Longtime leader, Hassan Nasrallah, and strikes last night on Apartment Complex In Beirut. Israel claims that hezbollah was using the complex as in underground headquarters. This represents a major escalation of the backand forth between Israel And Hezbollah, which israel has intensified in the last couple weeks. The strikes killed several other Highranking Hezbollah officials and the iranian State News that says in revolutionary Guard General was killed in the same strike. Lebanon lawns and more than 100 wounded in the strikes. That number is expected to rise. Nasrallah is a travertine cleric, who has led the group since 1992 and has grown the group in most powerful Running Back and forth and the reason both militarily and political terry. It is what is called a state within a state. He also led the group through decades of conflict with israel, participate in the Syrian Civil War On Behalf of of the regime and help back others in the region including the houthis in yemen. The national
Breaking news from The Middle East, new and growing tension following confirmation from lebanon, the leader of hezbollah was killed friday in an israeli airstrike on an apartment complex. We dont have that sound. We will get that for you. You can see the effect of the airstrikes that continue today and plumes of smoke can be seen rising over Southern Lebanon. Protesters have gathered on The Streets Of Tehran today. Officials in iran say one of its military generals was also killed friday adding they expect to soon deploy troops to lebanon. The biden administration says it has no advanced warning of the israeli strikes. President biden in a statement moments ago said hassan Nasrallahs Death is a measure of justice for his many victims including thousands of americans, israelis and lebanese civilians. We have reporters and analysts in place across the world ready to go over these developments for us. We will go to Matt Bradley who joined us from beirut. Welcome. I know you heard a lot of
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
Untold stories of latinos and how they shaped america. Im jonathan capehart, this is the saturday show. We are just 38 days from the u. S. Presidential election in november and a dramatic escalation in the Middle East is taking Center Stage and sparking fears of a wider conflict in the region. Today, the Israel Defense forces and hezbollah confirmed that Hezbollah Leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed in targeted israeli airstrikes on the Groups Headquarters in Southern Beirut. The strike destroyed at least for residential complexes and damaged other buildings nearby. At least 11 people were killed and more than 100 injured according to the lebanese health ministry. The idf continued lobbing rockets into Lebanon Today targeting Hezbollah Infrastructure in Southern Beirut and issued Evacuation Orders for several neighborhoods as civilians flee to the north. Iran, condemned the strike, calling it a war crime. But so far, iran has not expressed any intention to retaliate. The White House sai
Tonight on 360 vice president harris at the border, her effort to get voters to believe were the numbers already show the progress is being made even as her opponent says otherwise the polling rewards him. All sorts of night with 45 killed and counting what hurricane helene did as it roared its way north. And with the rain at pax is still doing to parts of north carolina and tennessee. And a new series of israeli airstrikes on hezbollah targets in beirut, just hours after a major airstrike targeted hezbollah s leader, hassan nasrallah good evening. A lot to get to tonight that we are expecting to hear from vice president harris. Any moment will bring that to you live the city of asheville, north carolina was already flooded from days of heavy rain when hurricane helene dumped even more of it overnight. Tonight, one person there described the situation is complete pandamonium, a citywide curfew is now in effect until seventh 30 tomorrow morning. The same could be said in irwin, tennesse