Explosion Captured Behind Reporter Preparing for Broadcast

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As the South Korean government deepens its deliberations over troop deployment to the Strait of Hormuz, the situation in the Middle East is heading toward all-out war. Israel has escalated the intensity of its attacks on Lebanon, and with clashes expanding between the Houthi rebels and Saudi Arabia, the battlefront is widening further.

First, we have a report from Yu Deok-gi.

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On the 6th local time in Nabatieh, southern Lebanon, a broadcasting crew was preparing to report on the scene of an Israeli airstrike.

An incoming artillery shell explodes, cutting off the live broadcast feed.

Two journalists from Al-Manar TV, a broadcaster affiliated with the pro-Iranian militant group Hezbollah, were severely injured in this Israeli attack and transferred to a hospital.

Israel, which had lowered the intensity of its attacks following a ceasefire agreement last June, has resumed massive strikes against Hezbollah strongholds in southern Lebanon after peace talks between the United States and Iran collapsed.

On Monday of last week, 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 are targeting civilians first.]

The Red Sea, an alternative oil bypass route replacing the Strait of Hormuz, has also been engulfed in the drums of war.

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

In retaliation, the Houthi rebels launched drone and missile attacks targeting southern Saudi cities, including oil facilities belonging to the state-run oil company Aramco, injuring at least 73 people.

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

The two sides, which had agreed to a UN-brokered ceasefire in 2022, are now hurtling toward an all-out conflict after 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 over 500 people have died on both sides during the past week alone.

(Video by SUNGHOON | Graphics by Kang Yoon-jung)
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