This is the moment a BBC reporter was forced to duck for cover as Hezbollah fired rockets towards Israel, amid a serious escalation in the Middle East conflict.
BBC correspondent Nick Beake, reporting from northern Israel, was rushed inside a building after missile sirens in the region began wailing.
At least three missiles could be seen cruising overhead as Beake said: ‘We were just filming on top of the roof, and as you can hear there’s another siren.
‘There’s another alert, so we’re trying to take some safety and get some shelter in here.’
Hezbollah today said it had successfully hit a group of Israeli soldiers in the region ‘with a large rocket salvo, hitting them accurately.’ It was not possible to confirm the claim.
Israel’s Iron Dome air defense system intercepts missiles fired from southern Lebanon over the Galilee, northern Israel, 02 October 2024
BBC correspondent Nick Beake, reporting from northern Israel, was rushed inside a building after missile sirens in the region began wailing
Earlier this week, another BBC reporter, Lucy Williamson, was forced to run for cover as Hezbollah blasted the Israeli border with rockets.
After hearing some bursts of small arms fire and grenades from the Israeli army from across the border, the team of at least four could be seen backing away from the area as they headed for safety.
Donning protective headgear and a press vest, Williamson was filmed reporting from an empty road when sirens began to sound.
‘And now you can hear the sirens are going off, telling us to get out of the area,’ she said as she and her crew began running for urgent cover.
After assessing the area, the team decided they were ‘good to go’ and made their way out of their cover spots before returning to their vehicle parked up on the side of the road.
The air raid sirens that sounded in southern Israel were the first in around two months, the IDF said.
‘There’s another alert, so we’re trying to take some safety and get some shelter in here’, Beake said
At least three missiles could be seen cruising overhead as Beake said: ‘We were just filming on top of the roof, and as you can hear there’s another siren’
‘Almost a year after 7 October, Hamas is still threatening our civilians with their terrorism and we will continue operating against them,’ it said.
Loud bangs and shouting could be heard in the tense footage as the team clambered up a rocky path and threw themselves to the ground as chaos unfolded around them.
A series of explosions erupted while the team remained on the ground.
‘We just heard a series of very loud explosions, what seems to be rockets landing nearby, some small arms fire across the border,’ Williamson said while poking her head out of some shrubbery.
‘It seems the Israeli army is pushing in to a location, and this was the response’.
It comes after airstrikes last night lit up Beirut’s skyline and loud explosions echoed across the southern suburbs, known as the Dahiyeh as Israel struck what it said were Hezbollah militant sites.
Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency said the area was hit by more than 30 strikes overnight, the heaviest bombardment since September 23 when Israel escalated its air campaign.
Israel’s Iron Dome anti-missile system intercepts rockets after Iran fired a salvo of ballistic missiles, as seen from Ashkelon, Israel, October 1, 2024
A large batch of Iranian ballistic missiles are seen in the sky of the Gaza Strip towards Israel, and the Iron Dome attempted to intercept them. Gaza, October 1, 2024
The targets included a gas station on the main highway leading to the Beirut airport and a warehouse for medical supplies, the agency said. Some of the overnight strikes set off a long series of explosions, suggesting that ammunition stores may have been hit.
Israel’s military confirmed it was striking targets near Beirut and said about 30 projectiles had crossed from Lebanon into Israeli territory, with some intercepted.
At least 1,400 Lebanese, including civilians, medics and Hezbollah fighters, have been killed and 1.2 million driven from their homes in less than two weeks. Israel says it aims to drive the militant group away from its border so that tens of thousands of Israeli citizens can return to their homes.
Iranian-backed Hezbollah, the strongest armed force in Lebanon, began firing rockets into Israel almost immediately after Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack, calling it a show of support for the Palestinians. Hezbollah and Israel’s military have traded fire almost daily.
Last week, Israel launched what it said was a limited ground operation into southern Lebanon after a series of attacks killed longtime Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and most of his top commanders. The fighting is the worst since Israel and Hezbollah fought a monthlong war in 2006. Nine Israeli soldiers have been killed in ground clashes that Israel says have killed 440 Hezbollah fighters.
It is not possible to verify battlefield reports from either side.
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