>>> IN THE MIDDLE EAST, NEW THREATS AGAINST ISRAEL.
RICHARD ENGEL AT MORE.
>> Reporter: IRAN’S
SUPREME LEADER LED
FRIDAY PRAYERS IN
TEHRAN TODAY FOR THE
FIRST TIME IN MORE
THAN FOUR YEARS.
HE SAID IRAN IS READY
TO STRIKE ISRAEL
AGAIN, IF NECESSARY.
TO DRIVE HOME THE
POINT THE 85-YEAR-OLD
CLERIC SAID.
ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER
BENJAMIN NETANYAHU IS
AT WAR WITH IRAN’S
NETWORK OF ALLIES.
THE MAIN BATTLE GROUND
IS LEBANON AGAINST
HEZBOLLAH, WHICH HAS
BEEN ATTACKING ISRAEL
WITH ROCKETS FOR
NEARLY A YEAR IN
RESPONSE TO THEY SAY
ISRAEL’S WAR ON GAZA.
BEIRUT IS NOW ROCKED
BY ISRAEL DAY AND
NIGHT.
ISRAEL TARGETED WHAT
AN OFFICIAL SAID WAS A
MEETING OF HEZBOLLAH
LEADERS.
IN SOUTHERN LEBANON,
ISRAEL IS TRYING TO
CARVE OUT A BUFFER
ZONE, FREE OF
HEZBOLLAH.
ISRAELI STRIKES ARE
TAKING THEIR TOLL
HERE.
THE CITY HERE, ONE OF
THE BIGGEST IN
SOUTHERN LEBANON, HAS
EFFECTIVELY BEEN
EVACUATED.
THERE ARE VERY FEW
CIVILIANS LEFT HERE.
HEZBOLLAH HAS TAKEN A
BEATING IN RECENT
DAYS, BUT THE GROUP
REMAINS IN TACT.
AND EVERY DAY DOWN
HERE, WE HAVE SEEN AND
HEARD OUTGOING FIRE.
LEBANESE OFFICIALS SAY
1400 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
KILLED.
IN ISRAEL, PRIME
MINISTER NETANYAHU AND
HIS WAR CABINET ARE
STILL DECIDING HOW AND
WHEN TO RESPOND TO