Global National: Oct. 2, 2024 | Israel weighing response to Iran’s missile barrage

As Israel weighs a military response to that missile barrage by Iran, the IDF is not letting up on its assault on Lebanon and its troops are now fighting Hezbollah militants in deadly close combat. On Wednesday, Israel was burying eight of its soldiers who were killed in southern Lebanon, the first to die in this ground invasion. In the last 10 days Israel has launched more than 3,500 strikes in Lebanon, levelling entire residential blocks and killing at least 1,400 people, according to the Lebanese government, including civilians but also Hezbollah’s leader and senior members. Jeff Semple is in Jerusalem with the latest. Iran does not recognize Israel's right to exist and for years it has armed proxy forces such as Hezbollah in Lebanon to fight Israel. Tuesday's direct missile attack on Israel could mean that shadow war is moving into the daylight. Redmond Shannon looks at what Iran’s religious leaders want and what its military is capable of. Police services in the GTA are planning to be more visible in the days leading up to the first anniversary of the Oct. 7 attack in Israel. As Eric Sorensen reports, that means command posts, more foot patrols, and a warning that if there is violence at protests there will be arrests. In Ottawa there’s a battle underway over whether to increase old age security payments to seniors, an idea put forward by the Bloc Quebecois. With the Liberal minority government relying on the opposition for support, Wednesday's vote was another test for the Trudeau government. Mackenzie Gray looks at how it played out. The two vice-presidential candidates in the United States faced each other Tuesday night in a debate and unlike what we’ve sadly become accustomed to, they talked policy and even agreed with each other from time to time even though they have radically different positions, such as the economy, abortion and Jan. 6. As Jackson Proskow reports, it shows what can be achieved when former president Trump is not on the stage. With cold and flu season ramping up some Canadians have been travelling south of the border and paying hundreds of dollars to get a specific COVID-19 vaccine. The federal government says it won’t order the Novavax vaccine because there isn’t enough demand for it. Heidi Petracek explains why. For about 500 years Germany has had a law about beer production — it can only contain four ingredients: malt, hops yeast and water. It was based on food safety but in 2024 there is a new trend taking hold — removing the alcohol. Heather Yourex-West looks into the buzz behind non-alcoholic beer. For more info, please go to https://globalnews.ca/national/program/global-national Subscribe to Global News Channel HERE: http://bit.ly/20fcXDc Like Global News on Facebook HERE: http://bit.ly/255GMJQ Follow Global News on X HERE: http://bit.ly/1Toz8mt Follow Global News on Instagram HERE: https://bit.ly/2QZaZIB #GlobalNews