Israeli domestic politics theme
Anyone seen any reports of demonstrations in Tel Aviv?
Lieutenant Colonel: "The risk of a ground offensive is great" There is concern that Israel will enter with troops against Iranian-backed Hezbollah in southern Lebanon. Despite the fact that a ground offensive would cost both sides dearly, an escalation is in the direction of the wind, according to Lieutenant Colonel Anders Ekholm. "I think there is a great risk that it will still be," he says. Watch the feature on SVT News.
Several killed in Beirut after Israeli airstrike. The Shiite militia Hezbollah fired over 100 rockets at northern Israel on Friday afternoon. Just over an hour later, Israel attacked southern Beirut. A senior Hezbollah commander was targeted, but 14 people are said to have died and 66 were injured, according to Lebanese authorities. "A serious escalation," says SVT's foreign reporter Stina Blomgren, on site in Beirut. Watch the feature on SVT News.