The chief of staff of the Israeli military today told his troops a maneuver is being planned into Lebanon, where the death toll from air attacks has been rising for days.

HEZBOLLAH LEADER, HEZBOLLAH, ISRAEL, SAYS, YOU WILL GO IN, DESTROY THE ENEMY THERE, AND DECISIVELY DESTROY THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE, HE SAID.

Hezbollah leaders are promising to inflict heavy casualties in a ground war.

And to prove they're undeterred, the Iranian-backed militia group, for the first time, launched a missile at Tel Aviv.

The missile was shot down by Israeli defenses.

The last time Israel invaded Lebanon was in 2006.

That war crippled Lebanon and destroyed its infrastructure.

After heavy losses, Israel ended the operation.

President Biden today still hopeful.

An all-out war is possible, but I think there's also the opportunity, or still in play, to have a settlement that could fundamentally change the whole region.

There needs to be a two-state solution.

But his calls for diplomacy are going unheard.

Beirut is already filling up with refugees.

Public schools turned into shelters to accommodate the tens of thousands of Lebanese who have Israel says it will fight until Hezbollah is disarmed.

Hezbollah says it will fight until Israeli troops stop attacking Gaza.

And neither side shows any sign of backing down.

A woman I spoke to tonight who evacuated to Beirut with 21 of her relatives told me she hopes the American government will act and not allow Lebanon to become the next Gaza.

Tom?

Thanks for watching.

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