Israel unleashes targeted ground ops in Lebanon; UAE jet intercepts drone

Israel is launching a broad wave of strikes on  Iran. Officials there say air defense systems at Israel's northern border intercepted a number of  rockets fired by the Iranbacked group Hezbollah. We also know the Israeli military is carrying  out what are described as targeted ground raids across that border into southern Lebanon. CNN  chief international security correspondent Nick Pton Walsh is is live in Tel Aviv. He's  joining us right now. He's done extensive reporting on Israel's operation against Isbala  in Lebanon. What are you learning today, Nick? As you said, Wolf, it appears that we're in a  slightly different phase here where Israel is now referring to its targeted ground raids inside  uh southern Lebanon. We only knew of two as of yesterday. One in the Beckar Valley and one in  southern Lebanon. Each time they're looking for commanders, specific facilities, but the notion of  this plural now, not much other detail suggesting that the Israelis have, for what I could see  when we were up on the northern border yesterday, lacking the substantial numbers of troops that  we could see publicly for a major ground invasion are instead taking out specific targets. Now, that  may suggest a sort of smart approach, so to speak, where they're looking to hit particular things  rather than occupy a huge amount of territory and take casualties potentially with that. and at the  same time to persistent air strikes. When we were up there 48 hours ago, the noise is relentless as  indeed too can be. The Hezbollah rocket barrage is back off in some of the towns there with very  little siren warning between siren and actual impact or interception. But this uh particular  part of Israel's war in the region here, something of a different chapter, you might  argue, than the relentless strikes we've been seeing over Iran. Southern Beirut hit again as  well. And indeed the IDF putting out another repeat warning ultimately reiterating to people  to get away from the southern part of Lebanon below the Leani River and certain districts  of southern Beirut. But their strikes against uh Iran announcing another wave today as you said  and clearly I think one interesting element of the Pentagon briefing uh was to hear Joint Chiefs  uh Chief of Staff General Dan Kaine refer to the third part of the goals here that have been  elicitated by the White House and by Hexath during that particular press conference as taking out the  missiles the Navy and preventing Iran from having a nuclear weapon. General Kane went a little bit  further talking about how they would be targeting the military-industrial complex in Iran. The  ability for Iran to make the things that cause the problem to the United States and its allies  in the region. I think that is a difference that obviously will be very tethered to the reality of  what the US target lists indeed are now and the intensity of the strikes that our colleagues have  been reporting in Tehran that residents said in Thran kept them up all night. Well, I should also  remind people the latest death toll we have from a human rights group based in the United States is  over 1,200 killed in these strikes as well. So, uh, ferocity there certainly and enormous  ambiguity from the White House as to exactly how they call this to an end. If you listen to the  president, he's simultaneously saying they're very complete or near complete, but also saying this  could go on for a while. feels like he's looking for some kind of political consiliation or u  accommodation or frankly gift from the Iranian uh regime to allow this to turn down. But at this  point, Thran uh very bellose in its rhetoric and the new Supreme Leader Mashtab just hearing an  early warning siren here on our phones. Wolf, sorry if you can hear that. Uh Mushtame not uh  seen in public in his new role, Wolf. So you get that early warning siren alert on your phone  over there and then what about 10 minutes later, 15 minutes later, they anticipate a missile  could be coming in towards central Israel. You mean you've been to yourself? Well, if  we we get that early warning and then you not 2 to 3 minutes potentially if it's from uh  the north, lot shorter launch to impact time. Uh and then you get a specific local air raid  siren that's much more familiar noise to people uh which tells you to seek shelter immediately.  This is basically telling everyone to to move to get ready obviously so the elderly others  can move at a slower pace towards the nearest shelter. Uh we normally react on the balcony  here when we hear the specific local alert because the uh radar system quite sophisticated  able to ascertain the early moment of launch but then also the particular parts of Israel that are  targeted uh by these missiles as they get closer. And very quickly, I'm going to let you run to a  shelter if you have to, uh, Nick, but are most of the rockets and missiles and drone strikes coming  towards central Israel, Tel Aviv, for example, where you are right now, coming from Iran or from  Hezbollah forces in Lebanon. A mix. Over the last week, we have heard of combined strikes. I think  the majority, we've been seeing the alerts have said this to fired from Iran. Uh but as we were  just saying earlier on, we saw ourselves rocket launches uh from Hezbollah in the north. Sometimes  that targets the shorter areas in northern Israel. We have an occasional seen some I think trying to  get closer towards central Israel but obviously has Balar under enormous pressure at this point.  W all right stay safe over there and we're showing our viewers some live pictures from Beirut. You  see the smoke coming up. Uh Israel is continuing to launch its strikes against Hisbala targets  throughout Lebanon right now as well. All right, Dick Payton Walsh. Uh, thanks very, very much.  There's also new video we want to show you from northern coming in from northern Iraq in the  Kurdish region there. Eyewitness video shows a massive fire burning near the UAE consulate. This  is after three drones were reportedly shot down. Also, new video is coming in from Dubai Dubai,  really over the beach in Dubai. Take a look at this. Showing a fighter jet firing a missile at  what appears to be an Iranian drone. The video though ends before we see whether that missile  makes impact. CN Paul Hanco Hancock is live in Abu Dhabi for us this morning. What's the very  latest that you're picking up from there? Yeah. Well, Kate, we've had an emergency alert here in  Abu Dhabi in the last sort of 10 minutes or so. And we understand from author authorities that uh  there is a fire at a facility in the industrial area uh of Abu Dhabi. They say as far as they  know at this point there are no casualties. Uh we did hear as well a number of hours ago early this  morning u maybe up to 10 interceptions overhead. So it is uh continuing uh no letup in the  retaliation from Iran at this point certainly when it comes to the UAE. And that video uh I want  to refer to Kate is really quite remarkable. The fact that you do see there uh the fighter  jet trying uh to to take down a drone over a beach in Dubai. Notable as well because you  see people on that beach in Dubai. It really uh brings it home that here in the UAE there is  great trust in the military that they are going to manage to intercept these UA these drones and  these missiles. Uh and so you do see people still carrying on with life as usual. But the UAE has  been remarkably targeted in this retaliation. it appears to be far more uh projectiles than  anyone else in the region including it appears Israel which along with the United States started  this war. Now, these are yesterday's figures, so we know that they are higher. Uh, but there's  some 253 missiles, 1,400 drones plus uh that have been fired in just the last 10 days. That's not  counting what we have heard this morning. Really remarkable. And then also this UAE consulate  in Eril in Iraq. Uh that's uh I think the all clear for the previous emergency alert here  in Abu Dhabi. Uh but the UAE consulates uh in Eril in Iraq appears uh to have been targeted  as well. Uh showing that UAE assets across uh the Gulf in the Middle East are potentially  uh a concern at this point. We've heard from the uh uh the Ministry of Foreign Affairs saying  that there has been no casualty. They believe no damage, but they have asked Kurdistan uh  authorities to look into this and find out exactly what had happened. uh because clearly that  is of concern to them. But we are seeing the Gulf nations continuing to be targeted by Iran, none  more so uh than the United Arab Emirates at this point. Worth pointing out though, the military  has intercepted well over 90% uh of what Tehran has thrown at them so far. Kate Paula Hancock's  Abu in Abu Dhabi for us. Thank you so much, Paul.

The Israeli military is carrying out what it calls “targeted raids” into southern Lebanon amid a potential deeper ground push into the country. Meanwhile, new video shows a fighter jet firing a missile at a drone over a beach in Dubai. The drone looked similar to an Iranian Shahed. More than 1,700 missiles and drones have been fired toward the United Arab Emirates since the war began, according to the country’s defense ministry, with over 90% of them having been downed by interceptors, fighter jets and helicopters. 0:00 Israel is carrying out "targeted ground raids" in southern Lebanon 1:20 Israeli airstrikes' "noise is relentless" 2:58 Paton Walsh: "Enormous ambiguity from the White House as to. . .how they call this to an end" 3:37 What it's like in Tel Aviv when the missile warnings go off 5:32 UAE consulate in northern Iraq on fire after drone attack 6:45 New video of fighter intercepting a drone over a Dubai beach For live updates, visit https://cnn.it/3P3Pj1C #IranWar #Lebanon #News