Damaged or destroyed. Tonight Benjamin Netanyahu threatened lebanon with the same unless it rejected hezbollah. The leadership of hezbollah is gone but the group is not incapacitated, more than 100 rockets came over the border today. The warring parties digging in. And for Palestinian Statehood . So what does it mean for the future of lebanon, and for Palestinian Statehood . We will talk tonight to the head of the palestinian mission to the uk, and also a former national Security Adviser to israel. Here in the uk, the threat from Islamic State has returned. But also a threat are the spies from iran and russia. The head of mi5 says his service is stretched to the limit. We will speak to the former foreign Secretary Sir Malcom rifkind. And we are keeping a close eye on Florida And Hurricane milton, a monster that is barrelling towards the gulf coast. Residents in tampa have been warned that if they stay, they will die. Good evening. The israeli prime Minister Benjamin Netenyahu says lebanon will face the same fate as gaza if it fails to separate itself from hezbollah. It is a stark warning, a year to the day that hezbollah began Firing Rockets at israel, in support of hamas. There are, as of today, 15,000 troops conducting operations inside lebanon, as the israeli airforce continues to pound key targets in beirut. The israeli prime minister said the country now stands at a significant crossroads. A path to peace, or a path to ruin. You have an opportunity to save lebanon before it falls into the abyss of a long war that would lead to Destruction And Suffering like we see in gaza. It doesnt have to be that way. Each of you can take a step for your future, even a small step. You can make a difference. Further Evacuation Orders have been issued by the israeli military in the South West of lebanon as well as the south east. And again today there were large explosions in the capital beirut. But hezbollah is fighting back. More than A Hundred rockets fired today from southern lebanon, towards israels third largest city of haifa. Most but not all were intercepted. Lebanon is diverse, politically it is complex. The different religious sects try to share power. A Maronite Christian should serve as president , a Sunni Muslim as prime minister, a a Shia Muslim minister, a Shia Muslim as the speaker of parliament. But hezbollah plays an outsized role in the states security. Almost a state within a state. The former prime minister fouad siniora, has told the bbc he is frustrated with the War Hezbollah has brought upon them, and does not entirely disagree with Neta Nyahus Characterisation of what is at stake but this is not an internal fight the opposing groups can win on their own. The lebanese as a state has been kidnapped by hezbollah, and behind hezbollah is iran. This Pistol Or Gun held by hezbollah, instead of being pointed toward israel, it was being pointed toward something else, it was domestically as a way of being used by iran to interfere in Syria And Iraq and yemen. Lebanon cannot afford to continue to be hijacked by the iranian government, by iran. I hope that something can really happen in order to really save lebanon. Lyse doucet, our chief international correspondent. Is live in Tel Avi for us tonight. Mister sonora was the prime minister in 2006 when you and i reported on the 2006 lebanon war. ~ reported on the 2006 lebanon wan. , reported on the 2006 lebanon war. ~ , reported on the 2006 lebanon war. , war. We probably could have la ed war. We probably could have played the war. We probably could have played the same war. We probably could have played the same interview. War. We probably could have| played the same interview 18 years ago. And he knows the risk is countries facing but there is not a lot the other groups in lebanon can do about it. ~. ,. ,. , groups in lebanon can do about it. We are also in a before the war situation, it. We are also in a before the war situation, i it. We are also in a before the war situation, i know it. We are also in a before the war situation, i know that war situation, i know that lebanon is coming under intense is really bombardment and ingrown invasion 7 a ground invasion, it is clear that though many in lebanon did not speak out or act enough, there is a Leadership Vacuum there, the lebanese people would be the lebanese people would be the 1st to tell you about their frustrations and anger with their own leadership, but that is quite separate from what happens when your country comes under the kind of attack that lebanon is no seen, and when prime Minister Netanyahu makes a warning that says if you do not want to be let gaza, that is what we have been hearing, people in beirut saying is this what all our feet looks like . That is a Very Like7 that is a very modern and international city is facing the same kind of dire feet that is already being seen in gaza, where the United Nations say that 66 of the structures, the Build Infrastructure of gaza, now lies in utter ruin, it is either completely collapsed or is lying in boulders and cement and twisted wires. We is lying in boulders and cement and twisted wires. And twisted wires. We are told it is a limited and twisted wires. We are told it is a limited operation and twisted wires. We are told it is a limited operation in it is a limited operation in the south but it appears to be expanding. The south but it appears to be pending expanding. They keep saying that. We spoke expanding. They keep saying that. We spoke to expanding. They keep saying that. We spoke to an expanding. They keep saying that. We spoke to an israelil that. We spoke to an israeli military Spokesperson Today and asked about their limited and localized operation, the lieutenant repeated that it was. Bbc news today, we spoke to a surgeon in beirut who said the kind of injuries that he is seenin the kind of injuries that he is seen in civilians, including children, shows that the bombing is indiscriminate, he used the phrase carpet bombing, which is of course a very sustained and extensive bombing, and we have seen the images from the streets of beirut, a hold massive crater is being caused when israel goes after 1 is being caused when israel Goes After1Senior Commander goes after 1 Senior Commander of Goes After1Senior Commander of Thing Macro, and israel is scoring spectacular successes, we do not say by name the man who is widely expected to be taken over, though we can never really stand in the shoes of hassan nasrallah, who headed the organization for so many years and without naming, nobody really knows who that name is and the person who would stand in if the new leader met the same fate as hossein the hassan nasrallah. Action and speech for the people lebanon. But going back to that former premise or, unusually blunt about our gun been pointed to the lebanese head, the Lebanese Army supports and the almost got help but to use us phrase backed by iran, but there was little that the liebert 7 leaders of lebanon were willing or able to do. Maybe this will focus their mind but not when they are coming under this kind of bombardment was not. Chuck freilich is a former israeli deputy national Security Adviser and hes now a Senior Fellow at the Inss Institute for national security studies in Tel Aviv. Welcome to the program. What does Mister Netanyahu expect the other sexed in in lebanon to do . I the other sexed in in lebanon to do . , � ~. , the other sexed in in Lebanon Todo . ~. ,. , to do . I dont know that the other sex to do . I dont know that the other sex have to do . I dont know that the other sex have the to do . I dont know that the other sex have the power i to do . I dont know that the other sex have the power to to do . 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But i want to talk about the Standoff Thatis want to talk about the standoff that is clearly there right now between washington and jerusalem, President Biden unable to compel netanyahu to accept the competitive Cease Fire he accepted back in june. The word is explained in every i know we have a threat to annihilate lebanon. What is prime Minister Netanyahu is endgame7 prime Minister Netanyahu is endgame . Prime Minister Netanyahu is enduame . ,. ,. , endgame . There is no intention to annihilate lebanon, there endgame . There is no intention to annihilate lebanon, there is| to annihilate lebanon, there is a intention to defeat hasbo the. ~ a intention to defeat hasbo the. , ~. , the. He talked about sending them to the the. He talked about sending them to the abyss, the. He talked about sending them to the abyss, by them to the abyss, by destroying hasbo luck, yes, but not lebanon. Not lebanon. Unfortunately lebanon not lebanon. Unfortunately lebanon will not lebanon. Unfortunately lebanon will pay not lebanon. Unfortunately lebanon will pay the not lebanon. Unfortunately lebanon will pay the price | not lebanon. Unfortunately i lebanon will pay the price for that, but using words like annihilation. Yes there are disagreements within the us and israel, and i regret that greatly, i believe the relationship with the us is one of the most important components of israels national security, but at the same time there are times when israel has to go partly its own way when it faces severe and even x essential threats, and that is also taken into account that the us has also misjudged and erred on a number of occasions in the past, in its assessment of what is happening in the middle east. To take an example for the last few months, there was the american concern about israel going into rafa in southern gaza, that this would lead to some sort of catastrophe, a civilian catastrophe, a civilian catastrophe, that the Military Component would be very severe, and ended and it went very easily. So the are legitimate differences between a global superpower and a small regional power that is vying fighting for survival, and there are occasions where israel has to go partly its own way. I hope we can reach maximum coordination here, and eight believe it gives a unique opportunity from an american perspective, maybe after the elections, but there is a unique opportunity to greatly weaken the axis of resistance iran, hezbollah and their other allies. Iran, hezbollah and their other allies. ,. , allies. The line is ust about held up. H allies. The line is ust about held up. But allies. The Line Isjust about held up, but thank allies. The Line Isjust about held up, but thank you allies. The Line Isjust about held up, but thank you for i held up, but thank you for joining us. I will take you straight to florida the governor Ron Desantis is addressing the press about the threat they are facing from hurricane milton, thats a system. I facing from hurricane milton, thats a system. Thats a system. I would tell eole, thats a system. I would tell people. One. Thats a system. I would tell people, one, theres thats a system. I would tell people, one, theres going l thats a system. I would tell. People, one, theres going to be impacts far beyond the eye of the storm, too, you can meet landfall anywhere from Citrus County noni into southwest florida, we will know more over the next 12 to 18 hours, but just colons, all the stuff you see, the impacts will be broader than that, particularly with respect to the Storm Surge on the West Coast of florida. I know there are lots of folks who have evacuated in those areas, and you can absolutely get whacked with serious Storm Surge, almost every place on the West Coast of florida could get major Storm Surge. Today, i held a joint call with state legislative leaders and the cabinet to brief them on floridas efforts on the storm, and about our resources that are being offered and utilised by the state of florida. We also did a similar call to floridas congressional delegation and spoke to the president and the fema administrator, and we had our request approved for preview landfall, we will get the major Disaster Declaration approved once the storm hits, and that will be things like Debris Removal and individual assistance. We select 51 counties that are under a state of emergency. There is pretty much warnings or watches on almost the entire florida peninsula, and a lots of attention being paid to the Storm Surge on the West Coast of the peninsula, and rightfully so, because that is probably the most serious threat to peoples lives and property, but the storm is going to go across the florida peninsula, and it would exit e because of florida into the atlantic ocean, likely still as a hurricane, so that is going to bring significant impacts all across the state, so just be prepared for that. That may mean mobile homes, even interior, other structures that may be arcane proof, that could be hazards, rivers and other Bodies Of Water as yet more Rain And Flooding which could be an issue, and you have surge on the East Coast of florida, erosion and so on, so it is not just an event for the West Coast of florida, that would be where the initial item probably most significant impacts, but the impact will not be listened thats in there. Here we have Staging Areas around different parts of the state, and their different sites doing different things. For example, you have Lake City with eight units of the Utility Lineman there that are staged, we have people staged in the Tampa Bay Area for utility and other things but this one right here is really good, im not going to see 0cala is not going to have any impact from the storm, but we anticipate people been able to move were to they need to go quickly once the storm passes, and we have different partners at the State Contract with their state personal, as you see, the temp out here, this is where they are, and then they are able to respond. We have massive amounts of equipment here, Land And Air and sea vehicles, supplies and generators and Equipment And Bucket trucks, you name it, this stuff is here, so this is just one of many sites that are ready to go. The reason why we do state of emergency, we did it over the weekend on saturday, we knew the Storm Wasnt likely to hit onto the middle of t