Speaker 1: Already and this is the DAILYA. This is the Daily OS. Oh,
Speaker 1: now it makes sense.
Speaker 2: Good morning and welcome to the Daily OS. It's Tuesday,
Speaker 2: the thirtieth of July. I'm emma, I'm lucy.
Speaker 1: Over the weekend, twelve children were killed in an attack
Speaker 1: on a soccer field in Mujdel Charms in the Golden
Speaker 1: Heights in the Middle East. Israel and the US say
Speaker 1: Hesbela is responsible, which Hesbella denies. In today's deep dive,
Speaker 1: we'll explain the history of Hesbola and what this attack
Speaker 1: could mean for the region's stability. But first, Emma, what's
Speaker 1: making headlines?
Speaker 2: World Leaders and political opponents of Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro
Speaker 2: have accused the country's government of election interference. Maduro was
Speaker 2: declared the winner after Sunday's poll after independent exit polls
Speaker 2: indicated a swing towards opposing candidate ed Mundo Gonzales in
Speaker 2: opposed to ex Gonzales urged voters to peacefully defend and
Speaker 2: celebrate democracy. Chilean President Gabrielle Borich warned Chile will not
Speaker 2: recognize any result that is not verifiable. While US officials
Speaker 2: have called on electoral authorities in Venezuela to ensure transparency
Speaker 2: and make the results and counting process public.
Speaker 1: Monash University has launched a teacher training program to address
Speaker 1: toxic masculinity in schools and support staff in the classroom.
Speaker 1: The initiative, developed with Australia's National Research Organization for Women's Safety,
Speaker 1: will include early intervention programs and an eighteen month research
Speaker 1: project to gather data on student attitudes. It comes amid
Speaker 1: what research is described as quote an alarming increase in
Speaker 1: sexual harassment by boys in classrooms.
Speaker 2: Around half of Australian's under forty year expects seeing to
Speaker 2: have to financially support their parents in retirement, according to
Speaker 2: new national data. Financial services company AMP surveyed two thousand
Speaker 2: Australians for its latest Intergenerational Wealth Report. It found that
Speaker 2: eighty percent of under forty year olds believe buying their
Speaker 2: first home is out of reach, while eighty percent of
Speaker 2: under twenty nine year olds said they'd consider buying a
Speaker 2: place with friends or family. AMP said many younger Australians
Speaker 2: are reluctant to ask for financial support from their parents,
Speaker 2: despite their concerns about housing affordability.
Speaker 1: And today's good news. A walking track in northeast Tasmania
Speaker 1: has been named next to destinations in Antarctica, Nepal and Iceland,
Speaker 1: as one of the world's Greatest places. The Wacolina Walk
Speaker 1: in Tasmania, also known as the Bay of Fires, was
Speaker 1: featured in the twenty twenty four Time magazine list alongside
Speaker 1: ninety nine other destinations. The track follows the coastline of
Speaker 1: Mount William National Park on the traditional lands of the
Speaker 1: Polar or Pakhana people. The walk takes around four days
Speaker 1: to complete and is known for its Wallaby, wombat and
Speaker 1: Tasmanian devil habitats.
Speaker 2: Lucy, it's been almost ten months since Hamas attacked Israel,
Speaker 2: who declared war and launched their campaign in Gaza. Now
Speaker 2: there's talk of another war, this time between Israel and Hesbela.
Speaker 2: International leaders are issuing urgent calls for calm and de escalation.
Speaker 2: It feels like we're sort of reaching a boiling point
Speaker 2: on this story. But Lucy, what has actually happened in
Speaker 2: the last few days? Can you give us the context
Speaker 2: that brings us to this point.
Speaker 1: Yes, early Sunday morning, our time, a rocket struck a
Speaker 1: soccer field in the Golden Heights, killing twelve children. I'll
Speaker 1: explain more about the region where this attack took place
Speaker 1: in a moment, But first what you need to know
Speaker 1: is that the Israeli and US governments both say this
Speaker 1: was carried out by Hesbala, a group based in Lebanon
Speaker 1: that Australia lists as a terror rist organization. They, however,
Speaker 1: deny they were responsible.
Speaker 2: So we'll get a little bit more into the weekends developments.
Speaker 2: But Lucy, what can you tell me about Hesbela.
Speaker 1: Hesbela is derived from the Arabic term hib Allah, which
Speaker 1: translates to a party of God. The group was established
Speaker 1: after Israel's invasion of Lebanon in nineteen eighty two during
Speaker 1: Lebanon's civil war. Israel officially withdrew from Lebanon in two thousand.
Speaker 1: There have been two major conflicts between Hesbela and Israel
Speaker 1: in the last thirty years, in nineteen ninety six and
Speaker 1: two thousand and six. Both of these ended in ceasefires.
Speaker 1: Hesbela has been responsible for a number of attacks against
Speaker 1: Israel and its Western allies, including a nineteen eighty three
Speaker 1: suicide bombing targeting US and French troops in Lebanon's capital
Speaker 1: city of Beirut, which left three hundred and five people dead,
Speaker 1: and a nineteen ninety four bombing on a Jewish cultural
Speaker 1: center in Buenos Aires, Argentina that killed eighty five people.
Speaker 2: So a lot of history, a lot of conflict. In
Speaker 2: terms of Hesbela's goals, what do we actually understand about
Speaker 2: its sort of mission, if you will.
Speaker 1: Hesbela is manifesto, so that's a public declaration of its aims,
Speaker 1: calls for the destruction of Israel and the creation of
Speaker 1: an Iran like Islamic state in Lebanon. Of course, Iran
Speaker 1: is the Islamic Republic of Iran, and another important point
Speaker 1: of context. While Hesbela is based in Lebanon, Iran supports
Speaker 1: the group in the form of training, funding and arms.
Speaker 2: You mentioned two wars a little earlier on. But in
Speaker 2: terms of the kind of current context, the state of
Speaker 2: the relationship between Hesbela and Israel, why we are talking
Speaker 2: about this story and its escalation now, what do we
Speaker 2: need to know about Hesbela and Israel?
Speaker 1: So the biggest thing I would say is that shortly
Speaker 1: after Hamas's seven October attack on Israel, Hesbelah declared, quote,
Speaker 1: our souls are with you, our history and guns and
Speaker 1: our rockets are with you, referring to humas it's since
Speaker 1: fired around two thousand drones and missiles into Israel. In
Speaker 1: the last two months, the Israeli Defense Forces the IDF,
Speaker 1: have killed two senior Hesbela commanders in Lebanon and fired
Speaker 1: rockets into Lebanon, killing at least ninety civilians since October.
Speaker 1: In response, Hesbla avowed to quote increase the intensity, strength,
Speaker 1: quantity and quality of our attacks.
Speaker 2: So that brings us up to speed. To the last
Speaker 2: few days, the US and Israel both say that Sunday's
Speaker 2: attack on the soccer field was by Hesblah. They have
Speaker 2: denied that they were responsible for that attack. So what
Speaker 2: do we know about the circumstances.
Speaker 1: A soccer field in the town of Mujdel Schams was
Speaker 1: hit with a rocket while children were playing, just seconds
Speaker 1: after an air raid siren had played. Israel says Hesbelah
Speaker 1: is the only group in the region to use the
Speaker 1: kind of rocket that struck the soccer field. Again, Hesbla
Speaker 1: denies responsibility. Twelve children were killed in the strike and
Speaker 1: several others were injured. I mentioned the town where this
Speaker 1: took place earlier, Muzhdelscham's that's in an area called the
Speaker 1: Golan Heights, which has been under Israeli control since nineteen
Speaker 1: sixty seven. Syria fought to take it back in nineteen
Speaker 1: seventy three before Israel officially annexed it in nineteen eighty one.
Speaker 1: Under the Trump administration, the US became the first country
Speaker 1: to formally recognize this area as being part of Israel.
Speaker 1: But other members of the UN Security Council have condemned
Speaker 1: this decision and they officially called it the occupied Syrian Golan.
Speaker 1: The key point is that Israel considers this part of
Speaker 1: its territory, which means now the eyes of the world
Speaker 1: are really on how the Israeli government will respond to
Speaker 1: this attack.
Speaker 2: How has it responded so far? What have we heard
Speaker 2: from Israel.
Speaker 1: Within the Israeli government, there's like this core decision making
Speaker 1: group called the Security Cabinet. It's a committee of senior
Speaker 1: government members, allies of Prime Minister Benjamin Natanyahu, including some
Speaker 1: of the far right members of the coalition that he
Speaker 1: leads the government with.
Speaker 2: This is the same Security Cabinet that was recently dissolved
Speaker 2: and then reformed because of criticism for NTNYA, whose leadership
Speaker 2: is that the same one.
Speaker 1: Yes, So the security Cabinet is the new version. There
Speaker 1: was the war cabinet for the first few months of
Speaker 1: the war, got it. That dissolved. Now there's a security cabinet.
Speaker 1: In opposter x Natanya, who said the Security Cabinet had
Speaker 1: given the government the go ahead to quote decide on
Speaker 1: the manner and timing of its response to the attack
Speaker 1: and named Hesbala.
Speaker 2: There have been long running international concerns about the potential
Speaker 2: for conflict between Israel and Hesbla to intensify. Would you say, Lucy,
Speaker 2: that particularly over the last couple of months, that has
Speaker 2: really ramped up.
Speaker 1: Yes. I mentioned earlier that the IDEF had killed two
Speaker 1: senior Hezbola commanders. In response to that, Hesbella's leader has
Speaker 1: Son Nasraala said, if Lebanon goes to war, quote, the
Speaker 1: resistance will fight. Around the same time Israeli Foreign Minister
Speaker 1: Israel Katz said quote in and all out war, Hesbela
Speaker 1: will be destroyed and Lebanon will be severely hit. That
Speaker 1: really concerned UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, who said that
Speaker 1: quote one rash move could trigger a catastrophe that goes
Speaker 1: far beyond the border, and frankly beyond imagination. So these
Speaker 1: concerns have been raised before, including on Friday, Canada's PM
Speaker 1: Justin Trudeau, New Zealand's Prime Minister Christopher Luxen Our Prime
Speaker 1: Minister Anthony Albanzi issued a joint statement urging an end
Speaker 1: to quote escalation of hostilities and rhetoric between Hesbela and Israel,
Speaker 1: and they said that any further conflict puts tens of
Speaker 1: thousands of lives at risk.
Speaker 2: Some really strong words from the international community. A lot
Speaker 2: of fear around this potential escalation of conflict and predictions
Speaker 2: about what the fallout from that could look like. So
Speaker 2: what happens now Israel go to war with Hesbela at
Speaker 2: the border of Lebanon.
Speaker 1: It's entirely possible. News via Reuters reports in Datnia, who
Speaker 1: said in December that if Hezbela started a war with Israel,
Speaker 1: the IDF would turn Beirut into Gaza. That's very very
Speaker 1: strong language from Netanyahu. They're given what we know about
Speaker 1: the Gaza strip. Guterres has also used that language to
Speaker 1: describe the possibility of a new war in the Middle East.
Speaker 1: A couple of months ago, he said, quote, the people
Speaker 1: of the region and the people of the world cannot
Speaker 1: afford Lebanon to become another Gaza.
Speaker 2: So, as you've touched on, he's referring there, of course,
Speaker 2: to the fact that Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza
Speaker 2: has caused this humanitarian crisis that's unfolding as we speak.
Speaker 2: So I want to take it back a little bit
Speaker 2: to that conflict. What's the latest from the Gaza strip.
Speaker 1: Early Sunday morning our time, just hours before the Muzhdl
Speaker 1: Shams attack, the Gaza Health Ministry said the IDF had
Speaker 1: bombed a school in central Gaza, killing at least thirty people,
Speaker 1: mostly children. The IDF said they were targeting a Hamas
Speaker 1: command center. While ceasefire negotiations are reportedly ongoing, there's no
Speaker 1: sign of an end yet to this conflict or its
Speaker 1: devastation on civilians in Gaza.
Speaker 2: Lucy, thank you so much for breaking that one down
Speaker 2: for us. A really, really complicated topic, but as always
Speaker 2: you've taken us through and helped us unpack it all.
Speaker 2: We will, of course be watching these developments closely and
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