Israel launches strikes on southern Lebanon as IDF fighter jets break sound barrier above Beirut

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Meanwhile in Beirut, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah vowed "just punishment" for the two-day walkie-talkie and pager attacks, which killed more than 30, wounded thousands and was widely believed to be carried out by Israel.

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00:00Israel has launched a barrage of strikes on southern Lebanon as cross-border tensions

00:06continue to rise.

00:08The attack follows a similar assault by Hezbollah on northern Israel early on Thursday, in which

00:14Israel says two of its soldiers were killed.

00:18In a joint press conference with President of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas

00:23in Madrid, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez called for restraint.

00:28We have been commenting on this, President Abbas and I, in Lebanon, so we have to make

00:35a new and firm call for restraint, for decoupling, for peaceful coexistence between countries,

00:44in short, for peace.

00:46The exchanges of fire come after two days of targeted explosions of hand-held devices

00:51killed dozens and injured hundreds across Lebanon and Syria.

00:57Israel's leader, Hassan Nasrallah, called the attack, which has largely been blamed

01:01on Israel, a severe blow.

01:03The enemy has crossed all the lines, all the red lines, all the rules and regulations.

01:11They have not cared for anything at all, not morally, not humanly, not legally.

01:19It comes as Israel's defence minister declared the start of a new phase of war.

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