Be a dry start to the weekend. Tomorrow starts dry and ChIlly Chubut there wIll be some wet and WIndy Weather later In the day. Dry and chIlly too. Fresh attacks have contInued on the lebanese CapItal BeIrut overnIght. It comes after Israels MIlItary carrIed out a StrIke South of the CIty Yesterday targetIng Hezbollah Leader Hassan Nasrallah. It has not been confIrmed If he was In the buIldIngs when It was struck. Lebanons Health MInIstry say sIx people were kIlled and 91 Injured. Our reporter SImon Jones 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 any of the buIldIngs that were hIt. Iran, whIch backs hezbollah, has called the attack a dangerous, game changIng escalatI
The israelhamas war triggering a spike in attacks on our troops in the region. A u. S. Centcom spokesperson telling, fox news, that two dozen u. S. Service members were actually injured last week from drone and Rocket Attacks on american bases in iraq and syria. All of the injured personnel have since returned to duty. The pentagon is now bolstering u. S. Resources in the region, both for protection as well as as a deterrent. And we are posturing Additional Forces in the region for two reasons. One, again, to bolster our broader regional deterrence efforts. Two, to send a clear message that we will protect our forces. We will always maintain the inherent right of selfdefense. And if there is a response, should we choose to have one, we would do that at a time and place of our choosing. The white house, meantime is also developing Contingency Plans to evacuate americans from The Middle East in case the israelhamas war spreads. However, National Security spokesperson john kirby is right
Unequivocably. We are here today to give israel what they need to do the job of destroying the modern day version of nazis, hamas. We are here today to tell ironic we are watching you. Cooks all countries that identify as hamas as the perpetrator of these atrocities. The Immediate Release of the hostages to make it clear to the enemies of israel if you try to take advantage of this situation, we are standing ready. Dont even think about it. Eric it you just herded america 70 years ago standing strong against the not the threat. Now we face it again. This time under hamas. Americans at standing tall with our mid east ally moments ago the Bipartisan Group of centers including Lindsey Graham and ben cardin as you saw in tel aviv voicing united support for the jewish state as this ground war against the terrorists of hamas is looming. Israeli military now claiming a senior hamas commander was killed in an overnight strike in gaza for the jewish Nation Masses Tens Of Thousands of troops at
from american reporters and a question each from bought ukrainian reporters. first colleen moncada associated press. reporter: thanks mr president. about 2 weeks ago you changed course to allow ukraine to fiery u.s. weapons into russia. given the reported successes, would you consider further expanding the parameters on u.s. weapons into russia back even despite you re concerns about escalation and on the note news from home you are going through something so many american families go through. the intersection of drug addiction in the criminal system. dew you believe the justice department operated independently and politics in your son s trial? with the answer you re question. with regard to the first question, it is clear that the mere broad meeting just across the line on the border of russia and ukraine and makes a lot of sense for ukraine to be able to take out or combat what is coming across that order. in terms of long-range weapons, into the interior of russia