There say 569 people including many children have been killed since monday. The foreign minister says the number of people displaced from southern lebanon is probably approaching half a million. Israel says it wants its campaign against hezbollah to be as short as possible and says it s killed a senior commander of the iranianbacked group, which has been firing rockets into northern israel. And as world leaders meet in new york, the un security council says it will discuss the escalation on wednesday evening. Orla guerin starts our coverage. A community in mourning. The village of saksakiyeh in southern lebanon today. Ii were killed here yesterday by israel s massive bombardment. The dead included four women, an infant and a sevenyearold girl called joury. Herfather, mohammad halal, says she was an innocent child and a martyr. He pledges his support for the hezbollah leader, sheikh hassan nasrallah. Even if they kill us, he says, we are at your service. Also being mourned today, din
Fierce crossborder clashes are continuing with israel striking southern lebanon, and hezbollah firing dozens of rockets into northern israel. On tuesday, the israeli military said they d killed a senior hezbollah commander in a strike on beirut. These pictures show the extent of the destruction from that strike. Our senior international correspondent, orla guerin, sent this report from tyre, where thousands of people have fled their homes. A community in mourning. The village of saksakiyeh in southern lebanon today. Ii were killed here yesterday by israel s massive bombardment. The dead included four women, an infant and a sevenyearold girl called joury. Herfather, mohammad halal, says she was an innocent child and a martyr. He pledges his support for the hezbollah leader, sheikh hassan nasrallah. Even if they kill us, he says, we are at your service. Also being mourned today, dina darwiche and her son, jad. Killed in their own home by an israeli missile. Here she was at work with the
We start in the Middle East where. Lebanon has called for us help to end a wave of israeli assaults the Deadliest Bombadment the country has seen in decades. Health authorities there say 569 people including many children have been killed since monday. The Foreign Minister says the number of people displaced from Southern Lebanon is probably approaching half a million. Israel says it wants its campaign against hezbollah to be as short aS Possible and says its killed a senior commander of the iranian backed group, which has been Firing Rockets into northern israel. And as World Leaders meet in New York, the un Security Council says it will discuss the escalation on wednesday evening. Orla guerin starts our coverage. A community in mourning. The village of saksakiyeh in Southern Lebanon today. Ii were killed here yesterday by israels massive bombardment. The dead included four women, an infant and a seven year old girl called joury. Herfather, mohammad halal, says she was an innocent ch
strikes that damaged at least three buildings a terrorist attack. the city s mayor says two people were injured but none required hospitalization. cnn s clare sebastian is live in london for us. and this would seem to really bring the war home to the russian public even more than the drone strike on the kremlin a couple weeks ago. what more do we know about the attack itself and the kremlin s response this morning? yeah, state media reporting the three buildings as of now, two in moscow itself on the southwestern side of the city, and another on the outskirts not far from one of the major airports. you can see state media and telegramen chales posting videos showing people with drone fragments. defense minister saying that they were able to avoid attacks with drone warfare and five shot down using russian air defense missiles. so perhaps that is why there are fragments of those droughns. t drones. the damage was described as insignificant. two sought medical help but no one
of them halle scruggs. you can see a picture there from 2019. just a little girl, the daughter of the bleed pastor at covenant presbyterian church. church affiliated with the school. the other two children have been identified. evelyn dick aus, william kenny. among the adult victims 61 year old cynthia peak. the other two were school employees. 60 year old catherine kunz, head of school mike hill. he worked as ext odeon. all of them lost their lives yesterday . since the shooting memorial outside the school has been growing. something we ve seen so many times this morning. it s been adorned with balloons, stuffed animals. across as well decorated with flowers. the school has released a statement saying, in part, our community is heartbroken. we are grieving , tremendous loss and are in shock coming out of that. terror that shattered our school and our church. a woman who survived the highland park, mass shooting in illinois. just last year. she was visiting nashville yesterda