollah has been killed as israel does, this is really a new situation. it's all out war now, not just between hezbollah and israel, but between israel and the entire axis of resistance about what you think or how you think iran might respond here. because as you'll remember irans massive missile and drone strike on israel in april. attempt to try, i suppose i should say was largely neutralized. the vast majority of those missiles and drones on shot down before they reach their target is you're iran. at all reluctant to strike questioning whether it has the ability to do so in a convincing way. >> of course, jim just reluctant iran is anxious and terrified at providing a justification for benjamin netanyahu to attack its nuclear program iran has repeatedly made it very clear. it does not really want all-out war either with israel and the united states and iran. iranian leaders are very anxious that benjamin netanyahu is trying to drag them into all outdoor the united states. but again, i think we're missing the big picture for forgive me for saying so. thi

meanwhile, israel said it carried out more air strikes on targets in southern lebanon, destroying thousands of hezbollahun chief antonio guterres said he fears the conflict between israel and hezbollah could risk lebanon becoming another gaza. our senior international correspondent orla guerin reports from beirut. hezbollah today, in mourning, but unbowed. this was the funeral of a top military commander, ibrahim aqil, killed on friday in an israeli air strike. the armed group's deputy leader said it was entering a new phase of open—ended battle against israel. and resounding support for that in its stronghold in southern beirut, where hezbollah fighters, living and dead, are heroes. many have lined the streets here to say goodbye to ibrahim aqil. his killing is a major loss for hezbollah at a time when the organisation is suffering blow after blow. there is anger here, and grief, but also defiance. the message is, hezbollah is not broken and will fight on. and it's been doing that today, firing missiles deeper into israel. hezbollah says its targets are military. but this residential area in northern i

israel says hezbollah has been firing rockets into israel on a daily basis since last october.there is morning in a village where 11 were killed on monday by israeli bombs. israel said it targeted military sites and gave warnings to people to get out. but innocents still suffer and there is anger. this man's daughter was killed. he pledges his support to the hezbollah leader. even if they kill us, he says, we are at your service. also killed was a child and her son. here she was at work with the un refugee agency. it says it is outraged and deeply saddened. world leaders are voicing their concern at the un general assembly in new york. we should all be alarmed _ assembly in new york. we should all be alarmed by _ assembly in new york. we should all be alarmed by the _ all be alarmed by the escalation. lebanon is at the brink. the people of lebanon, the people of israel and the people of the world cannot afford lebanon to become another gaza.— afford lebanon to become another gaza. ,, , another gaza. the us president, joe another gaza. the us president, joe biden. _ another gaza

this is cnn newsroom, israel and hezbollah exchange more strikes after israel says it targeted hezbollah's leader in the lebanese capital of beirut, the latest on rising tension he's in the region. kamala harris visits the border and outlines her immigration policy, how the democratic presidential nominee is trying to make gains on donald trump and what's left of. hurricane helene is still causing problems for parts of the southeastern us level. look at the wide ranging impacts of the monster storm atlanta. >> this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber in lebanon and its capital is reeling from the worst round of israeli strikes in nearly 20 years. while some of its residents no longer have a place to call home cnn crews at the scene say beirut was pounded continuously overnight and strikes are still underway across eastern and southern lebanon. we're also hearing some hospitals in southern beirut will be evacuated. that's where the idf said that it struck residential buildings. that house has blow weapon caches on friday but their residents no longer have a place to live and they camped out

the israel defense forces say they hit 1,300 hezbollah positions. iranian—backed group, which is designated a terrorist organisation by many western countries, including the uk, says it fired dozens of its own rockets back at israel. the increased hostilities between the two countries have caused many people in southern lebanon to flee their homes — these pictures show a mass exodus of cars heading to beirut in the north. we will bring you those pictures a little later. world leaders are trying to defuse tensions with the g7 group of foreign ministers warning that no country would gain from a wider conflict. the white house said president biden will present concrete plans for ending the crisis later this week. aru na iyengar reports. israel said it hit around 1,300 hezbollah targets in lebanon yesterday. there were warnings, phone messages to residents to leave areas where hezbollah weapons were stored. and this from israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu. don't let hezbollah endanger your lives and the lives of your loved ones. don't let hezbol

israel is responding with force _ hezbollah. israel is responding with force us _ hezbollah. ng with force us to _ hezbollah. israel is responding with force us to this _ with force us to this aggression, we will use all means necessary to restore security to our northern border dover border and safely return our citizens to their homes, we will respond with force to this unprovoked aggression from hezbollah. unprovoked aggression from hezbollah-— unprovoked aggression from hezbollah. that is the israeli government _ hezbollah. that is the israeli government spokesman. - hezbollah. that is the israeli. government spokesman. daniel hezbollah. that is the israeli - government spokesman. daniel do simone is injerusalem, you put a question to that government spokesperson, which he didn't really answer, but it was about those... will we do not know if they are israeli or not, they have not confirmed it, but those attacks in lebanon using electronic devices.— electronic devices. that's ri . ht, electronic devices. that's right. the _ electronic devices. that's right, the reality - e

israel feels that it has dealt hezbollah an enormous blow. for israel from the events of the last 2a hours? yes, it is definitely safe to say that hezbollah has been dealt a very serious blow with the death, notjust with the death of its leader hassan nasrallah, butjust this past weekend they have with the immense air strikes, the pager bombings. hezbollah has definitely been knocked off its balance. that being said, it is not likely to end the war anytime soon. in fact, most likely, things are going to escalate. there is this idea in hezbollah that it cannot back down. it needs to keep fighting, it needs to launching rockets, or else what has this past year been for? they have built up this idea that we are a support front, we are there to protect our ally hamas in gaza, and that is just going to mean further air strikes on lebanon and more rockets launched in israel, and potentially deeper as well. we are hearing this idea of the so—called axis of resistance getting involved. iwonder so—called axis of resistance getting involved. i wonder i

the us says its working to prevent a further escalation in the conflict between israel and hezbollah, as israel says it's opening a new phase in the war. the late mohamed al—fayed, former owner of harrods, is accused of rape by five female ex—employees, a bbc documentary reveals. evacuations in northern italy as storm boris, which has killed at least 2a people across europe, batters the country causing severe flooding and landslides. and coming up — the bank of england will decide whether to cut interest rates from 5%. it's after the us central bank announced a cut last night, for the first time in four years. hello. in the last hour, lebanon has banned walkie—talkies and pagers from all flights out of the country's only commercial airport in operation. the move comes after explosions were triggered in pagers and walkie—talkies used by hezbollah. the attacks killed at least 32 people and injured thousands. israel hasn't confirmed it was behind the blasts, but its defence minister yoav gallant has said it's opening a new phase in the war. the us says it's involved in intensive diplomat

hezbollah have attacked israel _ escalation? hezbollah have attacked israel everyday i escalation? ael everyday for the last 11 months. 70,000 israelis were removed from their homes, we did this at the beginning of the war because hezbollah had planned to do and october the 7th attack. they have been practising it for years under the leadership of hassan nasrallah. after 11.5 months, if israel has these capabilities that it has shown over the last week and a half, it shows the restraint we have had. this is not provocative at all. this is israel trying to go through with negotiations are trying to go through and do the different aspects, and when everything fails, this is about defending and stopping this terror organisation which is bad for lebanon and the world, notjust israel.— notjust israel. where does this leave _ notjust israel. where does this leave iran? _ notjust israel. where does this leave iran? is - notjust israel. where does this leave iran? is that's i notjust israel. where does| this leave iran? is that's not the biggest _ this leave iran? is that's not the biggest

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to prevent these has been law. >> for of all, join the october 7th fact launches. >> rockets israel. hezbollah is in iran back supporter of hamas operating in lebanon, designated a terrorist organization by the u.s. president biden saying almost a year into the fighting to many on the side of the israel, lebanon boeisplaced in united nations general assembly in new york. he called for diplomacy. >> full-scale war is not anyone's interest. even a situation escalated. a diplomatic solution is still possible. >> other world leaders like canada's prime minister calling for de-escalation by israel and hezbollah. the violence needs to stop the women. >> the children killed in lebanon is is extraordinarily concerning. and israel's envoy to the un saying they prefer a diplomatic solution but will do quote, whatever necessary to stop that hezbollah rocket fire that has driven tens of thousands of israelis from their homes. >> that was our lauren lister reporting. meanwhile, back in san francisco in just a half hour or so, a rally is set to begin outside the federal building demanding the u.s. stop armi

east is "on the brink of imminent catastrophe" amid fears of an all—out war — as israel and the iran—backed group hezbollahout large cross—border strikes. israel said hezbollah launched more than a hundred rockets from lebanon towards them. hezbollah said the attacks were in response to the wave of explosions of pagers and walkie—talkies that's widely believed to have been carried out by israel. in haifa, hospital patients have been moved to underground facilities, schools have been closed and gatherings restricted, as well as in other northern areas up to the lebanese border. meanwhile, israel said it carried out more air strikes on targets in southern lebanon, destroying thousands of hezbollah�*s rocket launchers. the un chief antonio guterres said he fears the conflict between israel and hezbollah could risk lebanon becoming another gaza. our international editor orla guerin reports from beirut. hezbollah today, in mourning, but unbowed. this was the funeral of a top military commander, ibrahim aqil, killed on friday in an israeli air strike. the armed group's deputy leader said it was entering a new ph

back and forth between israel and hezbollah. israel has intensified in last couple of weeks. israel also says the strikes killed a high-ranking commander and other senior leaders of the organization. israel says other strikes in beirut yesterday targeted weapon caches. nasrallah is a cleric and led it has blossoms 1992. he has grown the group into the most powerful iranian backed force in the region. both militarily and politically, building has been a lot into what has been called a state within a state. he led the group for decadal conflict and is made in a civil war on behalf of the regime. they have help train other i running back regional militias including hamas and the houthis. in a statement the head of iran supreme national security council said that it axis of resistance will, quote, respond with force at the right time and that israel has, quote, open the gates against itself. this morning israel carried out more strikes in lebanon and hezbollah fired more rockets into israel. joining me now from beirut is internationa

hassan nasrallah, the leader of the terrorist army hezbollah, was killed by israel defense forces in e strike in beirut last night while he was in hezbollah�*s central headquarters commanding more imminent attacks against the people of israel. it's people here who are fleeing today, some heading to the north or the east, clinging to the hope that they'll find safety, even as ambulances rush in for new wounded. we travelled through dahieh, the hezbollah stronghold now looking anything but. the hezbollah stronghold now it's been bombed time after time. this is just one of the locations that has been hit. there's smoke still rising here, there's ash in the air, and you can smell the explosives, and i can hear a drone now overhead. the strike here happened overnight, and since then, there has been no let—up. in beirut�*s martyrs�* square, many slept in the open, and remained there today, new homeless from the middle east's newest war. the governor of beirut fears for his city. what do you think is the israeli plan here? what are they trying to do? i don't know, but israel want to kill and