Israel unleashes targeted ground ops in Lebanon; UAE jet intercepts drone

Israel is launching a broad wave of strikes on  Iran. Officials there say air defense systems at  

Israel's northern border intercepted a number of  rockets fired by the Iranbacked group Hezbollah.  

We also know the Israeli military is carrying  out what are described as targeted ground raids  

across that border into southern Lebanon. CNN  chief international security correspondent Nick  

Pton Walsh is is live in Tel Aviv. He's  joining us right now. He's done extensive  

reporting on Israel's operation against Isbala  in Lebanon. What are you learning today, Nick?

As you said, Wolf, it appears that we're in a  slightly different phase here where Israel is  

now referring to its targeted ground raids inside  uh southern Lebanon. We only knew of two as of  

yesterday. One in the Beckar Valley and one in  southern Lebanon. Each time they're looking for  

commanders, specific facilities, but the notion of  this plural now, not much other detail suggesting  

that the Israelis have, for what I could see  when we were up on the northern border yesterday,  

lacking the substantial numbers of troops that  we could see publicly for a major ground invasion  

are instead taking out specific targets. Now, that  may suggest a sort of smart approach, so to speak,  

where they're looking to hit particular things  rather than occupy a huge amount of territory and  

take casualties potentially with that. and at the  same time to persistent air strikes. When we were  

up there 48 hours ago, the noise is relentless as  indeed too can be. The Hezbollah rocket barrage is  

back off in some of the towns there with very  little siren warning between siren and actual  

impact or interception. But this uh particular  part of Israel's war in the region here,  

something of a different chapter, you might  argue, than the relentless strikes we've been