Beirut hit by heaviest strikes in more than a week after Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s home was targeted by a drone from Lebanon. He has accused Hezbollah of trying to assassinate him. Also in the programme: How could Elon Musk affect the US election results? And, we hear from one of Italy's last cantastorie - the wandering story tellers. (Photo: Smoke billows after an Israeli air strike on southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon. Credit: STRINGER/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)
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Coming to you live from London with me Shawn Ley.
Having killed the leaders of both Hezbollah and this week Hamas, Israel remains apparently committed to destroying the two organizations, what Iran describes as parts of its axis of resistance.
This commitment has been demonstrated again throughout Saturday in both Gaza and in Lebanon, even though senior Israeli political and military officials have questioned whether the objective is truly achievable.
Sirens in the coastal city of Haifa in northern Israel as rockets fired from Lebanon were intercepted by Israel's Iron Dome defences.