
Israel expands offensive in Lebanon, is Israel nuclear?
10/11/24 • 44 min
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Will Israel's conflict with Iran go nuclear? On today's episode, we speak to foreign correspondent Ben Farmer for the latest updates from Lebanon, where Israel is expanding its ground offensive against Hezbollah. Then we speak to US academic Henry Sokolski about fears a direct conflict between Israel and Iran could escalate to a nuclear war.
Contributors
Roland Oliphant (Host)
Ben Farmer (Telegraph contributor)
Henry Sokolski (Executive Director of the Nonproliferation Policy Education Center
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Will Israel's conflict with Iran go nuclear? On today's episode, we speak to foreign correspondent Ben Farmer for the latest updates from Lebanon, where Israel is expanding its ground offensive against Hezbollah. Then we speak to US academic Henry Sokolski about fears a direct conflict between Israel and Iran could escalate to a nuclear war.
Contributors
Roland Oliphant (Host)
Ben Farmer (Telegraph contributor)
Henry Sokolski (Executive Director of the Nonproliferation Policy Education Center
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