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
Benjamin netanyahu saying the killing of nasrallah was quote necessary, and that israel will keep fighting we sit up accounts with these responsible for the murder of countless israelis and many citizens of other countries, including hundreds of americans in dozens of freshman, israel is on the move. We win. We are determined to continue to strike at our enemies return our residents to their homes and returned all of our hostages tonight, the u. S. State department is ordering nonemergency employees and their Family Members to leave lebanon at once. And we are covering every angle of this Breaking News. Ben wedeman is on the ground in the lebanese capital of beirut. Kevin liptack has more on the response from President Biden, the White House but lets start first with Nic Robertson, who is live in tel aviv. Nic talk about what could be next in this conflict for israel it does concern that tonight well it could launch a large salvo of its heavier, longerdistance ballistic missiles into t
Israeli officials are bracing for reaction. The idf says it intercepted a missile over central israel that have been launched from yemen. Israel continues to pound targets Inside Lebanon, large plumes of smoke can be seen all day rising over the south. Ri in iran, antiisrael protesters took to the streets of the Capital City and that countrys Supreme Leader declared five days of mourning, urging his people to stand with hezbollah. In the u. S. , President Biden said he has directed secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin to further enhance the Defense Posture of Military Forces in The Middle East to deter aggression and reduce the risk of a broader regional war. We have reporters and analysts in place around the World Right in with all these new developments first. First, Matt Bradley joined us again from beirut. Matt, give us a sense of how tense it is in Lebanons Capital this evening. Reporter tense, and oni hav to say, alex, mournful, People Y are crying in the streets, wailing out. This
Lebanon about the israeli airstrike that killed the head of hezbollah of hezbollah from World Headquarters in New York. Or we begin with Breaking News from The Middle East. Here is what is new this hour. The idf now says apart from killing nasrallah, leader of hezbollah on friday, it has also killed a second senior hezbollah official. This is an attack on Apartment Complex in beirut. O at least 11 people were killed, 108 injured in the attack according to the lebanese Health Ministry as israel continues to pound targets in lebanon also new official telling Nbc News Israel decided to assassinate nasrallah after concluding he would not accept a diplomatic solution to end fighting on the Israel Lebanon Border. It was notle tied to an end of the war in gaza. Protesters gathering on the street in tehran today. Officials saying an iranian Military General was also oay killed on friday adding they expect to deploy troops to lebanon. T also, the u. S. State department is ordering the departure
Im sure President Putin wants it to stop. Thats a good combination. So we want to have a fair deal for everybody. What do you envision as fair . Thats too early to say that. I have my own ideas and the president has definitely his own ideas. It has to be fair. This War Shouldnt be started. I that i the problem that putin killed so many people and, of course, we need to do everything to pressure him to stop this war. He is in our territory. Thats the most important. He is in our territory and how to stop the war to pressure him as we can. We have to do it. Do you think that the u. S. Is the best the leader of support. You ask the leader. Really, we have the support of the united states and thank you to the people of america and understand that united states can be the leader through any negotiation. You know that we have the Peace Summit and we want to organize the second one and we can end this war. Will there be another meeting in the near future. It could be. This is a war that shoul