Middle East: UN warns of dire consequences
Newshour
BBC
4.2 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 8 October 2024
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said a fourth division had joined the eight-day-old ground operation seeking to dismantle Hezbollah targets and infrastructure. Meanwhile, Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant told officers that the successor of assassinated Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah "was probably also eliminated". He spoke hours after Nasrallah's former deputy, Naim Qassem, insisted the Iran-backed group had overcome the recent “painful blows” from Israel and that its capabilities were “fine”. We hear from former peace negotiators and to young Israelis and Palestinians about the chances of an end to the violence.
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(Picture: Smoke rises following Israeli military strike on Khiam town, near Lebanese Israeli border, Lebanon Credit: STR/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Paul Henley. |
| 0:04.0 | I'm Paul Henley. |
| 0:05.0 | Welcome to News Hour from the BBC World Service live from London. |
| 0:09.0 | First up today, Israel says it's expanded its military operations in Lebanon today against Hezbollah moving into a new zone in the southwest of the country. |
| 0:19.0 | Earlier, a military spokesman said another leading member of Hezbollah had been killed in an |
| 0:24.0 | airstrike on Beirut. Hezbollah's current deputy leader Naim Kasem |
| 0:28.4 | made a statement supporting a call from Lebanon's Parliament for a ceasefire. |
| 0:33.0 | It's thought to be the first time Hezbollah has voiced this without tying it to a truce in Gaza. |
| 0:38.0 | International bodies continue to call for restraint. |
| 0:42.0 | The Secretary General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres warned |
| 0:46.0 | today of the danger that the conflict could engulf the region. |
| 0:50.1 | I've warned for months of the risks of the conflict spreading and the Middle East is a powder keg with many parties holding the match. |
| 1:00.0 | The situation in the occupied West Bank is boiling over. |
| 1:05.0 | And now in Lebanon, attacks including on civilians are threatening the entire region. |
| 1:11.0 | Over the last few days, exchanges a fire between Hezbollah and others in Lebanon and Israel Defense Forces |
| 1:18.8 | have intensified across the blue line in total disregard of Security Council Resolution 1701 and 1559. |
| 1:27.0 | The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has directly addressed the Lebanese people. |
| 1:32.0 | In a pre-recorded video message, Mr. Netanyahu said |
| 1:35.4 | his country's military had killed the would-be successors of Hezbollah's late leader Hassan |
| 1:40.5 | Nasrallah and he urged the Lebanese people to rise up against Hezbollah |
| 1:45.0 | or risk the destruction of their country. |
| 1:48.0 | Don't let these terrorists destroy your future any more than they've already done. |
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