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What A Day

Lebanon, The Iran War’s Second Front

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What A Day

News, Daily News

4.612.6K Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2026

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

The Iran War has a second front in Lebanon, where Israel has been fighting Hezbollah, a militia that launched missiles into northern Israel in retaliation for the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader. Israel believes the group threatens its security and it is striking targets across Lebanon to stop it. Tarek Abou Jaoude, a research fellow specializing in Lebanese politics at Queen’s University Belfast, unpacks the complex situation.

And in headlines, President Donald Trump subjects toddlers to his boasts about the Iran War during the White House Easter Egg Roll, Trump gives Republicans a headache by endorsing a California gubernatorial candidate, and the Artemis II astronauts boldly travel farther than any humans have traveled before.

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0:00.0

It's Tuesday, April 7th. I'm Jane Koston, and this is what a day.

0:07.4

The show learning that President Donald Trump does not know what a secret is,

0:11.5

despite the efforts of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

0:14.9

How many men did you send altogether approximately for the operation?

0:19.6

I'd love to keep that a secret.

0:21.1

Okay, well we are.

0:22.1

But I will tell you, the number, I'll keep it a secret, but it was hundreds.

0:28.6

Add secrets to the list of words Trump seems unsure of, alongside groceries and affordability.

0:48.5

On today's show, President Trump subjects a bunch of toddlers to his boasts about the war in Iran during the White House Easter egg role.

0:51.9

And the Artemis two astronauts boldly travel farther than any humans

0:55.3

have traveled before. In my opinion, it's time for them to come home now. Space is scary.

1:00.6

But let's start with the Iran War, specifically what's happening in Lebanon. The war has taken up

1:05.2

the vast majority of our focus over the last month or so, and for good reason. But unlike the

1:09.9

great city of Las Vegas, what started in

1:12.0

Iran was never going to stay in Iran. The wars engulfed the entire region, including southern Lebanon.

1:17.8

Here's CNN's chief international security correspondent, Nick Peyton Walsh, reporting there in late March.

1:24.4

Something familiarly awful is happening here. Israel said leave to the town of Nabatir two weeks ago.

1:31.5

Now life is ground out of its streets. This extraordinary devastation just helps explain how

1:40.0

the South is being emptied. Ultimately, a strategic part of the Israeli campaign here.

1:47.9

Here's what happened. On March 2nd, a few days after Israel and the United States began striking

1:52.5

targets in Iran, members of the Lebanese militia Hezbollah launched missiles into northern Israel

1:57.7

in retaliation for the killing of Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Homan.

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