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hugo bachega, bbc news, beirut. i spoke to a conflict analyst from the us institute of peace who says the us institute of peace who says the air strikes may not deter the houthis. if the air strikes may not deter the houthis. ., , the air strikes may not deter the houthis. . , ., houthis. if anything it will anger them and they _ houthis. if anything it will anger them and they will— houthis. if anything it will anger them and they will definitely - them and they will definitely retaliate. they are riding this popular wave and their message resonates well with a popular base. they called for a holyjihad with many year manys lining up tojoin their ranks —— with many yemenis. this has been framed by an attack by a foreign power as an attack between the west and islam and the group might see themselves as the heart of the nation —— the houthis see themselves as the heart of the nation and hope this will increase
unanswered or unpunished. the americans maintain air strikes are a proportionate response, and they're talking down a wider conflict. we absolutely do not want to see an extension of the conflict in gaza broader into the region and will continue to work hard on that. but at the same time, we can't allow the houthis to continue to conduct these attacks, putting innocent mariners' lives at risk and affecting the global economy. the houthis are backed but not controlled by iran. the clear worry now is that what's happening in gaza and the red sea spreads and escalates to the wider region. graham satchell, bbc news. live now to our middle east correspondent, hugo bachega.
actions, needs to stop. it is not in their interest to see the conflict escalated, and we are not the only ones who sent that message to iran. the bbc�*s hugo bachega has more on the developments from blinken�*s trip. he also had talks with the palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas. in the west bank they were familiar topics being discussed. he reaffirmed the us position in support of the creation of a palestinian state alongside israel. something that has been opposed by the current israeli administration and the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. mr blinken also talked about the need for also talked about the need for a reformed palestinian authority. the biden administration said the pa playing a role in gaza after the role is over. it is not clear how
including for these actions, needs to stop. it is not in their interest to see the conflict escalated and we are not the only ones who sent that message to iran. the bbc�*s hugo bachega has more on developments in the red sea and across the middle east. there were some familiar topics being discussed. he referred the us position in support of the us position in support of the creation of a palestinian state alongside israel. something that has been opposed by the current ismaily administration and the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu. mr lim, also talked about the need for a reformed palestinian authority. the biden administration said the pa playing a role in gaza after the role is over. it is not clear how this would work and there have been some concerns
resolutions, this message that the americans keep giving to them, which is, you are killing too many civilians, you are destroying too many houses in gaza, israelis continue to do it. jeremy bowen there. mr blinken said that no—one, including israel, wants the conflict to escalate in the region. but israel and hezbollah, a lebanon—based organisation designated a terrorist group by the us, continue to exchange fire across the lebanon—israel border. hezbollah attacked an israeli army base with explosive drones on tuesday, in response to recent suspected israeli assassinations of top hamas and hezbollah commanders. that same day, israel said it killed the southern lebanon commander of hezbollah�*s aerial unit in an air raid. hezbollah denied the killing occurred. our middle east correspondent, hugo bachega, has the latest from beirut. has, and the israeli military
developments today — with our correspondent in beirut, hugo bachega. let us start with those attacks, we are approaching the moment that americans and others will take significant action here.- significant action here. exactly matthew, i— significant action here. exactly matthew, i think— significant action here. exactly matthew, | think that - significant action here. exactly matthew, i think that antony l significant action here. exactly - matthew, i think that antony blinken was clear when he spoke about the attacks that are happening in the red sea. attacks that have been carried out by the houthis in yemen. he said that if those attacks don't stop there will be consequences and again he said that iran needed to stop the support that it is giving to the houthis and that these attacks are needed to stop. i think we had a very similar message from the uk defence secretary who said that he had no doubt that iran was heavily involved in those attacks. he said that the iranian authorities were coordinating the attacks and
leader of hezbollah, who warned israel against a full—scale operation against hezbollah, but there have been some senior figures in the israeli government to venting a larger offensive against the group to reduce the threat posed by hezbollah and also to allow the return of thousands of residents who had been evacuated from communities in northern israel because of these constant attacks. again, another major development here amid fears that this could lead to a major confrontation between hezbollah and israel. ., . ~' confrontation between hezbollah and israel. ., ., ~ , ., confrontation between hezbollah and israel. ., . ~' , ., ., confrontation between hezbollah and israel. ., ., ~ ., ., israel. hugo, thank you for “oining us. hugo, thank you forjoining us. a number of medical aid organisations have said they are pulling out from the last functioning hospital in central gaza. three international three international health organisations say they have been forced to cease their activities at the al—aqsa hospital after the israeli military designated areas around facility a conflict zone. in a statement, the medical aid for palestinians and international rescue committee's emergency medical
the displacement of palestinians. mr blinken�*s tour continues today, starting in abu dhabi in the united arab emirates, then moving onto saudi arabia to meet crown prince mohammed bin salman. talks have focused on the threat houthi rebels pose to shipping in the red sea as well as discussing us proposals for managing a lasting peace in gaza once the israeli military campaign ends. live now to our correspondent hugo bachega in beirut. what do we know about what happened and the reported death of a senior hezbollah commander? it and the reported death of a senior hezbollah commander?— and the reported death of a senior hezbollah commander? it seems that this was a drone _ hezbollah commander? it seems that this was a drone attack— hezbollah commander? it seems that this was a drone attack that _ hezbollah commander? it seems that this was a drone attack that was - this was a drone attack that was carried out by the israeli military, killing the senior hezbollah commander in southern lebanon. the israeli military said he had carried out a number of attacks —— it had
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president donald trump at the time who had... we may see some developments over the coming days abroad because there is always in concern when something happens in air travel, concern when something happens in airtravel, not least concern when something happens in air travel, not least with the 737 max. the powerful iranian—backed lebanese group, hezbollah, says it's launched a barrage of rockets at northern israel, in response to an explosion in beirut that killed a top hamas official earlier this week. a statement said they hit an air traffic control base in meron with 62 rockets. the israeli military said it had identified about forty launches from lebanon, and that it had responded, without giving details. these are live pictures from the lebanese israel border. we will keep across those and bring you any developments from there over the course of the hour. from beirut, our middle east correspondent hugo bachega has been monitoring hezbollah�*s reaction following the killing of a hamas leader. it is interesting because this is happening a day after the influential leader of hezbollah, hassan nasrallah, gave a speech and he said this attack that happened here in beirut on tuesday,