by the checkpoint outside the border town of metula.s is as close as we can get to the lebanese border this morning. there's a group of soldiersjust behind me preparing to go in. metula is one of the focal points of the first 2a hours of this ground incursion. it had several rounds of rockets come in overnight, and the nearby town of kiryat shmona, just ahead of me, is completely deserted. and just a little further down the road, fields that yesterday were full of tanks emptying. almost the entire fighting force there has now moved on. israel is calling this a limited, targeted incursion. but sending ground forces even a little way into lebanon is a major undertaking for the israeli army. joining me now is your land now. we have been hearing more details in a briefing this morning. these have been described as limited, local raids, this incursion into the southern limit done that started this morning. what more do we know about the start of those in what form they are likely to take?— likely to take? not many details are _ likely to tak

we are just by the checkpoint outside the border town of metula. the lebanese border this morning. there is a group of soldiersjust behind me preparing to go in. metula is one of the focal points the first 2a hours of this ground incursion. it had several rounds of rockets come in overnight and a nearby town just ahead of me is completely deserted. and just a little further down the road, fields that yesterday which were full of tanks are emptying. almost the entire fighting force there has now moved on. israel is calling this a limited, targeted incursion, but sending ground forces even a little way into lebanon is a major undertaking for the israeli army. that is the latest from the israeli side of the border. it's worth saying, i don't know if you can hear in the background, the sound of drums has been incessant in beirut today. there is a drone above now which is extremely loud across the city. we have seen a lot of it over the last week. and also israeli air strikes notjust here in the southern suburbs of beirut but also in the south of the co

just at the checkpoint near to metula.the first 2a hours of this ground incursion. it had several rounds of rockets coming overnight, and that a nearby town just ahead of me as completely deserted. a little further down the road, fields that yesterday were full of tanks and emptying almost the entire fighting. there has moved on. it is a targeted incursion, but sending forces even a little way into lebanon is a major undertaking of the lebanese army. our security correspondent frank gardner gave some context to the current conflict and told us that hezbollah does not represent many of the people in lebanon. hezbollah does not speak for the people of lebanon. it is a hugely powerful military and political force in lebanon. it is more powerful than the lebanese army. it is very much tied to the shia population who had been underrepresented in the past but it does not speak for all the people of lebanon. there are plenty of people, sunnis and christians in lebanon who can't stand hezbollah and would like to see its power redu

the idf has declared metula a closed military area, meaning all entry is prohibited.llah responded by firing rockets in central israel at a military base in tel aviv these pictures caught the moment when air raid sirens sounded across tel aviv. let's just show you these pictures and these are the air raid sirens, this is the moment when those sirens sounded across tel aviv cbs news correspondent aviv chris livesay is in tel aviv and sent this report. the israeli military confirms that it's begun, quote, limited, localised and targeted raids against his brother in the border area of southern lebanon. but as we saw at a staging ground, it's building up for much more. there were more than 100 israeli tanks, armoured fighting vehicles and bulldozers in the clearest sign yet that israel is mobilising for a full blown ground offensive. but on the other side of the border with lebanon, just a few miles away, tens of thousands of his brother soldiers are waiting. in fact, israel said intense clashes erupted this morning. his brother is known to have a vast network of tunnels

metula is one of the central points of the first day of this terrestrial intrusion.at night, several rocket volleys were fired at it. and the neighboring town of kiryachmon, which is ahead, is completely deserted. and a little further along the road - the fields, which yesterday were full of tanks. now they have emptied, and almost all the forces concentrated there are moving from there. further. israel calls it a limited, targeted deployment, but sending ground troops, even a short distance into lebanon, is a major step for the israeli military. but what is hazvula? it is a group that has two wings, political and military in the west and the arab countries of the persian gulf they were recognized as terrorists, and they became popular in the 1980s during the civil war, when israeli forces occupied southern lebanon. they also eat weapons. except early they are supported by syrian president bashar assad. according to the group, they have 100,000 fighters. however, according to independent data, their number varies from 20 to 50 thousand. and they have from 120 to 200,

barrage of rockets and missiles to target several gatherings of israeli force. in the settlement of uh metula, the movement also carried out a drone strike a gathering of israeli soldiers at the baghdadi outpost in the northern occupied territories, the group has conducted a flurry of retaliatory operation since the early hours of tuesday in defense of the people of lebanon and in support of the palestinians. well we do have breaking news also is israeli air strike on lebanon's becca region leaves at least nine dead, several injured, our correspondent mariam sal is uh joining us now from the lebanese capital beirot with all the latest or any second now all right uh i believe we do not have mariam at the moment hopefully uh we'll sort that out and um all right i believe she's back now. mariam uh, if you're with us, please ring us up to speed on uh all the latest developments uh with regards to the israeli crimes and aggression that's taking place on lebanon at this point, well we have the same pattern of continuous aggressions, especially the systematic attacks against civilian infrastructure,

hezbollah says it has successfully fired on a group of idf soldiers in the northern israeli town of metula with artillery and rockets. >> now this is after the israeli military launched a ground operation inside lebanon, which lebanese state media says has caused quote, severe damage the idf says paratroopers and commandos are among the forces involved in the incursion. and we are hearing they'd been training for this mission in northern israel over the past few weeks, the white house says, it supports israel's call. it sports. israel and called for a limited and targeted operation against hezbollah. israel says it has no plans for a long-term occupation. >> well, nearly at several key us ports have gone on strike members of the longshoreman's union are walking picket lines to demand higher wages. >> this after workers rejected an offer by the alliance representing ports cnn's brian todd explains the port of baltimore holding their ground and possibly losing money doing it. once we exhaust our savings i mean, we don't know what the next move is going to be a potentially damaging port strik

we are not as far north as some of the other smaller communities like metula which are wedged right up against the border with lebanon so close that before october 7th, residents would tell you quite calmly that they could see hezbollah fighters moving around on the other side of the border. but this is an area that is largely been evacuated. the streets are quiet as you drive through. we watched for many long minutes as those iranian missiles headed towards central israel. the sirens did not go off here until after it appeared that the iranian missile barrage in two waves had finished and that seems to be but just based on the trajectory of the iron dome missile intercepter that we were able to see fired just before, might be able to hear. there was just a boom behind me. that is the sound of outgoing israeli artillery fire aimed at hezbollah positions in southern lebanon. an israeli official tells me that when israeli forces crossed over the border into southern lebanon last night, that was israeli forces in the low hundreds who went over, who were part of that ground offensive. isra

hezbollah says it has successfully fired on a group of idf soldiers in the northern israeli town of metulath artillery and rockets. that's after the israeli military launched a ground operation inside lebanon, which liberty state media say has caused severe damage the idf says, paratroopers and commandos are involved in the incursion and that they've been training in northern israel over the past few weeks for this mission, the white house says it supports what israel calls are limited and targeted operation. again, it's hezbollah, israel says it has no plans for a long term occupation. dot workers at american ports from maine to texas have gone on strike members of the international longshoremen's association are walking the picket line at 14 major ports on the east and gulf coasts ports in the western us aren't affected last-minute efforts to come to an agreement with a us maritime alliance failed. the alliance represents the major shipping lines they asked for an extension of the current contract. talks could continue, but the union rejected their offer of a 50% wage increase over the l

, you have about 70,000 israeli citizens who've had to evacuate their communities and places like metula and kiryat shmona in towns and villages, and mosheh moshavim all across northern israel because they fear that there's an october 7 in the works coming from the north that hezbollah had in fact been planning some kind of october 7 attack. and the upper galilee so what is israel has been doing over the last few weeks is wiping out, trying to wipe out, decimate not only the leadership of hezbollah, but the infrastructure, the rocket infrastructure that drove the missiles. they estimates somewhere between 50 and 70% of that inventory has been wiped out. >> it still doesn't deal with the threat that? >> hezbollah operatives can still roll right into northern israel, right through tunnels, just like you say, you could see from southern, from southern israel right into gaza, from northern israel, you look there right now, you see hezbollah flags. if you're sitting in those towns. and the fear that there'll be another attack of that sort. and israel can't get into that infrastructure ultimat

hezbollah said it was targeting israeli troops with artillery fire at one border town, metula, whichod, mattresses, blankets and most of all they need protection. the unhcr is on the ground providing mattresses, blankets, but it is really not enough. the government has established more than 700 makeshift shelters and yet it is not enough to absorb and accommodate all these people who have fled. many are sleeping in the open air, they are sleeping in the open air, they are sleeping on streets they think are unsafe but they still cannot move somewhere else. the news of this latest escalation this morning will for sure push more people and force more people to flee, looking for safety, but safety in lebanon has become such a rare commodity, people don't know where to run two and now we are seeing more and more lebanese and syrians heading to the board to with syria stop —— heading to the border. lebanon has the largest number of refugees per capita in the world. there is at least 1.5 number of refugees per capita in the world. there is at least1.5 million syrian refugees, palestinian re