for what hamas is now calling an assassination? reporter: no signs yet. i suppose the big concern is not so much that hamas will reta retaliate, let s not forge rget hamas and israel have engaged in a war. so i don t think the fear is so much retaliation from hamas, but more so from hezbollah. let s not forget that the attack which israel is not fishery claiming responsibility for took place in southern beirut in lebanon which is usually where with have flare-ups between israel and hezbollah, iranian proxy based in southern lebanon and firing rockets and drones towards israel since october 7 and to which israel has been responding in kind. so i think that the concern is that this could escalate what is already a simmering war on the border between israel and lebanon, between israel and hezbollah and turn it into an all out war. of course the question is does hezbollah which is backed by
allies to or backed to iran and that is the case in lebanon. we are expecting to hear from the secretary-general of the iran-backed group hezbollah and nasrallah expected to speak in about an hour and we ll wait to hear what he has to say about the situation in iran and the death of qasem soleimani and this is a day after we saw another attack here in beirut in the building behind me. a senior hamas commander killed commander al arouri killed on tuesday and that strike was carried out by israel and hamas pointing the finger squarely at israel and at this point officials are not claim ing responsibility nor denying responsibility for the attack. nada bashir, keep us posted. here is general steve anderson. good to have you today. first, your reaction to the news
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killed is that he was one of the few people in the political bureau who had some knowledge about october seven. given his being an influentialfigure among military circles because october seven is believed to be designed and led by the military wing rather than the political wing of hamas. the fact that this man has been killed in southern beirut says a lot about the significance of this murder or this killing. and the repercussions it might have in the region on the short and long term. investigators are looking into what caused a japan airlines jet to hit a coastguard plane at tokyo s haneda airport. all 379 people onboard the passenger flight miraculously escaped as fire swiftly engulfed the plane on tuesday. thejet was coming in to land, when it collided with the coastguard plane, killing five of its crew. the captain survived