Israeli airstrikes resume in Lebanon
Newshour
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🗓️ 16 October 2024
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Israeli warplanes pounded the city of Nabatiyeh in south Lebanon today. The Lebanese health ministry said six people were killed, there, in strikes on municipal buildings, with a local mayor reported dead. The United Nations has warned of a catastrophic humanitarian crisis in Lebanon as huge numbers of people are displaced.
Also in the programme: A BBC reporter returns to his home and birthplace in Sudan which is in the midst of a civil war; and we hear from the first visitors to a new museum celebrating the wonders of ancient Egypt.
(Picture: Civil defence members of the Islamic Health Authority work at a site damaged by an Israeli strike in Qana, southern Lebanon on October 16, 2024. Credit: REUTERS)
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, welcome to News Hour from the BBC World Service coming to you live from |
| 0:08.0 | London. I'm Paul Henley. The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has dismissed all calls for a ceasefire in Lebanon |
| 0:16.6 | as airstrikes resumed on Beirut overnight. The latest Israeli attack on South Beirut, the militant group Hezbollah's... The |
| 0:23.4 | latest Israeli attack on South Bay route, the militant group Hezbollah's main |
| 0:25.1 | stronghold was the first in several days. |
| 0:28.0 | Today, warplanes pounded the city of Nabatia in South Lebanon. The Lebanese Health Ministry said six people were |
| 0:35.1 | killed there in strikes on municipal buildings with the local mayor reported dead. |
| 0:40.1 | The United Nations has warned of a catastrophic humanitarian crisis in Lebanon as huge numbers of people are displaced. |
| 0:48.0 | We can talk now to the BBC's Jonathan Head in Beirut. |
| 0:52.0 | Jonathan, |
| 0:53.0 | first on Israel's offensive. |
| 0:55.0 | Well, the city of Nabateer you referred to there |
| 0:59.0 | has been the most prominent attack that we've seen today. A lot of videos have been |
| 1:04.8 | posted and really staggering numbers of explosions. Local residents told us |
| 1:09.5 | at least nine almost at the same time. there might have been more. |
| 1:13.0 | That city has been hit before it was hit over the weekend |
| 1:17.0 | when its historic Ottoman market was destroyed. |
| 1:20.0 | You know, real scenes of appalling destruction in the city you get a completely |
| 1:26.1 | different perspective from the Israelis who simply they've said very little |
| 1:29.9 | except that they've carried they've carried out multiple airstrikes |
| 1:33.0 | against what they call terrorist targets. |
| 1:36.2 | In Nabatea, we've heard the deputy chief of the Israeli defense forces |
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