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I'M WENDY GRIFFITH.

TODAY HOW WILL ISRAEL RESPOND

AFTER IRAN LAUNCHES MAJOR

ATTACK WITH DRONES AND MISSILES

ON THE JEWISH STATE?

WE'LL LOOK AT HOW ISRAEL MAY

STRIKE BACK EVEN AS PRESIDENT

JOE BIDEN SAYS THE US WILL NOT

HELP ISRAEL RETALIATE.

CHRIS MITCHELL WILL BRING US

THE STORY FROM JERUSALEM.

>> EVEN BEFORE THE IRANIAN

ASSAULT ISRAEL WAS PREPARING

FOR ANOTHER WAR AGAINST IRAN'S

MOST POWERFUL PROXY GROUP

HEZBOLLAH.

WE'LL HAVE THAT FROM THE BORDER

BETWEEN ISRAEL AND LEBANON.

HERE AT HOME AMERICANS ARE

STRETCHING THEIR FINANCES AS

INFLATION HAS BEEN DRIVING

PRICES HIGHER FOR BASIC THINGS

FOOD AND GAS.

WE'LL SEE WHAT CONSUMERS HAVE

TO DO JUST TO GET BY AND.

IT'S A BIG HIT ON NETFLIX.

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IMPORTANT FIGURES IN THE BIBLE

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THESE STORIES AND MUCH MORE FOR

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>> AND WE BEGIN THE ISRAELI

GOVERNMENT DECIDING HOW TO

RESPOND TO BIGGEST DRONE AND

MISSILE ATTACK IN HISTORY.

AS CHRIS MITCHELL REPORTS FROM

JERUSALEM, ISRAEL'S LEADERS ARE

CONSIDERING THEIR OPTIONS WHILE

ALLIES LIKE THE US ARE TRYING

TO RESTRAIN ISRAEL'S MILITARY

IN ITS FIRST DIRECT STRIKE BY

IRAN AGAINST.

IRAN ATTACKED WITH MORE THAN

300 DRONES CREWS AND BALLISTIC

MISSILES.

IT BROUGHT A 45 YEAR SHADOW WAR

INTO THE LIGHT OF HISTORY TO

TEST THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN

IRAN AND ISRAEL'S CAPABILITIES

ON STARK DISPLAY WITH REPORTS

THAT ABOUT HALF OF THE

PROJECTILES EITHER FAILED ON

LAUNCH OR CRASHED BEFORE

REACHING THEIR TARGETS.

THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE REST

WERE DESTROYED BY ISRAEL AND

ITS PARTNERS, INCLUDING U.S.,

FRANCE, BRITAIN, JORDAN AND

SAUDI ARABIA.

THE 99% INTERCEPTION RATE

DESCRIBED AS A SPEC TACULAR

MILITARY ACHIEVEMENT STUNNING

VIDEO SHOWED SOME MISSILES

BEING SHOT DOWN OVER JERUSALEM

ON SUNDAY WAR CABINET MET TO

DECIDE HOW TO RESPOND.

BENNY SAID ISRAEL WILL RESPOND

WHEN THE TIME IS RIGHT AND

DEFENSE YOAV GALLANT URGED AN

INTERNATIONAL COALITION AGAINST

.

>> REUTERS IS REPORTING THAT

TURKEY ACTED AS A MEDIATOR

BETWEEN IRAN AND THE U.S. IT

SAID IRAN INFORMED TURKEY IN OF

THE OPERATION AND WASHINGTON

TOLD TEHRAN THAT ANY ACTION IT

TOOK HAD TO BE QUOTE WITHIN

CERTAIN LIMITS.

>> AFTER THE ATTACK, PRESIDENT

JOE BIDEN AND PRIME MINISTER

BENJAMIN NETANYAHU TALKED BY

PHONE.

BIDEN REPORTEDLY TOLD NETANYAHU

YOU GOT TO WIN, TAKE A WIN AND

URGED HIM TO CAREFULLY THINK

THE CONSEQUENCES OF ANY

RETALIATION.

HE ALSO SAID THE U.S. WON'T

PARTICIPATE IN ANY STRIKE

AGAINST.

>> THE PRESIDENT'S BEEN VERY

CLEAR WE DON'T SEEK A WAR WITH

IRAN.

WE'D NOT LOOKING FOR ESCALATION

HERE.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO HELP ISRAEL

ITSELF.

>> YET SOME U.S. LAWMAKERS SAY

THE U.S. SHOULD SUPPORT AN

ISRAELI RETALIATORY STRIKE.

>> I THINK A RESPONSE HERE I

THINK ONE OPTION WOULD BE TO

TAKE OUT THE FACILITIES WHERE

THESE DRONES AND ROCKETS CAME

FROM AND ALSO THE MANUFACTURING

FACILITIES THAT BUILD THE

DRONES AND ROCKETS.

>> WE NEED TO STAND WITH

ISRAEL.

ISRAEL NOT AT WAR WITH HAMAS OR

HEZBOLLAH OR YEMEN.

THOSE ARE ALL SURROGATES FOR

FOR IRAN.

>> THOSE ARE THEIR PROSTITUTES.

>> THE IS IRAN.

ISRAEL IS ON WAR WITH IRAN.

>> IRAN HATES AMERICA.

IRAN HATES JEWS.

IRAN WANTS TO KILL AMERICANS

AND JEWS.

>> FORMER ISRAELI AMBASSADOR

THE U.N. AND KNESSET MEMBER

DANNY DANON TOLD CBN NEWS HE

BELIEVES A GREAT DEFENSE IS NOT

ENOUGH.

WE HAVE TO SHOW OR OUR

OFFENSIVE CAPABILITIES IN TO

CREATE DETERRENCE IN THE REGION

AGAINST IRAN.

THEY ATTACKED A SOVEREIGN

COUNTRY WITH 300 ROCKETS,

MISSILES AND UAV AND WE CANNOT

SIT IDLY BY.

MY POSITION IS THAT WE HAVE TO

HIT THEM HOW TO TREAT THEM A

LESSON THAT THEY WILL NOT DO IT

AGAIN WHILE THE ISRAELIS AND

THEIR PARTNERS PRAISE THE AIR

DEFENSE.

SOME ALSO POINT TO THE POWER OF

PRAYER IN PROTECTING THE JEWISH

STATE.

>> I WANT TO THANK ALL WHO WERE

ABLE TO STAND WITH US.

I THINK LAST TIME WHAT WE WAS

IN THE HANDS OF GOD PROTECTING

ISRAEL AS WELL.

>> CBN CHUCK HOLTON SHARED HOW

HE HOSTED A LIVE REPORT ON

YOUTUBE IN THE MINUTES AFTER

THE ATTACK STARTED AS THE

ROCKETS AND DRONES WERE STILL

FLYING TOWARD ISRAEL.

SO BEFORE KNEW WHAT WOULD

ACTUALLY TAKE PLACE WE HAD

THOUSAND PEOPLE ONLINE I

BELIEVE AND WE WE PRAYED ALL

TOGETHER 40,000 PEOPLE THAT'S A

STADIUMS WORTH OF PEOPLE AS WE

PRAYED THAT GOD WOULD THWART

THE PLANS OF EVIL MEN.

>> HE CAME THROUGH LAST NIGHT

AND HE ANSWERED OUR PRAYER AND

THAT'S A VERY THING THAT I

THINK WE CAN FORGET.

AMEN INDEED.

CHRIS MITCHELL IS WITH US NOW

FROM JERUSALEM.

CHRIS, WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT

PRAYER IN JUST A MOMENT BECAUSE

THAT IS SO CRUCIAL.

BUT FIRST I WANT TO ASK YOU THE

ISRAELI WAR CABINET REPORTEDLY

BELIEVES THEY SHOULD STRIKE

BACK BUT THEY'RE DIVIDED OVER

HOW DO IT.

>> WHAT ARE YOU HEARING?

>> WELL, YESTERDAY THEY MET FOR

ABOUT 4 HOURS ONE DAY AND IN

FACT IT APPEARS LIKE THE

THEY'RE MEETING RIGHT NOW

EXACTLY HOW THEY'RE GOING TO

RESPOND.

IT'S CLEAR THAT ISRAEL WILL

RESPOND AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT

THE IDF HAS PRESENTED PLANS AND

OPTIONS THE WAR CABINET.

YOU KNOW, WHETHER OR NOT HOW

THEY DO THAT REMAINS TO BE

SEEN.

YOU KNOW, CONGRESSMAN BUT CALL

SAID MAYBE THEY COULD STRIKE

THOSE DRONES OR THE FACTORIES

THAT BUILT THOSE AND THE

BALLISTIC MISSILES.

THEY COULD ALSO STRIKE IRAN'S

OIL PRODUCTION, EVEN ITS

NUCLEAR SITES, SOMETHING THAT

PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT

FOR YEARS COULD BE CYBER

ATTACKS RIGHT NOW AND

REPORTEDLY BENNY GANTZ WHO'S IN

THE WAR CABINET AND ALSO

RETIRED GENERAL GARY ISAAC

EISENKOT SAID THEY RECOMMEND

HITTING IRAN ACTUALLY WHILE THE

ATTACK WAS UNDERWAY WHEN THEY

HAVE TO.

IT WAS QUITE A NIGHT FOR

ISRAELIS THE OTHER NIGHT AND

FOR MYSELF AND MANY OF US HERE

IN THE BUREAU.

MANY WERE WATCHING THE

NEWS LITERALLY AS THE DRONES

AND MISSILES WERE ON THEIR WAY.

I HAPPENED TO BE IN THE GALILEE

AT THE TIME I WAS DRIVING BACK

LATE AT NIGHT.

I ARRIVED HERE JUST IN TO HEAR

THE EXPLOSIONS OVER JERUSALEM

OVER JERUSALEM.

WOW.

WELL, MANY ANALYSTS HERE IN THE

US ARE SAYING THAT IRAN CROSSED

A RED LINE, CHRIS, BY ATTACKING

ISRAEL ITSELF FOR THE VERY

FIRST TIME RATHER THAN GOING

AFTER ISRAELI EMBASSIES THE

COUNTRY.

DOES THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT SEE

IT THAT TOO THAT THIS WAS AN

UNPRECEDENTED ATTACK BY IRAN?

WELL, DEFINITELY UNPRECEDENTED

A HISTORIC ATTACK NO OTHER

NATION HAS LAUNCHED SO MANY

DRONES AND BALLISTIC AND CRUISE

MISSILES AGAINST ANOTHER

COUNTRY.

SOME ARE SAYING IT MAY BE A

STRATEGIC BY IRAN RIGHT NOW AND

THEY MAY HAVE OVERPLAYED THEIR

HAND.

ONE EXPERT THAT I WAS TALKING

TO SAID THEY RAFAH ON A SILVER

PLATTER TO ISRAEL MEANING THAT

THE ATTENTION IS NO LONGER ON

GAZA BUT ON IRAN TEMPORARILY AT

LEAST IT SEEMS LIKE ISRAEL HAS

THE WORLD ON THEIR SIDE AND

THIS KIND OF PUTS IRAN IN A BAD

LIGHT INTERNATIONALLY.

AND WHAT IT ALSO SHOWED, WENDY,

WAS THE FLAWS IN THEIR MISSILE

PROGRAM.

MANY, MANY OF THESE MISSILES

NEVER MADE IT OUT OF IRAN.

AND I'LL TELL YOU SOMETHING I

SAW ON SOCIAL MEDIA IN TERMS

THE DRONES THAT AMAZON

DELIVERIES ARE FASTER THAN SOME

OF THEIR DRONES.

>> OH, DEAR.

WOW.

THEY'RE NOT GOING TO LIKE THAT

.

ISRAEL CHRIS AND HIS ALLIES

SHUT DOWN VIRTUALLY THE

INCOMING DRONES AND MISSILES AS

YOU JUST MENTIONED.

BUT DO THOSE DEFENSIVE WEAPONS

COST ISRAEL A LOT OF MONEY AND

WHAT DO WE WHAT ELSE DO WE

LEARN ABOUT ISRAEL'S DEFENSES?

>> YEAH, WELL THOSE

INTERCEPTORS SOMETIMES THEY

COST THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS,

SOMETIMES TENS OF THOUSANDS

JUST FOR ONE OF THOSE

INTERCEPTORS.

ON THE OTHER HAND, YOU HAVE

RELATIVELY LOW COST DRONES

COMING BUT THOSE MISSILES AS

WELL.

PART OF THE STRATEGY, WENDY,

WAS OVERWHELM THE ANTI-MISSILE

SYSTEM BUT ACTUALLY IT A

TREMENDOUSLY IMPRESSIVE COUNTER

STRATEGY THAT WAS BUILT OVER

SEVERAL YEARS OF ANTI-MISSILE

LAYERS BEGINNING WITH JORDAN.

SAUDI ARABIA ALSO COORDINATION

WITH THE U.K., THE US, FRANCE

AND REALLY JUST AN IMPRESSIVE

LAYERS ANTI-MISSILE STRATEGY

MANY OF THEM THOSE OF ALLIES.

AND AS I NOTED, SOME OF THE

ABRAHAM ACCORDS NATIONS LIKE

THE UAE AND PERHAPS A FUTURE

ABRAHAM ACCORDS NATION LIKE

SAUDI ARABIA.

>> CHRIS, WHAT'S THE RESPONSE

THERE TO PRESIDENT BIDEN SAYING

THE US WILL NOT HELP ISRAEL, IT

RETALIATES AGAINST IRAN BECAUSE

IN FACT IT WAS BLOCK SOME OF

THOSE MISSILES.

THE OTHER NIGHT, RIGHT?

>> YEAH, WELL THEY'LL HELP

DEFENSIVELY BUT THEY REALLY

DON'T WANT TO GO ON THE OFFENSE

THEY DON'T WANT TO BE OFFENSIVE

HAVE A OF AN OFFENSIVE ALONG

WITH ISRAEL TO ATTACK AND COME

AGAINST RETALIATE IRAN MAYBE

GIVEN THEIR RESTRAINTS OVER

GAZA IT'S NOT SURPRISING AND

THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION GOING

BACK TO THE OBAMA

ADMINISTRATION AND OF THE SAME

OFFICIALS ARE IN BOTH BOTH

CABINETS.

THERE IS A HISTORY OF

APPEASEMENT WITH IRAN.

NOW SOME HAVE TOLD ME THAT

THERE'S MAYBE AN OPPORTUNITY

GIVEN THE FAVOR THAT ISRAEL HAS

JUST TEMPORARILY MAYBE THE

RESTORED THEY CAN RESTORE THOSE

SANCTIONS ON IRAN AND AND BUT

THE QUESTION IS WHEN THEY IF

ISRAEL DOES ATTACK WHERE IT'S

GOING TO BE WHEN IT'S GOING TO

BE AND WHAT'S GOING TO BE

AGAINST.

>> AND CHRIS, HOW DOES ALL OF

THIS AFFECT THE WAR AGAINST?

THERE'S A REPORT FROM AN

ISRAELI BROADCASTER THAT PRIME

MINISTER NETANYAHU HAS DECIDED

TO POSTPONE THE INVASION OF

RAFAH.

HAVE YOU HEARD ANYTHING ALONG

THOSE LINES?

WELL, WE'VE ALSO HEARD THAT

THEY'VE CALLED UP TWO RESERVE

BRIGADES.

I HAVE HEARD THAT.

BUT I'VE ALSO HEARD, WENDY,

THAT MAYBE WE'RE IN THE EARLY

OF OF TRYING TO GET INTO RAFAH.

AND AS I SAID BEFORE, IT'S

POSSIBLE THAT THE SHIFT HAS

GONE FROM GAZA TO IRAN AND

PERSON I TALKED TO EARLIER SAID

IT MAY HAVE PUT RAFAH ON A

SILVER PLATTER FOR ISRAEL.

>> CHUCK HOLTON TALKED ABOUT

THE PRESSURES THAT WERE GOING

UP FOR ISRAEL AND THE ROLE IT

PLAYED IN PROTECTING THAT

COUNTRY.

WHAT WHAT ARE RELIGIOUS LEADERS

IN ISRAEL SAYING ABOUT WHAT

WHAT HAPPENED?

WELL, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE

ISRAEL'S FIRST PRIME MINISTER

BEN-GURION FAMOUSLY SAID IN

ISRAEL TO BE A REALIST YOU HAVE

TO BELIEVE IN MIRACLES AND MANY

PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT WHAT

HAPPENED OTHER NIGHT WAS JUST

MIRACULOUS WITHOUT TAKING

ANYTHING AWAY FROM THE

ANTI-MISSILE DEFENSE SET UP FOR

YEARS.

IT WAS ALMOST BIBLICAL THE

OUTCOME OF LAST LAST THAT NIGHT

350 PROJECTILES.

99% RATE OF SHOOTING HIM DOWN.

MANY PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT WAS A

MIRACLE THAT WE SAW IN ACTION

AND NO NO CASUALTIES, JUST

ONE CASUALTY.

>> IT'S ACTUALLY A SEVEN YEAR

OLD BEDOUIN GIRL WAS TRAGICALLY

HIT BY THAT.

BUT BUT THAT WAS ABOUT IT AND

VERY, VERY LITTLE PHYSICAL

DAMAGE.

>> WHILE IT DID SEEM LIKE THE

HAND OF GOD WAS OUTSTRETCHED

OVER ISRAEL AND WE WILL

CONTINUE TO PRAY.

CHRIS MITCHELL FROM THANKS AS

ALWAYS FOR YOUR INSIGHTS.

PLEASE STAY SAFE AND KNOW MANY

PEOPLE ARE PRAYING FOR YOU AND

OUR STAFF THEIR INJURIES.

>> AND GOD BLESS YOU.

WELL, COMING UP WHILE ISRAEL IS

FOCUSED ON IRAN AFTER THE

ATTACK OVER THE WEEKEND, IT'S

ALSO BEEN PREPARING FOR WAR ON

ITS NORTHERN BORDER WITH

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AS ISRAEL IS DEALING WITH HOW

TO STRIKE AGAINST IRAN ALSO

BEEN KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON

TEHRAN'S MOST POWERFUL ARMY

HEZBOLLAH IN SOUTHERN LEBANON.

GEORGE TRAVELED TO THE BORDER

CITY OF KIRYAT KIRYAT SHMONA

BEFORE THE IRANIAN ATTACK AND

BRINGS US THIS STORY.

>> THEY LOOK.

>> YES.

TOBY ABBOTT KNOWS JUST HOW

FORTUNATE HE IS TO BE STILL

ALIVE.

FEBRUARY 13TH AT 1108 IN THE

MORNING ABBOTT WAS DRIVING DOWN

STREET IN QUIET SHEMONA, A CITY

IN NORTHERN ISRAEL LEBANON'S

BORDER WHEN HIS CAR'S DASHCAM

CAPTURES THE MOMENT A HEZBOLLAH

MISSILE LANDS A FEW AWAY FROM

HIM.

>> I WAS DRIVING ON THE STREETS

OF THE CITY AND AN ANTI-TANK

MISSILE HITS RIGHT IN FRONT OF

ME WITH NO WARNING.

THERE WASN'T EVEN A SIREN SOUND

WARNING OF AN INCOMING MISSILE.

HE IMMEDIATELY STOPS, PUTS CAR

IN A PARK, TURNS ON THE HAZARD

LIGHTS, JUMPS OUT AND TAKES

COVER HIS CAR.

>> 10 SECONDS LATER THE SECOND

MISSILE HITS INJURING A AND HER

CHILD.

AND THEN COME THE SIRENS.

THREE MONTHS EARLIER ON

NOVEMBER SECOND, HEZBOLLAH

LAUNCHED A BARRAGE OF 12

MISSILES AT NORTHERN.

TWO OF THE MISSILES HITTING

RIGHT NEXT TO ABBOTT BULLETS.

SURVEILLANCE VIDEO SHOWS THE

MOMENT HIS FATHER TWO SIBLINGS

ENTERED THE FAMILY RESTAURANT

AND THE MISSILES IMPACT FLEEING

THEM TO THE FLOOR BUT NOT

SERIOUSLY INJURED.

>> IT WAS SCARY.

MY LITTLE SISTERS AND FATHER

WERE HERE WITH ME BUT WE

QUICKLY GOT INTO THE BUNKER AND

WE UNDERSTOOD THAT THERE'S NO

ROOM FOR GAMES.

>> THIS IS VERY SERIOUS.

FIVE MONTHS LATER HE'S NERVOUS

ABOUT WHAT'S COMING.

I BELIEVE ISRAEL AND HEZBOLLAH

ARE GOING TO GO TO WAR.

>> THE TRAFFIC HERE IN DOWNTOWN

KIRYAT SHMONA ARE BLINKING

BECAUSE THERE'S AS YOU CAN SEE,

HARDLY ANY TRAFFIC TO SPEAK OF.

IT'S A SCENE THAT IS PLAYED OUT

PRETTY MUCH ALL THE ISRAEL

LEBANON BORDER.

SOME 60,000 ISRAELIS ARE FORCED

TO EVACUATE FROM CITIES LIKE

THIS.

BUT YOU KNOW, BACK IN 2006 WHEN

ISRAEL AND HEZBOLLAH WERE LAST

WAR, THE CIRCUMSTANCES AND THE

SITUATIONS WERE MUCH DIFFERENT

AND TODAY HEZBOLLAH IS A MUCH

MORE POWERFUL ARMY.

>> WHAT IS DIFFERENT ABOUT THIS

CONFLICT COMPARED TO 2006 IS BY

DIFFERENT HEZBOLLAH IS MUCH

STRONGER, MUCH MORE MUNITION

ACCURATE MISSILES AND

CAPABILITY OF INVASION EVERY

DAY.

>> FORMER IDF INTELLIGENCE SARI

ZAHAVI IS A LEADING EXPERT ON

HEZBOLLAH.

SHE'S TRACKED THE VARIOUS

WEAPONS BEING USED BY THE

TERROR GROUP HERE IN THE NORTH

SINCE OCTOBER 8TH, THE DAY

AFTER THE HAMAS MASSACRE.

IN ADDITION TO MORE THAN 3000

ROCKETS, ZAHAVI SAYS FOR THE

FIRST TIME HEZBOLLAH BEGAN MORE

ADVANCED IRANIAN MADE WEAPONS

LIKE THE ALMAS ONE ANTI-TANK

GUIDED MISSILE LOW LONG LONG

FLYING SHORT RANGE, VERY

ACCURATE.

>> NO ALERT, NO IRON DOME

CANNOT INTERCEPT IS NOT PROTECT

ITSELF FROM THE INFRARED ONLY

ONLY IF THEY ARE LAUNCHED

AGAINST TANKS BUT THEY ARE

USUALLY LAUNCHED AGAINST

EVERYTHING ELSE.

EVERYTHING NOT JUST EVERYTHING

CIVILIAN, MILITARY, WHATEVER.

>> IN JANUARY HEZBOLLAH

RELEASED THIS VIDEO REPORTEDLY

SHOWING ALMA ONE WITH A CAMERA

ATTACHED TO ITS NOSE TARGETING

IDF INTELLIGENCE BASE INSTEAD

OF A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION.

WE ARE FACING A TERRORIST ARMY

ARMY THAT HAS AROUND 200,000

DIFFERENT KIND OF MISSILES

DRONES, ROCKETS, MORTARS,

DIFFERENT TYPES GET TO

EVERYWHERE IN ISRAEL.

>> HEZBOLLAH IS ALSO BELIEVED

TO HAVE ABOUT 100,000 FIGHTERS,

HUNDREDS OF HEZBOLLAH

TERRORISTS TOOK PART IN WHAT

THEY DESCRIBED AS A MILITARY IN

THE SO-CALLED TIP OF HEZBOLLAH

SPEAR IS THE RIGHT ONE FORCED

AN ELITE SQUAD OF UP TO 3000

FIGHTERS FOCUSED ON

INFILTRATING ISRAEL'S NORTHERN

.

>> SINCE THEY PARTICIPATED IN

THE CIVIL WAR IN SYRIA, THEIR

GROUND FORCES ARE MUCH MORE

PROFESSIONAL, MUCH MORE

EQUIPPED AND EVEN YOU KNOW WHAT

EVEN MOTIVATED TO CARRY OUT THE

GROUND INVASION BECAUSE YOU

KNOW, DURING YEARS HEZBOLLAH

MOBILIZED THEM THAT THIS IS

THEIR MISSION.

>> IDF RELEASED VIDEO OF A

STRIKE IN SOUTH LEBANON THAT

ALLEGEDLY TOOK A SENIOR RADWAN

COMMANDER.

FIGHTER JETS ALSO STRUCK A

REPORTED RADWAN MILITARY

COMPOUND SINCE HIZBOLLAH OPENED

FRONT AGAINST ISRAEL.

IDF ATTACK THOUSAND TARGETS IN

LEBANON.

10% OF THESE ARE AGAINST THE

COMMANDO UNITS OF HEZBOLLAH.

THIS IS A VERY IMPRESSIVE

NUMBER.

>> ZAHAVI SAYS A MAJOR

CHALLENGE THE IDF WOULD FACE IN

A FULL SCALE WAR WOULD BE

TRYING TO HEZBOLLAH FOOT

SOLDIERS AND WEAPONS DEPOTS.

AS CBN DISCOVERED ON A RECENT

TRIP INSIDE SOUTH LEBANON THE

TERROR GROUP IS VERY ADEPT AT

HIDING WITHIN THE CIVILIAN

POPULATION.

>> HEZBOLLAH, LIKE HAMAS, IS

ENTRENCHED IN THE VILLAGES

USING THE LEBANESE AS HUMAN

SHIELDS.

EVERYTHING YOU SELL HAPPENING

IN GAZA WITH REGARD TO HIDING

THE AMMUNITION IN THE HOSPITALS

AND IN THE MOSQUES AND THE

HOMES IT EXISTS THE SAME WAY

WITH HEZBOLLAH.

ISRAELI MILITARY HAS ANNOUNCED

IT'S PREPARING TO MOVE FROM

DEFENSE TO ATTACK.

REGARDING OPERATIONS ON THE

NORTHERN BORDER, EXPERTS

PREDICT WAR BETWEEN HEZBOLLAH

AND ISRAEL IS LIKELY WITHIN THE

NEXT 6 TO 8 MONTHS.

>> I KNOW THE IDF IS HERE.

I KNOW THAT WE ARE MUCH MORE

PREPARED THAN WE USED TO BE

THAT AND YET I'M WORRIED.

>> ZAHAVI IS HOME HERE IN

NORTHERN ISRAEL SINCE LESS THAN

FIVE MILES FROM HEZBOLLAH

MILITARY POSITIONS.

>> WE ARE NOT WILLING TO SLEEP

NEXT TO THIS MONSTER ANYMORE.

>> WE WANT THE THREAT TO DEALT

BECAUSE WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED

THAT ONCE THEY HAVE THE

CAPABILITY TO SLAUGHTER US

EVENTUALLY THEY WILL USE THIS

CAPABILITY.

THE ONLY WAY TO FIGHT THIS IS

TO TRY TO OR AT LEAST DAMAGE AS

MUCH AS POSSIBLE THIS

CAPABILITY.

GEORGE THOMAS CBS NEWS NORTHERN

ISRAEL.

>> GREAT REPORTING.

THANK YOU, GEORGE THOMAS.

STILL AHEAD, BATTLES BETWEEN

ISRAEL AND IRAN COULD DRIVE THE

COST OF OIL.

MAKING INFLATION EVEN WORSE.

AMERICANS ALREADY HAVING A HARD

TIME WITH HIGH PRICES.

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>> IT COMES AS NO SURPRISE TO

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GASOLINE THAT PRICES ARE HIGHER

WITH MARCH INFLATION HIGHER

THAN PREDICTED.