Inside Lebanon as Israel and Hezbollah wage war

以色列与真主党在黎巴嫩境内开战

The Story

2026-03-18

31 分钟
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On Monday, Israel announced it's preparing a ground offensive into Lebanon. Fighting between the Israeli military and Hezbollah, an Iranian proxy group, has ratcheted up since the death of Iran’s supreme leader more than two weeks ago. Over 900 people have been killed in Lebanon and nearly one million are displaced. Will Israel’s new campaign bring a quicker end to the fighting? Or prolong a war which is already spiralling out of control? This episode contains graphic descriptions that some listeners may find distressing. This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today: http://thetimes.com/thestory Guests:  Lousie Callaghan, foreign correspondent, The Sunday Times. Tom Ball, reporter, The Times. Host: Manveen Rana. Producers: Micaela Arneson, Julia Webster. We want to hear from you - email: thestory@thetimes.com Read more: IDF prepares for Lebanon offensive: ‘We don’t know how this ends’ Further listening: The Gulf's moment of truth - reshaping the Middle East Clips: IDF via @NationalDefence Youtube.  Photo: Getty Images. This podcast was brought to you thanks to subscribers of The Times and The Sunday Times. To enjoy unlimited digital access to all our journalism subscribe here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  • From the Times and the Sunday Times, this is The Story.

  • I'm Manveen Rana.

  • While all eyes have been on the US and Israel's war with Iran,

  • there's relatively little coverage of the second front of the war in the Middle East.

  • We were in Tir and, you know, driving around,

  • looking at the destruction and speaking to people who'd experienced it.

  • Then we met this guy called Abu Jaffa.

  • That's Louise Callaghan, foreign correspondent at the Sunday Times, who's been reporting from Lebanon,

  • where people like Abu Jaffer have been caught in the crossfire between Israel and Hezbollah,

  • an Iranian-backed Shia militia.

  • She's been hearing graphic stories, which some listeners may find shocking.

  • He lives a few doors down from this area

  • where a lot of electricity generators are being stored.

  • And a week or so ago, that was hit by the Israeli bombardment.

  • And the explosion that it caused, I mean, it's just absolutely enormous.

  • He showed us around this site.

  • I mean, it's this huge area which is completely destroyed.

  • It was still smoking, twisted metal lying everywhere.

  • You could see the kind of remains of the generators, and people were picking

  • through the rubble, trying to find some of their belongings.