00:00My colleague Pranay Upadhyay is on the ground tracking these developments very, very closely.
00:05In fact, he is very close to where the Lebanon conflict is actually taking place.
00:10Take a look at the report he sent us.
00:13Currently, India today is at a forward location in northern Israel.
00:17And in fact, behind me, you can see the border fencing dividing the territory of Israel and Lebanon.
00:22And this is the area where the ceasefire never happened, never its effect or impact is felt.
00:28And in fact, you can see the signs of the rocket fire here.
00:31In fact, there is a hole, there is a crater on this road.
00:35And this tarmac, this concrete is, you can see the impact of this rocket fire.
00:40And this remains a reality of this area where in last one hour, there have been four alerts sounded in
00:45this area.
00:46And in fact, this part of northern Israel where the response time, where people to go to shelter,
00:51they get only few seconds to save their lives.
00:54And in fact, therefore, you can see concrete structures around everywhere, even in these forward areas,
01:00so that people can rush to these concrete structures and save their lives.
01:03These rockets might be small rockets, but they are very lethal.
01:07And in fact, that is the reason why Israel Defense Forces are carrying out these operations against Hezbollah.
01:13And they see this area, in fact, the operation, the objective to safeguard the lives in this northern part of
01:20Israel.
01:20Because behind me, you can see these settlements, these beautiful houses of this northern part of Israel.
01:25This is the northernmost settlement of Israel's border with Lebanon.
01:29And you can see these houses, they are abundant right now.
01:33Whether the ceasefire will last or not, this remains a question and that will be largely decided by this area.
01:40Behind me, you can see those houses which are the symbols of this conflict.
01:45You can see those houses which are destroyed.
01:47Those are on this hill, hilly area, those heights.
01:50And in fact, they are on the territory of Lebanon.
01:52And this remains a reality that all those Lebanese, you know, settlements on the other side of the hill.
02:00You can see that rocket.
02:03It's another rocket fired from the Lebanese territory.
02:09And this is the reality of this area.
02:12With every passing second, you live in this threat, in this reality that rockets are constantly being fired.
02:19Israeli Defense Forces are pounding that area.
02:22You can see the sirens sounding.
02:25You can hear the blaring of sirens.
02:27And in fact, you can also feel the thundering noise of those artillery fire and those tanks pounding and rolling
02:34towards the territory of Lebanon.
02:37This is Pranayipadhyay reporting from the forward locations of northern Israel for India Today.
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