Warning: This episode contains audio of war. Over the past few days, the simmering feud between Israel and the Lebanese militia Hezbollah, has reached a critical moment. Ben Hubbard, the Istanbul bureau chief for The New York Times, explains why the latest tit-for-tat attacks are different and why getting them to stop could be so tough. Guest: Ben Hubbard, the Istanbul bureau chief for The New York Times.
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I'm Sabrina Tavernisi, and this is the daily.
Now to the Middle east, where fears of a wider war are growing.
Over the past few days, simmering tensions between Israel and Hezbollah, the lebanese militia on Israel's northern border, have reached a tipping point.
A loud explosion has been heard in the southern suburbs of Beirut's densely populated southern Dahya neighborhood, showered in debris following a precision strike by israeli fighter jets.
Israeli military says it has carried out a strike targeting the Hezbollah commander allegedly behind Saturday's deadly attack in the Golan Heights, raising fresh fears of a wider war in the Middle east, with the State Department insisting an all out war is not inevitable.
Following tonight's attack has today my colleague Ben Hubbard on why these attacks are different and why getting them to stop could be so tough.
Its Wednesday, July 31.
So, Ben, the daily has been following the war in Gaza and the risk that it could spread to the broader region.
And over the past few days, there have been this series of attacks on Israel's northern border, the border with Lebanon.
And they really felt like a ratcheting up and potentially even a turning point.
So we're talking to you on Tuesday afternoon in New York, and we want to dig into what happened.
Tell us what we know so far.
Well, it's after midnight here in the Middle east, and we're still reporting out exactly what happened.
What we know is that Israel carried out an airstrike on a building in a southern suburb of Beirut that targeted a senior military official in Hezbollah, part of the city where Hezbollah basically runs the show.