Israel Strikes Hezbollah Targets in Lebanon

The Israeli military says its warplanes are hitting more than two hundred Hezbollah targets in Lebanon after detecting plans for a massive attack into Israel. But the Iranian-backed group said it subsequently launched more than three-hundred rockets into Israel.

Also in the programme: the power of money and the history of ties between Chief Executive Officers and presidents in the United States; and we speak to the mother of an Israeli hostage who addressed the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

Joining presenter Julian Worricker are Karin von Hippel, Director-General of the defence thinktank RUSI, an independent defence and security research centre in London; and David Patrikarakos, British author and journalist, foreign correspondent for Unherd, an online news and current affairs publication here in the UK.

(Photo: A view shows smoke and fire on the Lebanese side of the border with Israel. Credit: REUTERS/Aziz Taher)