Israeli air force reportedly strikes Hezbollah targets deep inside Lebanon

Twelve people, including children, were killed on a football pitch in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. The rocket strike is believed to be the work of Lebanese militant group, Hezbollah, and so Israel have now responded. Israel's air force say they have hit Hezbollah targets deep inside Lebanon.

Also in the programme: A Bangladeshi student group is urging for several of their leaders to be released from custody by Sunday or they will resume protests, despite previous demonstrations causing a lethal police crackdown and nationwide unrest, and later today, Iran's president-elect Masoud Pezeshkian is set to be officially inaugurated in a ceremony hosted by the country's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Joining presenter Krupa Padhy are Dr Sanam Vakil, director of the Middle East programme at Chatham House and Dr Samir Puri, a British author, former diplomat, and visiting lecturer in War Studies at King's College London.

(Picture: Smoke rises from a fire after Hezbollah fired a barrage of projectiles towards Israel from Lebanon, amid cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, at the entrance to Kiryat Shmona in northern Israel, July 17, 2024. Avi Ohayon/ Reuters)