Explosion Captured on Camera Behind Reporter Preparing for Broadcast

[Anchor]

As the South Korean government deepens its deliberation over troop deployment to the Strait of Hormuz, the situation in the Middle East is heading toward an all-out war. Israel's intensity of attacks against Lebanon is escalating, and with the Houthi rebels and Saudi Arabia even clashing, the frontlines are widening further.

First, let's go to reporter Yu Deok-gi.

[Reporter]

Broadcasting crew members of a news station attempting to report live from the site of an Israeli airstrike in Nabatieh, southern Lebanon, on the 6th local time.

The broadcast feed cuts off as an artillery shell flies in and explodes.

Due to this Israeli attack, two journalists from Al-Manar TV, a broadcaster affiliated with the pro-Iranian militant group Hezbollah, suffered serious injuries and were transported to a hospital.

Israel, which had lowered the intensity of its attacks following a ceasefire agreement last June, is once again launching massive strikes against Hezbollah strongholds in southern Lebanon after negotiations to end the war between the United States and Iran collapsed.

On Monday, at least 10 civilians, including children, were killed.

[Lebanese Resident: (Israel) does not distinguish between civilians and combatants. They claim they want to eliminate combatants, but they target civilians first.]

The Red Sea, an alternative oil detour route replacing the Strait of Hormuz, is also engulfed in the clouds of war.

Today (the 9th), the Royal Saudi Air Force launched 32 airstrikes across Yemen targeting Houthi rebels.

The Houthi rebels also carried out drone and missile attacks on southern Saudi cities, including oil facilities of the state-owned oil company Aramco, injuring at least 73 people.

[Yahya Saree / Houthi Military Spokesperson (8th local time): We carried out a broad military operation using dozens of ballistic missiles and drones.]

The two sides, which had agreed to a UN-brokered ceasefire in 2022, are heading toward an all-out war as the Houthis declared a blockade of Saudi vessels in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait at the entrance of the Red Sea last July to support Iran.

AFP reported that more than 500 people have died from both sides over the past week alone.

(Video Editing: Jung Sun-hoon, Design: Kang Yoon-jung)
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