Welcome to the news hour.

Fears of a regional war in the Middle East accelerated today.

Iran is bracing for an Israeli response to yesterday's unprecedented ballistic missile

barrage against Israel.

In Lebanon, Israeli forces have suffered significant losses as their ground invasion

targeting Hezbollah militants pressed on today.

Eight soldiers were killed in combat and Israel continued its

bombardment both of Lebanon and Gaza, killing dozens. We have Nick Schifran

in Tel Aviv tonight and Lela Molana Allen and Beirut and that's where we start our coverage.

War in the skies.

And now on land too, Israel's first full-scale ground incursion into Lebanon for nearly two decades

on Monday night met little resistance. Today, a different story.

IDF soldiers crossed barely half a mile into Lebanese territory when they were ambushed

by Hezbollah fighters.

I would like to send my condolences from the bottom of my heart to the

families of our heroes who fell today in Lebanon.

We're in the middle of a tough war against Iran's

access of evil, which seeks to destroy us.

This will not happen.

Hezbollah. us. This will not happen. He's balla is keen to show it remains ready to fight, despite crippling attacks, on its leadership and communications network. The group has been preparing for this war for years,

and says most of its weapons stocks are still intact.

In Beirut's southern suburbs of Dhaka today,

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