A brief history of Israel and Lebanon at war
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The Times
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🗓️ 16 October 2024
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
Tensions are escalating between Israel and Hezbollah, Iran’s proxy militia in Lebanon. Attacks on both sides have led to thousands dead and over a million people internally displaced. The latest confrontations come after decades of conflict, so where did it all begin?
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Guest: Lina Khatib, associate fellow at Chatham House, director of the SOAS Middle East Institute, and contributor to The Times.
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Host: Manveen Rana.
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| 1:01.0 | From the Times and the Sunday Times, this is the story. |
| 1:07.0 | I'm Manveen Rana. Since Israel began bombing Lebanon, more than 2,000 people have been killed. |
| 1:24.4 | More than 10,000 injured, and more than a million displaced. |
| 1:28.4 | 50 Israelis have also lost their lives. |
| 1:32.4 | This is all that's... Israelis have also lost their lives. |
| 1:38.0 | This is all that's left of an apartment block hit by an Israeli airstrike. |
| 1:39.0 | The building flattened into a pile of rubble. |
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