I everyone. Good Morning And Welcome to cnn this morning, it is saturday, september 28th. Im Amara Walker alongside Danny Freeman we begin this morning with major breaking developments in the middle east. The Israeli Military claims it has killed the leader of hezbollah after carrying out targeted airstrikes In Beirut. Israel says Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of the Terrorist Organization in several commanders were killed in a strike on what it says was hezbollahs headquarters, though hezbollah has not yet commented the announcement comes after more than a day of airstrikes by Israel On Eastern and Southern Lebanon. The explosions flattened buildings in a densely Populated Area the idf says, those residential Buildings House has built a weapons caches. According to the Lebanons Health Ministry, at least six people were killed and dozens wounded in the strikes. Meanwhile, Defense Secretary Lloyd austin says, israel did not notify the u. S. About the strikes until they were underway sour
Conflict escalating even more this morning, israeli airstrikes have targeted 140 hezbollah sites in beirut including weapons storage, and missile facilities embedded beneath civilian buildings. Thats according to the idf, the strikes are part of an ongoing campaign by israel to degrade hezbollahs military capability. The lebanese government, responding to the widespread destruction calling for intervention on an international basis, the country has recorded more than 100,000 people have been displaced by the conflict. Authorities claimed that number is actually much higher. Our chief national Security Analyst, Jim Sciutto in Tel Aviv with the very latest jim, tell us first, who was this . Hassan Nasrallah Hassan Nasrallah was a defining figure in hezbollah in the region for more than three decades. Leave getting the terrorist organization, going back to 1992. And we making it over the course of that time into a formidable force, certainly plead with irans help with many Tens Of Thousan
News you are in the Cnn Newsroom. Im Jessica Dean in New York and we begin with Breaking News in growing fears of what may be next in the middle east, just moments ago, has bloc announcing it launched long range missiles from lebanon toward jerusalem. After the confirmed death lets top leader Hassan Nasrallah and in israel in an israeli airstrike in Beirut Yesterday tonight, there are questions about what remains of Hezbollahs Leadership and what a potential response might look like. For Israels Part moments ago, prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said israel has arrived at a quote, historic turning point, saying that israel is killing was necessary for achieving its goals me, she up kid bono in iran or the middle east. The long arm of israel will not reach and today, you already know about true. This is a machine the wreck could that be all of this is the u. S. State department is ordering nonemergency employees and their Family Members to leave lebanon immediately we have Team Coverag
For joining us. The news continues now, right here On Cnn you as joining us here in the united states and All Around The World and to everyone streaming us On Cnn max, i was with church just ahead Hurricane Helene takes aim at floridas gulf coast, set to make landfall later today as a major catastrophic storm. What we know about the potential impact for people in the South East and the biden administration pushing for a ceasefire between Israel And Hezbollah. As the two who continue To Trade Fire up what it will take for both sides to agree to stop the stiller plus new Yorks Mayor indicted in a federal investigation will hear his defiant response and look at what charges he could be facing churning through the Gulf Of Mexico is on track to be the strongest to hit the us in more than a year, Hurricane Helene already dumped torrential rains on mexico and cuba, just a preview of whats in store for the southern united states. It is a category one hurricane at the moment, but the forecast w
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