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It's Monday.

It's Monday, 14 October. Welcome to the P. D. B. Well, let's call it the late afternoon

bulletin, shall we? I'm Mike Baker. Your eyes and ears on the world stage.

Let's get briefed.

First, an update on the deadly Hezbollah drone attack yesterday

on Northern Israel that left four IDF soldiers dead as Israeli leaders vow a forceful response.

Then, apparently because, well, a couple of major global conflicts isn't enough for the

times that we're currently living in.

China is escalating their harassment of Taiwan and circling the island during

provocative large-scale military drills on Monday and threatening its leaders.

But first, our afternoon spotlight.

I want to begin with an update on the Hezbollah drone attack that struck a northern Israeli

community on Sunday,

and it was one of the bloodiest attacks

to hit Israel since the war began last year.

Officials with the IDF confirmed that four Israeli soldiers

had been killed by the drone strike while 61 others were injured.

According to Israeli military sources who spoke with the times of Israel, Hezbollah engaged in a multi-pronged attack Sunday evening in essentially

an attempt to confuse Israel's air defenses, firing off several short-range

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