Earlier, the idf had warned that it was going to target three particular buildings in this area, dahieh, known as a Hezbollah Stronghold. They said they were going to target them because of the hezbollah facilities and interests located there. The idf had posted saying these buildings would be targeted in the near future and told people that were living within 500 metres of them to move urgently. Just to give you a sense of the geography of where this is, i have been talking about how this is in a southern suburb of beirut but it is also in an area that is very close to the International Airport. These Evacuation Orders came before the strikes. Hezbollah has a strong presence in the Southern Suburbs. I think we can show you some of the pictures are one of the big explosions that has happened in the last half an hour. So we can see these pictures that are live and you can see the illumination. I want to show you some of these recorded pictures. There you can see that massive explosion t
Brent crudejumping as much as 5 , though its since fallen back. Iran is the seventh largest Oil Producer in the world. The markets fear a further escalation of the conflict in the Middle East could mean iran blocks the Straits Of Hormuz a key waterway for Oil And Gas shipments. Meanwhile, israels Military Offensive against the iranian backed Hezbollah Militia goes on after the killing of its leader Hassan Nasrallah last week. Lebanese officials say at least nine people were killed and 14 injured in an israeli Air Strike on a building in central beirut. The multi Storey Block housed a hezbollah affiliated Health Centre Israel said was hit in a precision attack. Its thought the target was a Hezbollah Official who lived in the building. This is a rare israeli strike in the Heart Of The City in the bachoura district, close to lebanons parliament building. Our middle East Correspondent Hugo bachega lets go live. We can cross to beirut and my colleague Anna Foster. We have seen strikes right
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50s and 60s in santa rosa and san jose. Morning fog with cool lows with some errors in the upper 40s. Warming to hot with an onshore breeze. The fog will retreat slowly for some. Thunderstorms over the mountains. And temperatures, if you like the last couple of days, not much change. Near average. Highway 17 s. , you want to focus on that first . We are looking at that. I was 17. And looking at other commutes but first we will look at the bay bridge. But yes, we will get to hide something. I want to remind people that the bay bridge does have a backup in case you have not seen it. See mentioned i was 17. In case you havent heard, there was an overturned truck stop on something at the summit. Northbound traffic has also slowed. Bigger problem force up on something. We will update that all morning long until they clear. Lets get back to the headlines. Arthritis put out a fire in pittsburgh and rescued one person after regards went up in flames overnight. It happened at 245 on crestview d
Shooting in oakland kron fours reyna harvey on the story for us this morning from oakland. Reyna bring us up to speed what happened. Dorian james good morning. This actually started as a pursuit with the San Leandro Police department and made its way into oakland were going to show you a map of where all and where that shooting occurred this is off pippin and apple street in oakland is in east oakland right around the corner from a 100 and 5th. Well police followed a vehicle they believed to be stolen by a driver armed with a firearm this happened a little after 11 00pm last night, the pursuit ended when the vehicle crashed into the rear of an unoccupied parked vehicle. Now police say the driver exited the vehicle while holding an assaultstyle firearms. Thats when the officer with the San Leandro Police department discharged his weapon fatally shooting that man. The driver died from his injuries at the scene. No officers were injured. Now police say an Assault Rifle was recovered at th