rami ruhayem in southern lebanon. we have _ minute. rami ruhayem in southern lebanon.- minute. rami ruhayem in southern lebanon. we have seen some of. minute. rami ruhayem in southern | lebanon. we have seen some of the shelling, the smouldering, and it is one of the areas western leaders are watching closely because so much fear of this conflict whitening even further. so the latest in terms of the northern part of that territory —— so much fear of this conflict whitening even further. in terms of diplomacy, the british foreign secretary is in israel, the us secretary is in israel, the us secretary of state is heading to israel. there is an arab league meeting in cairo at the moment. we can speak now with hesham shawish from bbc monitoring's middle east and north africa desk. take us through the latest you are hearing from egypt, they are really important players here. good afternoon- — important players here. good afternoon. as _ important players here. good afternoon. as you _ important players here. good afternoon. as you know, - important players here. good | afte

israel responded by firing into the launch area. 0ur correspondent rami ruhayem is close to the israelirom where he gave us the latest. this is day two of an extremely tense and volatile situation in southern lebanon. they said this was both an act of solidarity with palestinian factions fighting israel, as well as a step to liberate shebaa farms, which lebanon considers occupied lebanese territory. today it has been relatively quiet in this area, but further west along the border, there have been clashes between gunmen, not and the israeli army. and the israeli army has shelled several areas in south lebanon in response. one of the biggest questions in lebanon and in the region is will there be another front? will they enter this conflict in a much larger way than it did yesterday? the americans have been clear that this is a scenario they are trying to prevent at all costs, that they want to deter hezbollah, on the other hand, has said has made very clear that it is not neutral in this struggle and has left open the possibility that it mightjoin the fight. meanwhile, tension persists