Cnn special event, the Vice President ial debate. Tuesday at nine welcome to cnn this morning, it is saturday, september 28. Im Amara Walker alongside Danny Freeman and Jim Sciutto. We begin this morning with major breaking developments in the middle East Cnn Breaking News about a widening war in the Middle East east, the Israeli Military claims it has killed the leader of hezbollah after carrying out targeted airstrikes In Beirut, israel says Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of the Terrorist Organization in several commanders were killed in a strike on what it says was hezbollahs headquarters. Though hezbollah has not commented but there are concerns about a possible response. Hezbollah has fired rockets into israel, iran Supreme Leader says its forces are standing with hezbollah, but not mentioned specifically, nasrallah. And the chief of Israels Army warns that israel knows how to reach anyone who threatens its citizens meanwhile, the White House says, President Biden has been briefed o
Wednesday at eight on Hgtv Cnn breaking News Welcome to for our viewers in the united states and Around The World, im Jim Sciutto in Tel Aviv, the Chris Wallace Show will start in just a few minutes, but we do want to get you the latest on our Breaking News we have been following all morning. The Middle East on edge after the killing of hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in an israeli airstrike Friday Today night. Nasrallah, one of the founders of hezbollah, oversaw its transformation into a powerful Paramilitary Force in the Middle East responsible for numerous terrorist attacks the strike that killed us rela happened in a densely populated area, killed at least six people, wounded, dozens more thats according to lebanese officials in all israel targeted more than 140 sites. The idf says those targets included Weapons Storage facilities, production sites, as well as other infrastructure embedded inside residential neighborhoods in beirut there are concerns about a possible response. He
One of the founders of the iranbacked Militant Group, which has been a major antagonist of israel for decades behind many deadly Terror Attacks as well. A short time ago, i asked a spokesman for the israeli defense forces if he believes that Nasrallahs Death has somehow weakened Irans Power in the region heres what he said i think wed be very cautious before saying that he run has been weakened. Again, rockets went off just a few minutes ago, just over my home On My Way here, there was a rocket that was intercepted and i had to do with my children who were very scared. Were not going to wage that iran, which is the largest supporter of Terror Tourism in the entire world, is weakened. What they do know is that theyve been hiding for years behind the proxies, being able to destroy an attack israel, terrorize israeli civilians without paying a price i see now as the proxy hezbollah, which has forced people out of their home and tortured their own people. And it all their Weaponry Bind the
Conflict escalating even more this morning, israeli airstrikes have targeted 140 hezbollah sites in beirut including weapons storage, and missile facilities embedded beneath civilian buildings. Thats according to the idf, the strikes are part of an ongoing campaign by israel to degrade hezbollahs military capability. The lebanese government, responding to the widespread destruction calling for intervention on an international basis, the country has recorded more than 100,000 people have been displaced by the conflict. Authorities claimed that number is actually much higher. Our chief national Security Analyst, Jim Sciutto in Tel Aviv with the very latest jim, tell us first, who was this . Hassan Nasrallah Hassan Nasrallah was a defining figure in hezbollah in the region for more than three decades. Leave getting the terrorist organization, going back to 1992. And we making it over the course of that time into a formidable force, certainly plead with irans help with many Tens Of Thousan
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