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And when Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed last Saturday on the first day of the war, many people were joyful and cheered.
And of course, not the entire nation is supportive of the war.
The government supporters, the government loyalists, they're against this war.
They see this as a war of aggression.
At the same time, there are other parts of the Iranian society who don't like to see their country being attacked and civilians killed, infrastructure damaged.
And as this war continues, people are saying that these are civilian infrastructure that are being destroyed.
And of course, as this carries on, the number of people who oppose the war will increase as well.
Lebanon was drawn into the broader Middle East war on Monday when Hezbollah, based in Lebanon but backed by Iran, fired at Israel, which responded with overwhelming force.
The Lebanese government says around half a million people have registered as displaced and more than 300 have been killed since the Israeli attacks began.
Our correspondent Wira Davis reports from the Bekaa Valley in western Lebanon, which saw a major incursion by Israeli forces on Friday night.
This is the town, quite a large town of Nabi Sheet up in the Bekaa Valley.
And I'm standing in front of one of the biggest bomb craters I have ever seen.
There's a huge hole in the ground, damaging obviously dozens of houses around it.
The hole is about 10 metres deep, I'd say.
It has destroyed everything.
There are cars blown up onto the roofs of nearby houses.
Now, this is clearly an Israeli bomb strike.
People are trying to clear up the rubble from this huge bomb crater, and I've been speaking to the head of the local municipality to find out exactly what happened.
It's a strange thing, a strange movement.
You look how much?