Israel's security cabinet now authorizing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as well as defense Minister Yov Gallant to decide on the country's response to yesterday's deadly rocket attack in the Golan Heights. Already the israeli military say they have struck multiple Hezbollah targets inside Lebanon overnight. And now the region and the world waits to see whether this will escalate further. With us now, Jeremy Dimon, who's on the scene in the Golan Heights, and Ben Wiedemann in the lebanese capital of Beirut. Jeremy, let's start first with you. We know the international community is urging restraint on both sides. What are israeli leaders saying right now?

Well, Jessica, there's no question that there is a flurry of diplomatic activity right now trying to de escalate these tensions, trying to ensure that the israeli response to what they say was a Hezbollah strike right here behind me on this soccer field will bealone. And you have the houses, you have the iraqi militias, you have militias in Syria or not, Syrians, pakistani, afghani militias.And of course, the concern here is that if that happens, life, which at the moment is actually going on very much normally. To my right, there is a disco party. It's Sunday evening, but people are enjoying the cool evening temperatures. A little while ago, we heard some very loud bangs, rushed out wondering if this was the much anticipated israeli attack. No, it was actually fireworks just above our head. Nonetheless, several airlines have either delayed or canceled flights into Beirut in fear of an imminent israeli attack. And the us embassy today reissued a statement strongly urging us nationals to reconsider travel to Lebanon. Now, I was at the airport today. I arrived in Beirut and what I saw was there was a very long line of people waiting to enter the country, many of those from the lebanese diaspora, many of them with american passports. Jessica.All right. Ben Wiedemann, force live in Beirut tonight. Thank you so much for that reporting. I first want to ask just your reaction to this attack on the Golan Heights and what we've seen from Israel in response so far.I mean, yet another heinous attack by an iranian proxy, right? I mean, twelve children, right, teenagers killed on a soccer field, just barbaric. Yet another, the deadliest attack on Israel since October 7. So it's, yet again, we've seen 5000 attacks now from Hezbollah into Israel since October 8. So this is just an ongoing, these are just ongoing attacks, this one particularly heinous. And so, Jessica, I think what this shows us is of Iran and its continued attack on our allies, but also on democracy in the United States. As the foreign minister, one of the foreign ministers recently said from Hezbollah, said Israel is merely a tool. The main war, the real war, is with America.And I think that's important context that you bring up that Hezbollah has been firing rockets into Israel at the northern border for months now that this has been ongoing. It has been a deep concern, especially from us officials, that this particular region could escalate, that that conflict could escalate. What do you think is the appropriate us response to the current escalation.I think the United States, as it did today, has to continue to work very closely with Israel and deciding what's the appropriate response here. So we'll leave it to them to work that through. But the bottom line is when there's an attack on a nation, an attack on Israel yet again with, of course, the loss of twelve and 40, more than 40 wounded, you realize that it does merit a response. So we'll leave it to them to work together on that response. The bigger point here is whether you're talking about the Houthis and their attack on Israel, but also on the United States, on our service members, other iranian backed proxies in Iraq and Syria continuing to attack the United States and our service members around the world. What you see here is terror, you know, at its worst. And that's really what Hamas and Hezbollah and all, and palestinian islamic jihad and others and the Houthis. That's what this is about. It's an attack not just on Israel but an attack on democracy.Last night I spoke with the former israeli prime minister, Naftali Bennett. He told us the following. I'll play this clip with respect to Lebanon's responsibility for Hezbollah. Here's what he said.We are not going to tweezer our way through and look for Hezbollah amid Lebanon. Hezbollah is part of the government. Hezbollah is part of Lebanon. And what Lebanon needs to do tonight is move all of Hezbollah away from the border all the way up to the river of Letani and stop everything they're doing. That is the only way they can prevent an all out war.And so, Congressman, what is your response to that? Again, kind of helping people understand that Hezbollah operates within Lebanon. There's also a lebanese government.Right. And Hezbollah in southern Lebanon right on the border of Israel after the attack of October 7. Israelis pulled back from the border after the attack started from Hezbollah in southern Lebanon. More than 80,000 have been displaced. They haven't been able to go home since October 7. Right. They've left their homes in the northern part of Israel right on the border of Lebanon because of the attacks coming in from Hezbollah. And people want to go home. Right. And many of them want to go home. School is starting in a few weeks for the students there in Israel. They've been displaced. And so that's a big issue in Israel right now. How do we get them home? And Hezbollah has not pulled back from that border. And we see just the attacks going. As I mentioned, there's been 5000 of them yesterday being one of the dead being the deadliest. But the bottom line is this has been going on nearly every day. Rockets being fired from Lebanon, from Hezbollah into Israel.

alone. And you have the houses, you have the iraqi militias, you have militias in Syria or not, Syrians, pakistani, afghani militias.

And of course, the concern here is that if that happens, life, which at the moment is actually going on very much normally. To my right, there is a disco party. It's Sunday evening, but people are enjoying the cool evening temperatures. A little while ago, we heard some very loud bangs, rushed out wondering if this was the much anticipated israeli attack. No, it was actually fireworks just above our head. Nonetheless, several airlines have either delayed or canceled flights into Beirut in fear of an imminent israeli attack. And the us embassy today reissued a statement strongly urging us nationals to reconsider travel to Lebanon. Now, I was at the airport today. I arrived in Beirut and what I saw was there was a very long line of people waiting to enter the country, many of those from the lebanese diaspora, many of them with american passports. Jessica.

All right. Ben Wiedemann, force live in Beirut tonight. Thank you so much for that reporting. I first want to ask just your reaction to this attack on the Golan Heights and what we've seen from Israel in response so far.

I mean, yet another heinous attack by an iranian proxy, right? I mean, twelve children, right, teenagers killed on a soccer field, just barbaric. Yet another, the deadliest attack on Israel since October 7. So it's, yet again, we've seen 5000 attacks now from Hezbollah into Israel since October 8. So this is just an ongoing, these are just ongoing attacks, this one particularly heinous. And so, Jessica, I think what this shows us is of Iran and its continued attack on our allies, but also on democracy in the United States. As the foreign minister, one of the foreign ministers recently said from Hezbollah, said Israel is merely a tool. The main war, the real war, is with America.

And I think that's important context that you bring up that Hezbollah has been firing rockets into Israel at the northern border for months now that this has been ongoing. It has been a deep concern, especially from us officials, that this particular region could escalate, that that conflict could escalate. What do you think is the appropriate us response to the current escalation.

I think the United States, as it did today, has to continue to work very closely with Israel and deciding what's the appropriate response here. So we'll leave it to them to work that through. But the bottom line is when there's an attack on a nation, an attack on Israel yet again with, of course, the loss of twelve and 40, more than 40 wounded, you realize that it does merit a response. So we'll leave it to them to work together on that response. The bigger point here is whether you're talking about the Houthis and their attack on Israel, but also on the United States, on our service members, other iranian backed proxies in Iraq and Syria continuing to attack the United States and our service members around the world. What you see here is terror, you know, at its worst. And that's really what Hamas and Hezbollah and all, and palestinian islamic jihad and others and the Houthis. That's what this is about. It's an attack not just on Israel but an attack on democracy.

Last night I spoke with the former israeli prime minister, Naftali Bennett. He told us the following. I'll play this clip with respect to Lebanon's responsibility for Hezbollah. Here's what he said.

We are not going to tweezer our way through and look for Hezbollah amid Lebanon. Hezbollah is part of the government. Hezbollah is part of Lebanon. And what Lebanon needs to do tonight is move all of Hezbollah away from the border all the way up to the river of Letani and stop everything they're doing. That is the only way they can prevent an all out war.

And so, Congressman, what is your response to that? Again, kind of helping people understand that Hezbollah operates within Lebanon. There's also a lebanese government.

Right. And Hezbollah in southern Lebanon right on the border of Israel after the attack of October 7. Israelis pulled back from the border after the attack started from Hezbollah in southern Lebanon. More than 80,000 have been displaced. They haven't been able to go home since October 7. Right. They've left their homes in the northern part of Israel right on the border of Lebanon because of the attacks coming in from Hezbollah. And people want to go home. Right. And many of them want to go home. School is starting in a few weeks for the students there in Israel. They've been displaced. And so that's a big issue in Israel right now. How do we get them home? And Hezbollah has not pulled back from that border. And we see just the attacks going. As I mentioned, there's been 5000 of them yesterday being one of the dead being the deadliest. But the bottom line is this has been going on nearly every day. Rockets being fired from Lebanon, from Hezbollah into Israel.