As Israel's offensive in Gaza a new front is heating up on# the country's northern border.

AMNA NAWAZ: Israel and the Lebanese militant# group Hezbollah have been th is morning, an Israeli strike killed# one of Hezbollah's high-ranking members,## all this as U.S. Secretary of State Antony# Blinken travels again to the region,## hoping to keep the conflict from spreading.

William Brangham reports.

WILLIAM BRANGHAM: While visiting his troops# along the northern bor Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu## warned Hezbollah that today's targeted# killin BENJAMIN NETANYAHU, Israeli Prime Minister# (through translator): We will do everything## to restore s to his friends in the south.

This is# what will happen here in the north.

WILLIAM BRANGHAM: This comes# as Secretary of State Antony## Blinken makes his fourth visit to the region.

As Blinken left Saudi Arabia for# Israel, he spoke with reporter ANTONY BLINKEN, U.S. Secretary of State: It's# clearly not in the interest of anyone, Israel,## Lebanon, Hezbollah, for that matter, to see# this escalate and to see an actual confl WILLIAM BRANGHAM: President# Biden was in South Carolina## today when protesters interrupted# hi PROTESTER: Cease-fire now!

JOE BIDEN, President of the United# States: I have been quietly working## with the Israeli government to get them to# re WILLIAM BRANGHAM: Israeli forces continue# their operation in South and Central Gaza,## but say they are done with# major combat in Northern Gaza.

MARK REGEV, Senior Adviser to Israeli# Prime Minister: It might not b but it could be because we are seeing the destruction of WILLIAM BRANGHAM: But as the war rages on,## Palestinians are left with nowhere to go# left by another Israeli airstrike,# food is too precious to leave behind.

MOHAMMED AL-QASSAS, Displaced Palestinian (through# translator): We heard a big explosion and,## when we got there we found the car as# you see it.

The car contains flou tomatoes, and meat.

It was# all for daily sustenance.

WILLIAM BRANGHAM: Despite her mothers comfort,# young Layan Abbid just can't take it anymor LAYAN ABBID Displaced Palestinian (through# translator): We are scared.

We don't want## the war.

We are scared.

They bo WILLIAM BRANGHAM: Yet more victims of war# were rushed to the Kuwaiti Hospital in Rafah,## one of the few still partially operating.

Medical# teams there struggle to save those they can.

The shadow of death won't leave this# family.

Veteran Palestinian journalist## Wael Al Dahdouh tries to stay brave for# those of his loved ones still living.## He held his son's hand one last time.

In# October, he lost his wife, his daughter,## another son, and a grandson, also# killed by Israeli airstrikes.

Yesterday, Dahdouh's son Hamza, also an# Al-Jazeera journalist like his father,## was killed with another colleague,# Mustafa Thuraya.

An Israeli drone## strike hit their car.

The IDF said the# intended target was a terrorist who## piloted drones that threatened IDF troops# and that two other suspects were killed.

But the Committee to Protect Journalists# has called for an independent probe,## as both journalists were driving to an# assignment in Gaza.

CPJ has documented## 79 journalists killed so far in the war,# nearly all of them Palestinians in Gaza.

After he mourned and prayed over his most# recent loss, Dahdouh did what he's always done,## returned to work, reporting on a war that# has stolen almost everything from him.

WAEL AL-DAHDOUH, Palestinian Journalist# (through translator): The world must## se It must listen and watch all that is# happening to the Pal What has Hamza done to them and# what has my family done to them?## What have civilians in Gaza Strip done# to them?

They have not done anything.

WILLIAM BRANGHAM: For the "PBS# NewsHour," I'm William Brangham.