LInks to Iran. LInks to Iran. He was one of the best known he was one of the best known and most InfluentIal fIgures In the MIddle East. Born In 1960, Hassan Nasrallah grew up In beIrut s Eastern Bourj Hammoud neIghbourhood. He became leader of hezbollah In 1992, at the age of 32, after hIs predecessor was assassInated. He played a Key Role In turnIng hezbollah Into a powerful polItIcal and mIlItary force. Under hIs leadershIp, he helped hezbollah TraIn Hundreds of fIghters from the palestInIan MIlItant Group hamas. And he also obtaIned mIssIles and rockets from Iran for use agaInst Israel. Lets speak to anna foster, our mIddle East Correspondent In beIrut. Talk us through exactly what we know about what happened there. ThIs Is a really crucIal moment now. Last nIght, about 6 20pm here In beIrut, we had thIs huge serIes of explosIons a few kIlometres from where I am now In dahIeh, In the Southern Suburbs, a hezbollah stronghold. We saw pIctures quIckly of absolute destructIon comIng ou
Of them were shot down. The attack marks the first time iran had ever launched a direct Military Assault on israel. We will be live injerusalem shortly. But first, lets bring you up to speed. Take a look at this video. Sirens what you can hear is the air raid sirens injerusalem. What you can see is israels air defence system, the iron dome, in Operation Flashes in thejerusalem sky as drones and missiles are shot down. A coalition of israels allies, including the us and uk has helped shoot down some iranian drones and misiles before they reached israeli territory. This is footage of that happening overjordan. Similarly, this video is from the Skies Over Damascus in syria. You can see objects being hit in the sky. And again, in the skies over iraq. More drones and missiles being intercepted as they travelled towards israel. You can see the wide front of attack or being pushed back against by israel and its allies. So heres what we know so far. Iran has attacked israel with around 200 dro
It is mid day injerusalem. This time yesterday israel and countries in the region and far beyond watching and waiting to see what iran would do next. And now in the early hours of the morning, the world found out. Iran launched for the first time a direct attack against israel. This is an unprecedented moment and uncharted territory. Hundreds of drones and missiles were fired from iran into the skies above israel. Israel says it intercepted almost all of the projectiles. Backed by the us, uk, france and jordan. This morning israeli officials are saying the confrontation isnt over and are assessing their options. Irans military chief told state tv that as far as iran was concerned, a line had been drawn under the confrontation after its retaliatory strike. A strike conducted by iran after the date for the first attack on its embassy in the Syrian Capital Damascus which destroyed the consulate and also killed senior members of irans Islamic Revolutionary guard corps. Its warning israel t
The attack marks the first time iran had ever launched a direct Military Assault on israel. We will be live injerusalem shortly. But first, lets bring you up to date with the latest. Take a look at this video. Air raid sirens wail what you can hear is the air raid sirens injerusalem. What you can see is israels air defence system, the iron dome, in Operation Flashes in Thejerusalem Sky as drones and missiles are shot down. A coalition of israels allies, including the us and uk, has helped bring down some iranian drones and misiles before they reached israeli territory. This is footage of that happening overjordan. Similarly, this video is from the Skies Over Damascus in syria. You can see objects being hit in the sky. And, again, in the skies over iraq, more drones and missiles being intercepted as they travelled towards israel. So heres what we know so far. Iran has attacked israel with around 300 drones and missiles. There were significant Explosions In The Sky over israel, caused by