What鈥檚 behind the fighting in Lebanon?
And how is it connected to the war in Iran.
Israel has intensified its attacks on Lebanon this week. It鈥檚 as the US-Israel war with Iran also continues. A new front in the war opened in Lebanon on 2nd March when the Iran-backed group Hezbollah fired rockets at Israel. This was in retaliation to the death of Iran鈥檚 supreme leader and ceasefire violations.
More than a million people in Lebanon - roughly one in every six - have been displaced from their homes. And more than 1,400 people have been killed.
We chat to the 麻豆社's Middle East correspondent Hugo Bachega, who鈥檚 based in Beirut. He walks us through what鈥檚 happening in Lebanon, the background to Hezbollah, and when the war might come to an end.
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