in two explosions in south eastern iran, near the grave of a top revolutionary guards commander. state television says the blasts occurred in quick succession in the city of kerman, during a ceremony to mark the anniversary of the killing of qasem soleimani. he was iran s most powerful military commander and was killed in 2020 by a us air strike in iraq. local officials say two bags containing explosives were detonated by remote control at the entrance to the burial site. bbc persian s parham gobadi gave me further details of the blast. as you mentioned, this is one of the deadliest attacks in iran in the past a0 years. it has been unprecedented, the number of the death toll is rising every every few minutes, so far. they say that some of those who were injured are in critical conditions and we know at least one medic was among the casualties who was killed, two others, at least, are in critical conditions. they say that after the first explosion took place, the second, when
sensitive site expiration is done. to be thanks very much, we appreciate it. kristen o leary is the former director of hostage recovery for the united states. he s a senior vice president of global affairs for the group. coming up, donald trump continues to take a page out of the authoritarian playbook as his legal troubles grow. i ll speak with the woman who wrote the book on authoritarian leaders. ruth joins me. then, with israel and hezbollah trading fire over lebanon s threatens to spill over into the region. we ll go to lebanon for the latest on the ground. plus, lbj and by the former vice prime minister of israel, another hour of velshi begins right now. good morning to you, it is sunday the 22nd. with wars regime between ukraine and russia, israel and hamas, and threatening to spill into other continents, global leadership is critical. we re facing our own crisis of democracy in her own home, one that is easy to overlook when the news of the world s war. legal peri
israel-hamas war. this morning, the jewish sabbath also known as chabot, in hebrew. it is a day meant for us, but there is no rest. today marks one week since the brutal surprise attack and massacre in israel, led by the terrorist group, hamas. the death toll is still rising. according to the israeli defense forces, at least 1300 people were killed, and 3300 wounded in israel, the palestinian ministry of health reports more than 2215 have been killed in gaza, and 8714 wounded. now, at any moment, the israeli military could be beginning e ground invasion in northern gaza. as palestinians scramble to evacuate after receiving just 24 hours notice. they israel s defense forces also referred to as the idf, will allow movement on to gaza streets for residents to head south, until 9 am eastern. we re going to begin our live rich coverage with nbc news correspondent kelly, who is reporting on the ground in jerusalem. kelly, good to see you this morning. it s been about 24 hours s
now reached 900, amid intensifying israeli air strikes. it says 4,500 more have been injured. dozens of buildings have also been damaged. hamas, which has been designated a terrorist organisation by several governments, responded with rockets into southern israel, tuesday. it comes as gaza braces for what could be a full scale israeli ground invasion. in israel, efforts are under way to recover the bodies of those killed by hamas attacks. more than 1,000 israelis are dead. but israeli forces say they ve successfully rescued 30 trapped people in the southern kibbutz of ein hashlosha, after following distress calls. speaking at the white house, president biden accused hamas of pure unadulterated evil . he said at least 14 americans were among those killed. mr biden has pledged more aid to israel, as the uss gerald r ford carrier strike group arrives in the eastern mediterraean. the israeli military also says that the first plane carrying american ammunition has arrived in the