00:00For the latest on this, let's bring in France 24's Olivia Bezo, who joins me now live
00:03from Jerusalem. Olivia, what's the latest from where you are?
00:11Well, it was the busiest night of air sirens since this latest war broke out last night.
00:19We saw a massive coordinated effort from both Hezbollah and Iran. Hezbollah launched around
00:24200 projectiles into northern Israel, whereas Iran launched four salvos of ballistic missiles
00:34from midnight. I heard very loud explosions here in Jerusalem throughout the night and
00:39into this morning. Now, Hezbollah and Iran have two very different but coordinated strategies.
00:46Hezbollah has been focusing on the sheer numbers. They've been trying to overwhelm
00:52Israeli defense systems, whereas Iranian missiles are a lot more sophisticated
00:58and dangerous, but there are less of them. But Israeli defense systems have mainly been
01:05able to intercept a lot of these attacks. The IDF have said they've been able to intercept
01:0990 percent of Iranian missiles since the beginning of this war. That explains why,
01:15when you do hear the air sirens go off, most people remain very calm and collected as they
01:21go to bomb shelters. It also explains why, despite the number of attacks that took place last night,
01:27there was very little damage. There were no casualties at all. There were, though, 179 people
01:35who were injured, but most of those injuries were light injuries, according to Israeli authorities.
01:41Olivia, you've been talking to people since you've been there over the past few days. What's daily life
01:46like for them now that they are once again in war?
01:53Well, there's definitely been a shift since I arrived just over a week ago now. When I first
01:58got here, the streets were completely empty. All shops were shut. There is a sense of normality now
02:04returning to the streets, but that sense of normality is still very fragile. Schools remain shut.
02:12Big gatherings do remain prohibited. Businesses are supposed to remain shut as well, but many
02:18are opening their doors. I've spoken to quite a few business owners who've told me they simply
02:22can't afford to stay shut because they don't know how long this is going to last. Now,
02:29there is a very different strategy being used by Iran this year compared to last year's 12-year war
02:34in June. Last year, Iran launched massive barrels of missiles all at once, sometimes up to 80 missiles
02:41at a time. There was a lot more fear in the streets, people have been telling me then, whereas now
02:46it
02:46seems that their strategy has shifted. It's not necessarily to cause casualties, but to launch
02:51just enough missiles to put Israeli life on pause. And you can tell that is happening because there
02:57are nearly constant air sirens in many parts of the country. But despite those air sirens,
03:03a majority of Israelis do support this conflict. A poll that was published in the first week of this
03:09war showed that 80 percent or over 80 percent actually of Israelis support this war against Iran.
03:15They see it as an existential fight. Olivia, thank you for that. France 24's Olivia Vizzo reporting from Jerusalem.
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