Are Israel and Hezbollah on the cusp of all-out war?
Post Reports
The Washington Post
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🗓️ 25 September 2024
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
This week, Israel unleashed a wave of airstrikes in southern Lebanon, against what it says are Hezbollah targets. At least 569 people have been killed in the attacks this week and more than 1,800 injured, according to Lebanon’s Health Ministry. The ministry doesn’t distinguish between civilians and combatants but said at least 50 children, 94 women and nine paramedics were among the dead.
Thousands of civilians are now fleeing southern Lebanon in search of safety.
Also, on Wednesday, Hezbollah fired a missile toward the Tel Aviv area as retaliation, which Israeli forces intercepted. This marks the first time the militant group has aimed a missile toward this major Israeli city.
Israel has increasingly turned its attention away from its war against Hamas in Gaza to its conflict with Hezbollah, which has been launching near-daily rockets into northern Israel. Hezbollah says it has been carrying out the attacks in solidarity with the Palestinians of Gaza and will not stop until there is a cease-fire there. Tens of thousands of Israelis under fire have left their homes in the north of the country, and Israeli officials have vowed to ensure their safe return.
Today, on “Post Reports,” host Elahe Izadi speaks with the Post’s Susannah George about this dramatic escalation and fears of a widening conflict.
Today’s show was produced by Sabby Robinson, with help from Rennie Svirnovskiy and Ariel Plotnick. It was edited by Monica Campbell, with help from Reena Flores. It was mixed by Sean Carter. Thanks to Mohamad El-Chamaa, Suzan Haidamous, Lior Soroka and Jesse Mesner-Hage.
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| 0:00.0 | Susanna, I know you were just on Post Reports last week. |
| 0:06.7 | You joined us after thousands of pagers and other devices exploded throughout Lebanon, what has happened since then? |
| 0:17.0 | I was actually thinking about that conversation that we had. |
| 0:21.0 | At the end, we were talking about how everyone was on edge wondering if things |
| 0:29.0 | would escalate further and this week they did. |
| 0:35.0 | Susanna George is the Post Golf Bureau Chief and she's covered the Middle East for years. |
| 0:40.0 | But for now, she's in Lebanon Lebanon covering escalating tensions there including last |
| 0:45.4 | week's deadly attack when Hezbollah pagers and walkie-talkies exploded across |
| 0:51.2 | Lebanon. Since then Israel has ratcheted up attacks in southern Lebanon |
| 0:57.0 | against what it says are Hezbollah targets. |
| 1:00.0 | At least 569 people have been killed in Lebanon this week and more than 1800 injured. |
| 1:07.0 | That's according to Lebanon's health ministry. |
| 1:10.0 | The ministry doesn't distinguish between civilians and combatants, but it's said at least 50 children, |
| 1:17.0 | 94 women, and 9 paramedics were among the dead. |
| 1:21.4 | Then today. Hezbollah fired a missile toward the Tel Aviv area as retaliation. Israeli forces shot it down, but this is the first |
| 1:36.8 | time the group has aimed a missile toward this major Israeli city. Later, an Israeli general told troops to prepare for a ground operation in |
| 1:46.4 | Lebanon. As fears of an all-out war grow, Susanna has been witnessing an exodus in southern Lebanon, |
| 2:00.0 | as thousands of people are fleeing the area trying to find shelter in the face |
| 2:05.7 | of Israel's intensifying missile strikes. So we went to CITA, it's a little bit |
| 2:11.6 | south of Beirut. |
| 2:14.0 | And we found an empty schoolhouse |
| 2:18.0 | that had been really hastily converted |
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