sure, thank you. uh, the piece of news that i want to ask you about, but first let me bring in mohammed obaid, who's uh been uh standing by patiently, welcome uh, we're taking a look a major escalation that has happened here and uh based on what has said that it was very successful operation phase one, mind you, what's your reading into what has happened, what's your thoughts, well first of all the retaliation had to take place, this is one thing that we need to take into account, it was impossible for hizbillah to just accept and absorb the assassination of late syd fad shukr without retaliation, especially due to the importance of the figure, second due to the assault that took place on the southern suburbs of bayrut, which was dissociated and usually not part of any conflict with the israelis, third, it has to do with the image of hisbullah in the eyes of all those that look up to hisballah as a model and example and resistance and in standing up against the... the atrocities perpetrated by the israeli occupation forces in gaza, so due to all these factors, it was must for hizbullah to ret