Lebanon says one million displaced because of continuing Israeli attacks
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🗓️ 29 September 2024
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Lebanon's prime minister has said continuing Israeli attacks could displace as many as a million people. Najib Mikati appealed for a diplomatic solution to the crisis. He was speaking as Israel carried out more airstrikes in Lebanon after killing Hezbollah's leader Hassan Nasrallah on Friday. We hear from the IDF spokesman, Peter Lerner, and Nasser Yassin, Lebanon's Minister of Environment and has been given responsibility for providing for all those internally displaced people. We will also be asking to Iranian academic and write, Azadeh Moaveni, about how Nasrallah's death could affect Hezbollah's standing in Lebanon and the rest of the region.
Also in the programme: Saudi Arabia has carried out nearly two hundred executions this year - the highest in more than three decades; and ahead of the VICE presidential debate in the US - we'll be in Nebraska - what are the big election issues in rural America?
Presenter: Julian Marshall.
(Photo: Residents in Beirut seek refuge on the streets after Israeli air strikes in the city. Credit: EPA)
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to Newsa from the BBC World Service |
| 0:07.0 | Committee live from our studios in Central London. |
| 0:10.0 | I'm Julian Marshall. |
| 0:12.3 | The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu |
| 0:14.3 | who called the killing of the Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasreller on Friday |
| 0:18.0 | and historic turning point. |
| 0:20.6 | But a turn in what direction? Towards the victory that Israel seeks in Lebanon by degrading Hezbollah |
| 0:26.5 | to the point that it no longer poses a threat to northern Israel, meaning that tens of |
| 0:32.3 | thousands of Israelis can return to their homes, or will it be a turn |
| 0:35.8 | towards a deepening conflict that brings in other countries in the region, with Israel finding |
| 0:41.6 | itself under attack. |
| 0:44.0 | Hezbollah's key back of Iran has called for an emergency meeting at the UN Security Council, |
| 0:49.0 | speaking to reporters in New York, the Iranian foreign minister Abbas Arachi said Mr Nasrala's |
| 0:56.1 | killing would not go unpunished. |
| 0:58.3 | As there are more America in general it has |
| 1:01.6 | in our opinion, America is a partner in this crime and cannot separate itself from the reality in any way. |
| 1:10.0 | And the blood of the martyrs of this incident will certainly not go unanswered and we |
| 1:15.1 | will definitely stand by Lebanon. |
| 1:20.7 | For the moment though Israel seems undeterred it says it's killed another senior |
| 1:24.8 | Hezbollah official today and has continued its bombardment of southern Lebanon my |
| 1:30.0 | colleague Rebecca Kessby got an update on their military goals from Peter Lerner, |
| 1:34.9 | spokesman for the Israel Defence Forces. So we're currently involved in three follow-up |
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