Clearing. The way Breaking News good evening youre in the cnn newsroom. Im Kaitlan Collins in New York, and we start with Breaking News this hour as the Death Toll from Hurricane Helene is now ill climbed to at least 93 people. As officials are warning us that number is only expected to grow. The North Carolina Governor, i just spoke with them in the last hour. He says over but thousand people have filed reports that Loved Ones. Theyre unable to reach them as of this bowman is several areas of his state are still in Search And Rescue Mode President biden has been briefed by fema. He is planning to visit Storm Stormravaged Areas later this week, were told and what hell see is nothing short of devastating sides of mountains have collapsed, sliding down into towns overwhelming communities with mud and debris. Entire roads have crumble of meeting that survivors have no words they out and rescue crews no way in. Cnns Rafael Romo is live for us in asheville, North Carolina, in rockville. Obv
The Israeli Army says its targeted 120 military sites belonging to hezbollah. Lebanese officials warn that more than A Million people face being forced from their homes. The body of the hezbollah leader, hassan nasrallah, is reported to have been recovered from the site of fridays israeli Air Strike in beirut. According to israel, more than 20 members of the iranian backed group were killed alongside him. And hezbollah has also confirmed that two other seniorfigures have been killed in airstrikes. We will start this hour with more on those strikes in yemen. Here is our Correspondentjon Donnison. Israels military Reach And Power is long and strong. This is not lebanon or gaza, but almost 2000 kilometres away in yemen. The target, one of the countrys biggest ports and two Power Stations controlled by iranians backed who thieves. Houthis. The Operation Backed by israels defence minister. Translation we by israels defence minister. Translation translation we have no interest in translation
Jessica dean in washington, alongside my colleague Jim Sciutto in Tel Aviv. And welcome to our viewers in the u. S. Us. And around the world. Were going to begin with Breaking News as tensions in the Middle East threatened to boil over. Israel today, turning its firepower on targets in houthi controlled parts of yemen. The idf saying it atactic Power Station and a seaport. The iranbacked group is behind a recent Rocket Attacks on israel and us warship ships in the region. And this all comes as hezbollah confirmed, another of its senior leaders was killed in fridays massive israeli strike on beirut that killed the Groups Leader lets send it over now to jim in Tel Aviv jim walk us through whats happening and what these attacks on the houthi targets tell us listen, you could reliably call this a multifront War Today more than its been even in recent weeks and months. Israel says it has struck dozens of hezbollah targets near the, near a Village South of beirut. This in addition to those a
President. Hello and welcome to the news. The Health Ministry of lebanon says an intense Israeli Bombardment has killed at least 180 people. It comes amid speculation that israeli troops could mount a Ground Invasion of Southern Lebanon to create a Buffer Zone so that civilians who have been evacuated from israel can return. There is heavy traffic on the streets of beirut as people rush to leave the area and we can show you live pictures of Southern Lebanon, because from early this morning there have been so many huge explosions as the israelis have ramped up their operations. The most ferocious bombardment yet since October The 7th of last year. With the idf saying that by lunchtime they had launched over 300 strikes and we have seen many more since then. The Prime Minister of israel has been speaking, talking about pre empting any actions of hezbollah. As you can see from that. As well as 182 people killed, more than 700 people have been wounded today. Lets get the latest from our Mi
And what it could mean for the region. Hezbollah has now confirmed the death of a top military commander, ibrahim aqil, after israel struck a high rise block of flats in the lebanese capital beirut on friday. Ibrahim aqil is considered the most high profile member of the group to be killed in the current conflict with the us having had a multimillion dollar bounty on his head. Israel says the targeted strikes killed around ten hezbollah military commanders. The lebanese health ministry says 14 people were killed and more than 60 injured. In response to the attack, hezbollah, has called the killing of mr aqil a crime, and said israel will pay the price. From beirut, our senior international correspondent orla guerin has been reporting on the attack. Explosion. This footage captures the moment of the attack, in the heartland of hezbollah. Explosion. The skyline looks like a city at war. Israel hit hard, without warning, in the densely populated residential district of dahiya. Calling t