4 days ago
Verifying Israeli strikes in Lebanon, and assessing calls to scrap the two-child cap
Update:
Date: 10:33 BST
Title: Looking into overnight strikes in Lebanon
Content: Peter Mwai and Richard Irvine-BrownBBC Verify
We've had confirmation from the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) which says it has 'struck Hezbollah infrastructure sites' in southern Lebanon. We've seen multiple reports in recent hours from Lebanese and Israeli media of air strikes in southern Lebanon. Locations suggested include Ansar, Nabatieh and Mahmoudiya. We're reviewing clips posted on social media overnight but, given they are mostly in the dark and in more remote areas, it takes longer to find where they are filmed. So far, we have identified the location of this video which emerged overnight as the forecourt of a petrol station to the west of a small village called Deir Seryan.
This video was located to the west of a site that was struck, itself to the west of Deir Seryan, southern Lebanon
Daylight images are emerging now, which will give us a better handle on what has been hit and where, and perhaps what has caused the also looking at satellite images which detect heat signatures, such as the burning after airstrikes, to give us another keep you updated.
Update:
Date: 10:15 BST
Title: Welcome to BBC Verify Live
Content: Rob CorpBBC Verify Live editor
Good morning.
Since late last night our verification team has been looking into reports that the Israeli military has carried out a series of air strikes in southern Lebanon. At the moment footage we've seen was taken last night and we're in the process of checking it's genuine. More on that to come shortly.
Elsewhere we're investigating former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown's call to use higher gambling taxes to fund the cost of scrapping the two-child benefit cap. We'll look into his comments, and assess how likely it is that increasing levies could raise the necessary funds.
As well as those stories to come here on BBC Verify Live we've got a new report from the United Nations on the number of buildings that have been destroyed across the Gaza Strip since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas.
Plus we'll keep across the wildfires in southern France by checking on Nasa's heat source satellites.
