Hezbollah and Israel reignite conflict in Lebanon after Iran strikes
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🗓️ 2 March 2026
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| 0:00.0 | Now for a look at the wider region, let's turn to our special correspondent in Lebanon, |
| 0:05.0 | a country being dragged back into conflict as Hezbollah has resumed attacks on Israel. |
| 0:10.3 | Simona Fultein is coming to us from the outskirts of the capital city of Beirut. |
| 0:14.6 | And Simona, we know those Hezbollah attacks on Israel come more than a year after a ceasefire deal |
| 0:20.5 | that went into place after the |
| 0:21.6 | 2024 war, a war that left Hezbollah very much weakened. Why would they decide to attack now? |
| 0:27.6 | Well, Amna, Hezbollah would have weighed its domestic interests with its desire or duty |
| 0:35.6 | to support its main regional ally and backer Iran. |
| 0:39.2 | And based on this reaction, it seems that the latter interest prevailed. |
| 0:43.9 | Now, there is a big question mark about the military value of this attack. |
| 0:47.6 | It was pretty symbolic. |
| 0:48.9 | The rockets were intercepted and inflicted, very limited, if any, damage on the Israeli side, whereas the IDF's response |
| 0:56.5 | was much more devastating. Now, of course, as you mentioned, Hezbollah has been significantly |
| 1:01.8 | weakened in the last full-scale war of Israel. You mentioned that IDF response to the Hezbollah |
| 1:08.5 | latest attacks. They've killed more than 50 people in and around Beirut, tens of thousands of people, again, |
| 1:14.6 | being displaced from southern Lebanon and Beirut's southern suburbs. |
| 1:17.6 | Tell us a little bit more about the impact and also the reaction from inside Lebanon. |
| 1:23.6 | Well, the impact has been quite devastating, especially for Hezbollah's own constituents. |
| 1:28.2 | There has been, again, another wave of displacement, large-scale bombardment of villages in the south, |
| 1:34.4 | as well as Beirut, southern suburbs. |
| 1:36.7 | So it has caused once again displacement, once again panic, once again a lot of uncertainty |
| 1:42.3 | about whether this country will once again be plunged into |
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