thank you forjoining us. what is your reaction to this assassination of saleh al arouri? where do you fear things could worsen now? b, mandate in south lebanon, so this incident didn t take place in directly in our area of operations. however, we are deeply concerned about the potential for escalation that something like this could have and the consequences that should be brought for people on both sides of the blue line between lebanon and israel and through the greater region. and as peacekeepers, we continue to implore the parties to cease their fire and we have asked interlocutors with any inference to urge them to restrain, to avoid this escalation that could possibly have serious consequences. when you say that, syria s devastating consequences, what do you mean? we devastating consequences, what do ou mean? ~ ., ., devastating consequences, what do ou mean? ~ . ., ., . you mean? we mean a greater conflict and potentially you mean? we mean a greater conflict and potentially an
context who he was, the most powerful figure in at around the time after the supreme leader. he was in charge of the revolutionary guards overseas operation, which made him incredibly significant. he shaped to foreign policy for iran, he helped to coordinate logistics, funding weapons and intelligence to other allied groups such as hamas and hezbollah and it was donald trump at the time who ordered his assassination. hundreds of people gathered there, he is still quite revered in kerman, the deputy governor they re saying it was a terrorist attack, now saying it is a suicide attack, but we do not have a claim of response ability. we will bring you more on the story shortly, but let s take you to level now, where the government has accused israel of trying to ignite conflict across the east after a senior hamas leader was killed by a drone strike southern beirut. saleh al arouri and at least five others died in the blast on tuesday. he was considered one
behind me is the apartment that was targeted yesterday. this is where al arouri and six other members of hamas were killed yesterday in a surgical attack, believed in lebanon to have been carried out by israel. you cannot see well now because of the sheets that are shielding off the place, but we saw lots of forensic people trying to survey the place, to search for any evidence on location. also, workers are still clearing the rubble from that apartment. there was also another car that was hit yesterday by a rocket that we couldn t see at the moment, but could have been taken for evidence as well. as you see, for the rest of the image on the street,
this is the director for the levant institute in beirut and he told me more about the role of saleh al arouri within hamas. role of saleh al-arouri within hamas. ., ., ~ , role of saleh al-arouri within hamas. ., ., ~ , , hamas. being one of the key figures ofthe hamas. being one of the key figures of the hamas hamas. being one of the key figures of the hamas movement, hamas. being one of the key figures of the hamas movement, he - hamas. being one of the key figures of the hamas movement, he is - hamas. being one of the key figures of the hamas movement, he is the i of the hamas movement, he is the vice president, is in charge of security in the west bank and all the information says that he was one of the very few who were aware of the. military operation. while it is not inside gaza, this makes him a very important figure often, and this, what happened is definitely a turning point in the development of the military operation because it has very significant meaning for at