new fears this morning of a wider conflict in the middle east. after a senior hamas leader was killed in an a attack in the lebanese capital, four people were killed in the blast, which targeted an office belonging to hamas. israel has not taken responsibility for killing the leader, but in a vailed reference to the attack, the far right finance minister said all of israel s enemies will perish. cnn is live beirut with more. nada, can you talk more about this senior leader, what is known about him? reporter: we re talking about somebody who number two in the political the bureau, someone considered one of the founders of hamas military wing. the strike just happening last night. authorities are still here clearing the debro from this office of where it appears to have been a very precise strike and explosion. the lebanese national news
agency reporting and describing this has been carried out by an a aerial strike using three missiles. we have heard from the leader of hamas political bureau. he has scribed this as a cowardly assassination, pointing the finger squarely at israel. while the israeli government hz not claimed direct responsibility, we have heard from a u.s. official telling cnn this was indeed a strike carried out by israel, but the biden administration was not informed ahead of the strike. now it s important to remember that the prime minister has previously vowed to target not just in gaza, but wherever they may be located. and this is concern around the potential for this to cause and trigger a spillover of this conflict in the broader region. they are not just a senior hamas leader, but somebody well connected with officials in
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concern for himself, for his wife, for the united states senate, he would step down today. i don t think that s going to happen. he s going to go down swinging, but i wish and hope he would step down today. it would be know ing there s no chance to do it. particularly in the wake of what you saw with george ity leader? that s the bigger issue. i thought about that in the sense this is different than the house. the house, if if you try to get santos out, you had to go through a special election. as soon as he s out, the governor appoints somebody. it would still be 51-49. but for the sake of the institution, i think he needs to step down. the public it seems like congressional. and let s not forget more than 70% of new jerseyans said the last indictment that he should go.