In this footage from the last couple of hours you can see explosions lighting up the sky over beirut. Reports say the blasts were targetting the hezbollah dominated suburbs. Earlier in the Night Hezbollah said its fighters had been engaged with israeli troops near the lebanon israel border. This is the scene live in beirut. As Air Strikes continue lebanese authorities say four hospitals are now out of action and the United Nations has warned that all 900 shelters for displaced people are now full. This map shows weapons strikes across the region. Attacks by israel are shown in red and those by hezbollah rockets fired into Northern Israel are in purple. Israel has ordered residents in these southern lebanese communities about 30 villages here marked in orange, to leave their homes for their own safety. On friday an israeli strike cut a key route with syria. Israel says it struck the Masnaa Crossing because the route was being used by hezbollah to transport weapons. The Masnaa Crossing h
Lets give you latest now on the situation in the Middle East. Israel says its bombed a mosque in southern lebanon, which It Claims was being used by hezbollah as a Command Centre. By Hezbollah Israel has also struck an Apartment Building in the northern lebanese city of tripoli hamas affiliated Palestinian Media say that a commander in hamas Armed Wing was killed, as well as his wife and children. This is the live scene in the Southern Suburbs of beirut where the israeli attacks are continuing. You can just see smoke continuing to stream over the skyline there and we have seen a lot of activity in the Southern Suburbs of beirut where there attacks are continuing. With me is our Middle East regional editor, sebastian usher. We are Going to step back and a second and look at some of the groups involved in the onGoing conflict but first of all, just bring us up to date with what we are seeing. Where are we at the moment . We are seeing. Where are we at the moment . Just Day By day, we are
Welcome to bbc news. Fighting is continuing between israel and the iran backed group hezbollah, as the Middle East braces itself for a possible retaliation by israel on iran. In the lastest strikes, the Israeli Army has bombed a mosque in Southern Lebanon, which israel says was being used as a Command Centre by hezbollah fighters. The building was next to a hospital. The humanitarian situation in lebanon is worsening, with at least four hospitals now closed in the south because of israeli Air Strikes. The World Health Organization says at least 37 Health Care facilities have closed since israel began its Air Bombardment of lebanon two weeks ago. In the northern port of tripoli, an israeli strike on an Apartment Building is reported to have killed a hamas commander, saeed atallah. Three members of his family are also reported killed. Hezbollah says its fired rockets at the Ramat David Airbase near the city of haifa in Northern Israel. Israel has not commented, but sirens have sounded ac
Returning to the site of the first Assassination Attempt on his life but butler, pennsylvania, lets go straight to Cnns Alayna Treene and alayna, i know you were also there during that initial Assassination Attempt. We know security has been increased for tonight. What else do we know about this event . Yeah. Well, jessica, it is a little weird. I remember speaking with you when all of that went down, but despite being at the exact same day new today here in butler, pennsylvania, a lot is actually very different and security is one of the main things ive noticed. One is that there are far more secret Service Agents and local Law Enforcement here on the ground in butler. There also so working together now under one Command Center that is different from what was going on back in july on july 13. Another Thing Weve noticed, they have drone joining a much stronger drone Control System here right now in butler, again, increase from july and then the other thing ive noticed just the amount o
For dozens of areas in the city. In this footage from the last couple of hours, you can see explosions lighting up the sky over beirut. Reports say the blasts were targetting the hezbollah dominated suburbs. Earlier in the night, hezbollah said its fighters had been engaged with israeli troops near the lebanon israel border. This is the scene live in beirut, as the clock passes 6. 00am there. As air strikes continue, lebanese authorities say four hospitals are now out of action and the united nations has warned that all 900 shelters for displaced people are now full. This recent map shows weapons strikes across the region. Attacks by israel are shown in red and those by hezbollah rockets fired into northern israel are in purple. Israel has ordered residents in these southern lebanese communities, about 30 villages, here marked in orange, to leave their homes for their own safety. The areas in grey show places which have already received evacuation orders since tuesday. On friday mo