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Reporting from the Israel-Lebanon border, India Today's Pranay Upadhyaya describes a landscape dominated by constant blasts, with the sustained thunder of missiles and drones echoing across a region steadily emptied of its civilian population as the Middle East conflict intensifies. The continued shelling in northern Israel has pushed the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to maintain active operations across southern Lebanon, an area where the militant group Hezbollah is deeply entrenched. The military exchanges continue despite a fragile ceasefire framework announced in recent diplomatic efforts involving the United States and Iran. In the visual report from the border region, the terrain across the hills is identified as the launch zone from where Hezbollah fighters are seen firing rockets.
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00:01I'm currently in yet another locality, yet another settlement of Northern Israel, where the Lebanese
00:08border is only few meters away. And in fact, this is the reality of this area where there are
00:14thundering sounds of the artillery fire or the shelling in this region. And in fact, the rockets
00:20are continuously being fired in this region. And that is the reason, that is why Israel Defense
00:27forces are not agreeing, not readying to stop their operation against the Southern Lebanese
00:32territory, against Hezbollah. And in fact, this is the reason why many people in this locality have
00:38abandoned their houses. They are not living here. And in fact, they have vacated these houses,
00:44this area. And in fact, we have got this report that recently there was a rocket fire. There was
00:50an attack in this region. And in fact, one of the rocket fell in this very area where you can
00:55see
00:55these bands. And this is the area you can very well see. Here, a rocket fell. And in fact,
01:07the rocket came not from a very far territory. As you can see, the hill on the other side
01:15is the Lebanese territory. In fact, that is the area where the Hezbollah operates. And in fact,
01:20they keep firing those rockets. And I can see a piece of that rocket, piece of that thing,
01:29which actually penetrated this road. And in fact, the kind of crater it created,
01:36you can very well see, this is the rocket. And you can see how this rocket is. It fell here.
01:43And you can see that is the damage, these scars. And that is the reason many, many people have
01:51vacated this area. There are only few people in the region in this area, and especially those who
01:58work in these farms or they are just the caretakers. Many of the residents have left these areas,
02:04these houses. And you can see that this heavy metal has actually penetrated. This has created this much
02:11of impact at this place. This is the reality. You can hear the thundering and pounding sounds
02:17around everywhere. In fact, the artillery shelling or firing by the IDF. And in fact,
02:23that is why IDF is saying that in last 40 days, they have tried to eliminate the threat of Hezbollah.
02:30And, you know, the attacks coming from their territory and their side. And that is why
02:35Israel is not agreeing, not getting ready to stop its operation against Hezbollah. And in fact,
02:42this is the reason why IDF is claiming that any ceasefire, if extended in the Lebanese territory
02:48against Hezbollah, won't be acceptable to them. Because this is the reason why they cannot let Hezbollah
02:55keep weapons, keep armed. And in fact, that is the reason why they are carrying out those
03:01operations. In the last 40 days, as per IDF, they have eliminated around 1,400 terrorists from
03:08Hezbollah. And in fact, they have targeted 4,300 hideouts, 4,300 Hezbollah-related establishments
03:16in their places. And in fact, in the last 24 hours as well, they have targeted 150 Hezbollah terrorists.
03:24And in fact, that is the reason why this entire ceasefire process remains jeopardized. Because
03:32neither Israel is accepting the ceasefire extension in the Lebanese territory, nor Iran is accepting that
03:42it should not be extended to the Lebanese territory. And in fact, rather, the Iranian side is insisting
03:47that ceasefire in West Asia should be implemented in lieutenant spirit. And the ceasefire or cessation
03:53of IDF's operation against Hezbollah need to be implemented. But this remains a reality. And this is the
04:01reason why Israeli Defense Forces are carrying out their operations against Hezbollah. Because they think
04:06that the Lebanon government and Lebanon army is not capable enough to carry out those operations to
04:12disarm Hezbollah. Pranayipadhyay reporting from the Border Areas of Israel for India Today.
04:19Pranayipadhyay.
04:20I don't know.
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