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. Also on the programme: We hear from Florida, as what could be the biggest storm in a century approaches; and the mountaineer who almost died, stranded in the Indian Himalayas, on the moment danger struck. (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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First up today, Israel says it has expanded its military operations in Lebanon today against Hezbollah moving into a new zone in the southwest of the country.
Earlier, a military spokesman said another leading member of Hezbollah had been killed in an airstrike on Beirut.