Said nasrallah had been one of the countrys biggest enemies throughout history and his killing had made the world a better place. In their statement, hezbollah vowed that they would continue to confront their enemies, Support Gaza and palestine, and defend the people of lebanon. We can see plumes of smoke evident over several locations in tahir on saturday morning, following those strikes overnight. They have continued into today, with israel continuing to bombard parts of the city. The Israeli Military also attacking targets in the Bekaa Valley, they say, after detecting a rocket that had been fired from lebanon. So, lets remind ourselves just exactly who was Hassan Nasrallah . He was the leader of lebanons militant Shia Islamist Hezbollah movement, with close links to iran. 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. Its he became leader of hezbollah in 1992 at th
The honour of imam hussein, peace be upon him. In achieving the highest level of faith and pure worship. A martyr on the Path Ofjerusalem and palestine. Our Security Correspondent, frank gardner, reports on this latest escalation of the conflict between israel and hezbollah. Heavy artillery fire. A devastating blow inflicted by israel, hitting the heart of hezbollah s Command Centre in beirut. Within hours, the Israeli Military announced they had eliminated, as they put it, the groups leader. Hassan nasrallah had been Secretary General of hezbollah for 32 years, overseeing its growth into the worlds most heavily armed non state army. He was born in lebanon in 1960, growing up in beirut s eastern bourj hammoud district. He took over The Leadership in 1992 when his predecessor was assassinated by israel. To thousands, maybe millions of Shia Muslims in lebanon and beyond, he was a hero. To israel, he was a wanted terrorist. Armed with up to the minute intelligence, the israeli Air Force t
You for joining us. Im Jim Sciutto live from Tel Aviv. We begin with Breaking News this morning, a claim just in the last hour by israel that it has killed hezbollahs leader, Hassan Nasrallah in an airstrike in Southern Beirut. Yesterday, israel says nasrallah was killed but hezbollah has not yet commented and israeli official told cnn earlier that nasrallah was the target of the attack. And i was told in the last 24 hours that they had very high confidence. Nasrallah was on the site when the attack took place. This comes on the heels of israels largest strikes on beirut in nearly 20 years, Lebanons News Agency says israel also launched strikes in Southern Lebanon, as well as the eastern part of the country. This morning, hezbollah says it fired more rockets into Northern Israel in response we are also hearing that some hospitals in the southern part of beirut, an area targeted by israel yesterday, will now be evacuated. Im joined now by cnns Ben Wedeman, who is In Beirut and in ben, w
Anticipation is there will be a new wave of israeli strikes on the Southern Suburbs. This after the arabic spokesman for the israeli military put out a tweet warning, the residents of Southern Lebanon how valley in the Southern Suburbs of beirut to stay away from any hezbollah facilities. And given that hezbollah is a very secretive organization, most people dont actually know if there might be any hezbollah facilities in their immediate area. So the assumption is that if you are in one of those areas, you should simply leave and what weve seen is that tens of thousands, perhaps hundreds of thousands of people have left those the areas specified by the israelis before the war, the population of those three areas in that tweet was around 2 Million in people according to lebanese officials in just the last few days almost half 1 Million people have fled and that was a number before We Saw this Mass Exodus from the Southern Suburbs of beirut. Now, were getting a new Death Toll from the le
Live in New York. The Israeli Army now confirming that hezbollahs leader, Hassan Nasrallah, is dead. The news comes hours after the israeli military struck hezbollahs headquarters in beirut, where it was believed he was holding meetings. It was the biggest blast to hit the lebanese capital in the past year and could potentially push the escalating conflict closer to full fledged war. Joining us now, of course, Fox News chief foreign Correspondent Trey Yingst there on the ground in israel. Lets start with the possible escalations at this point with this massive Breaking News. Trey yeah. Chandler good morning. Significant Breaking News out of The Middle East as the israeli military confirms that the leader of hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, is dead following israeli strikes targeting the lebanese capital of Beirut Yesterday. Ali karaki, the Southern Command of hezbollah, was also killed in the strike at what the Israelis Say was a Command Center underneath a residential area in dhaka, a nei