The Israeli military carries out large-scale airstrikes in areas across southern Lebanon as the regime closes the beaches of Haifa, Acre, and Nahariya in anticipation of a Hezbollah strike. According to the Lebanese health ministry, 38 people were killed in the regime's Friday strike against southern Beirut. Lebanon's minister of interior has described the security situation in Lebanon as dangerous and critical.
In this edition of the Spotlight, Press TV interviews Isabella Zaidan, academic and political analyst from Damascus, and Peter Ford, former British ambassador to Syria from Manchester, to look deeper into the latest developments in the region.