Knowledge of friday s israeli air strike in beirut. But first, we can bring you these live pictures from beirut where israeli warplanes have launched new attacks on buildings in the city s south. The israeli military says hezbollah is storing weapons there, a claim hezbollah denies. Blasts have been heard in the southern suburbs and residents of three specific blocks were ordered to evacuate. Now lebanon s health ministry says the death toll from israel s earlier strike on beirut has risen to six, with 91 wounded. Hezbollah s leader, hassan nasrallah, was reportedly the target of the attack. Neither israel nor hezbollah has formally confirmed his status. Israeli air raids on lebanon this week have killed nearly 800 people, according to lebanon s health ministry. We begin our special programme on the conflict tonight with this report from our middle east correspondent hugo bachega in beirut. (explosions) scenes of war in beirut. Hezbollah s conflict with israel returning to its strongho
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Welcome to Bbc News. First of All of course we dont see Cross Border Fire from hezbollah and from the Israel Defense forces, so on the ground, any talk of a ceasefire seems very very remote. Let me ask you about your take on what is happening on the ground first of All. Is happening on the ground first of All. Well on Ground It is this exchange first of All. Well on Ground It is this exchange of first of All. Well on Ground It is this exchange of fire first of All. Well on Ground It | is this exchange of fire which will continue and sometimes intensifies, both sides think that they can get an advantage, israel particularly, in that it is claiming to knock out hezbollah positions, particularly Rocket Launching Site and Command And Control posts, it is striking into beirut at times, which is causing a lot of Collateral Damage but they seem to be targeting commanders, the intelligence is working well at the moment, as far as israel is concerned and the hezbollah leadership is concerned, t
Has been whipping up too, creating wild conditions. In birmingham, cars have been caught out. In selly oak, its been a busy time for the Emergency Services helping rescue drivers. Public transport has been doing its best to keep on running, but at birmingham new Street Station there have been delays and cancellations. The Environment Agency has this advice for anyone heading out. There will be a lot of water out on the roads and travel might be really difficult, so we need them to make sure they pay attention to any Emergency Services. And later in the day we are expecting further rainfall in areas through the midlands. Telford United Football club says its been deluged after a thunderstorm. Its appealing to fans to come and help dry out their flooded pitch. This nearby street shows any clean up is going to take some time. With Rain Falling onto already saturated ground, the warning is that there is more disruption ahead. And simon updated us from one of the worst affected areas. Im in