Middle East on edge as Israel and allies anticipate retaliation from Iran
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🗓️ 12 August 2024
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the news hour. The White House said today that the US and Israel believe |
| 0:05.5 | Iran and its proxies across the region could launch a significant attack in the |
| 0:10.3 | coming days. Israel says it's on peak readiness and the U.S. |
| 0:14.5 | accelerated the deployment of forces to the region |
| 0:17.1 | to try and deter Iran and defend Israel. |
| 0:20.3 | That's despite ongoing diplomatic efforts to prevent an attack. |
| 0:24.0 | Our story tonight starts in the Israeli city of Haifa and a warning. |
| 0:28.0 | Some scenes of war in this story are graphic. |
| 0:32.0 | In 10 months of war, Israel's third largest graphic. |
| 0:32.6 | In 10 months of war, Israel's third largest city and its largest port have emerged untouched. |
| 0:39.0 | But today, Haifa and Israel are worried an attack could come at any point. |
| 0:43.0 | And since the 7th of October, we are working from here. |
| 0:47.0 | Which is why Haifa's emergency preparedness chief Leo Resnick |
| 0:51.0 | works from a bomb shelter. |
| 0:52.0 | They've been on high alert for the best 10 days. Leo Reznik, works from a bomb shelter. |
| 0:52.8 | They've been on high alert for the best 10 days. |
| 0:55.6 | After Israel assassinated a senior Hezbollah commander in Beirut |
| 0:59.6 | and Hamas political leader Ishmaelhania |
| 1:01.9 | was killed in an explosion after this event in Tehran. |
| 1:04.8 | We are waiting for something to happen. We are waiting for Iranian or Hezbollah to shoot. |
| 1:19.5 | In June, Hezbollah made its threat to Haifa's port explicit, posting drone video above an Israeli naval base. |
| 1:21.9 | Thanks to Iranian support, Hezbollah has more than 150,000 rockets and missiles that can |
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