i'm joined now by political analyst and commentator ronnie shaka, in the bay of rude. he's a host of the bayard bonnie on podcast which covers modern lebanese history. ronnie, so good to have you on the show. now now says that israel is prepared to act against has blah, how are those comments being viewed and loving on for better or worse? this type of tension along the lebanese is really border is familiar terrain. and this isn't the 1st time it is really prime minister has threatened further escalation. i think it's also important to remember that since october 8th, a day after they've tober 7 tragedy began, has butler's calculations in south lebanon against is really interested in northern israel. have also been extremely cautious. so i, in my assessment is that despite the bluster, despite the threats, this is still air full, calculated to a degree escalation, but nothing that's nothing that's not familiar. and the reason i'm using this word, it's because for a long time now for decades, south lebanon has been a battle field. at times of quiet times, it's like today