And to discuss how the US is responding to Israel's campaign in Lebanon and what

Israel's goals are. Let's bring in Nick Schifrin who just returned from a trip

to Israel. It's great to have you back at the desk here. So Nick what does Israel say it's trying to achieve?

Israel says it's trying to bring back some 60,000 plus residents who have been displaced

from the north since October the 8th. That's the day that Hezbollah opened fire in what it said was solidarity with Hamas

after the October 7th attacks. And to achieve that, Israel says it has to move Hezbollah

forces back. Hezbollah special forces known as the Rodwan, back a couple miles from the border at the

very least.

And Israeli officials say that's where that political solution that Leila was just talking

about, 1701, which requires Hezbollah to remove its forces behind

the Latani River which is on average about 16 or 17 miles from the border.

Now other Israeli officials say that this is an opportunity

to do something bigger. Lala's been pointing out this week that Benjamin Netanyahu, the prime

minister, told Lebanese people to quote, take their country back.

That suggests a political weakening of Hezbollah

that some Israeli officials are after.

And we have seen an expanding of the Israeli military operation.

Air strikes that are massive along the border creating that kind of huge devastation

that you see there.

The Israeli military has called for evacuations for a quarter of the country,

including areas way north of the Latani River, and that's led some of the U.S. administration

to be concerned about mission creep and what has been described by Israel as a limited operation

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