Good evening. I'm Jeff Bennett. I'm the Navaz is away. On the news hour tonight,

the Middle East on edge. Israel and its allies ready their defenses,

anticipating retaliation for strikes against Hezbollah and Hamas leaders.

The Trump campaign is hacked in what appears to be the latest foreign interference in a U.S. presidential election.

And is there a future for Social Security, the benefits gap that could leave millions of Americans

with a whole in their retirement safety net.

We are so bad at fixing this problem.

This problem has been so evident since 1990. Welcome to the news hour. The White House said today that the US and Israel believe

Iran and its proxies across the region could launch a significant attack in the coming days.

Israel says it's on peak readiness and the U.S. accelerated the deployment of forces to the

region to try and deter Iran and defend Israel.

That's despite ongoing diplomatic efforts to prevent an attack.

Our story tonight starts in the Israeli city of Haifa,

and a warning, some scenes of war in this story are graphic.

In 10 months of war, Israel's third largest city and its largest port have emerged untouched.

But today, Haifa and Israel are worried an attack could come at any point. which is why Haifa's emergency preparedness chief Leo Resnick works from a

bomb shelter. They've been on high alert for the best 10 days. After Israel

assassinated a senior Hezbollah commander in Beirut and Hamas political leader Ishmaelhania was killed in an explosion after this event in Tehran

We are waiting for something to happen. We are waiting for Iranian or Hezbollah to shoot.

In June, Hezbollah made its threat to Haifa's port explicit, posting drone video above an Israeli naval base.

Thanks to Iranian support Hezbollah has more than 150,000 rockets and missiles that can

reach 95% of Israel. Israel is not ready for a possible onslaught.

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