York is Cnn Newsroom with Paula Newton hello, and a warm welcome to Cnn Newsroom. Im Paula Newton in New York at 9 00 a. M. And beiruts where israel is carrying out new Air Strikes. And fears are growing that the exchange of Missile Fire between Israel And Hezbollah could turn into a ground war. Now us officials say israeli troops have mobilized from israeli Air Defenses police say pieces of an intercepted missile crashed in the suburbs all this is happening after israel killed Hezbollah Leader Hassan Nasrallah, prompting new fears of a wider war in the region. As paula is pledging to continue its fight while iran says, israel will face Quote A Crushing Blow for the assassination, israeli prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his country is now one step closer to achieving its military goals. Who gummi khadem, the elimination of nasrallah is a necessary condition for achieving the goals. We have said, returning the residents of the north safely to their homes and changing the Balance
Dates in all of it. Trump says he will negotiate a deal to end the war on ukraine that will be good for both sides but what is he talking about? hurricane helene has left a trail of destruction across the southeastern united states. Dozens are dead and millions without power and there are two other storms during tonight in the atlantic. I am ayman mohyeldin and let us do it. We are tracking the pollen across the middle east after hezbollah confirmed earlier today it s a leader, hassan nasrallah, was killed by an israeli airstrike in southern beirut the israeli military has india strikes across lebanon with evacuation orders for neighborhoods and cities southern suburbs. Amid the ramped up attacks hospitals in beirut are filling up with the exact death toll from yesterday s attack and subsequent airstrikes remains unclear but at least 1000 people have been killed since september 17th. The day thousands of pager exploded simultaneously across the country. Around 200,000 residents have b
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
A hezbollah stronghold. The Israel Defense forces said it targeted locations including Weapons Production facilities and storage sites that, it said, were under civilian housing. Simonjones has the latest. Explosions, screaming. New strikes overnight on Southern Beirut. Israels military said it was targeting buildings storing hezbollah weapons underneath them. Hezbollah denied they were arms depots. Explosions. Earlier, a series of massive explosions. It is thought the target here was the hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah. It is unclear whether he was in any of the buildings that were hit. Iran, which backs hezbollah, has called the attack a dangerous, game changing escalation. In the aftermath of the blasts, Bbc Correspondent Hugo bachega on the ground in Southern Beirut faced hostility from angry crowds. This is one of the roads leading to dahieh. We tried to get out of the car but we were stopped by a group of men. There is chaos, there is tension, we have seen crowds gathered by th
Which After 2006 wAs designed to provide A Buffer Zone. IsrAel sAy they wAnt to bring thAt bAck so thAt residents in the north of isrAel cAn return to their homes, Around 100,000 orso to their homes, Around 100,000 or so of them were evAcuAted in the dAys After october 7, when filing stArted to come Across the Borderfrom LebAnon into isrAel. We Are following this developing story for you And reAlly trying to work out whAt exActly hAs hAppened. We know whAt we hAve seen, we hAve seen those pictures of destruction, we sAw the pictures of the significAnt mAin strike LAst Night thAt isrAel sAid it tArgeted the heAdquArters of hezbollAh. And Also this Air Strikes thAt continued to come through the night until the eArly hours of this morning, And more AgAinjust in eArly hours of this morning, And more AgAin just in the lAst few hours. Some BreAking News just coming to me now. It looks like we do now hAve thAt stAtement from hezbollAh confirming the deAth of HAssAn NAsrAllAh. BeArwith confirm