Of more than 20 towns in Southern Lebanon to evacuate immediately. In response, hezbollah has launched a Missile Attack on central israel. These pictures caught the moment when Air Raid sirens sounded across Tel Aviv. This map shows the border, with Southern Lebanon marked in red. Lebanons Prime Minister said his country was facing one of the most dangerous phases in its history. Here is idf spokesperson, Rear Admiral daniel hagari, speaking about Israels Operation in lebanon. It was confirmed that about two oclock local time here in the morning. If the state of lebanon and the World Cant Push hezbollah away from our border, we have no choice but to do it ourselves. I want to make it clear, our war is with hezbollah, not with the people of lebanon. We do not want to harm lebanese siblings. We are taking measures to prevent it. We will not let the 7th Of October happen again on any one of our borders. We will continue doing whatever necessary so that israeli families can return to their
I see Khan Cnn News central starts right now tragedy. The race to provide relief across a Half Dozen states battered by her Hurricane Helene the Death Toll now at 95, we will speak to the government were of North Carolina were the hardest hit states this hour. And President Biden will address the nation this morning, breaking overnight, new israeli airstrikes as new signs and murderers that israel could be preparing for a Ground Invasion and final day of prep for what could be the last debate of the president ial election season. New Report Morning and what j. D. Vance and Tim Walz are doing today . Im Kate Bolduan with John Berman and sara sidner. This is Cnn News central southeast are facing and indescribable to destruction after Hurricane Helene tore a path of devastation from florida to virginia. At least 95 people across six states have died. Many more people are unaccounted for this hour and officials believe the Death Toll will rise, right now, utility crews are working around t
LInks to Iran. LInks to Iran. He was one of the best known 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. He became leader of hezbollah In 1992, at the age of 32, after hIs predecessor was assassInated. He played a Key Role In turnIng hezbollah Into a powerful polItIcal and mIlItary force. Under hIs leadershIp, he helped hezbollah TraIn Hundreds of fIghters from the palestInIan MIlItant Group hamas. And he also obtaIned mIssIles and rockets from Iran for use agaInst Israel. Lets speak to anna foster, our mIddle East Correspondent In beIrut. Talk us through exactly what we know about what happened there. ThIs Is a really crucIal moment now. Last nIght, about 6 20pm here In beIrut, we had thIs huge serIes of explosIons a few kIlometres from where I am now In dahIeh, In the Southern Suburbs, a hezbollah stronghold. We saw pIctures quIckly of absolute destructIon comIng ou
A hezbollah stronghold. The Israel Defense forces said it targeted locations including Weapons Production facilities and storage sites that, it said, were under civilian housing. Simonjones 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 in any of the buildings that were hit. Iran, which backs hezbollah, has called the attack a dangerous, game changing escalation. In the aftermath of the blasts, Bbc Correspondent Hugo bachega on the ground in Southern Beirut faced hostility from angry crowds. This is one of the roads leading to dahieh. We tried to get out of the car but we were stopped by a group of men. There is chaos, there is tension, we have seen crowds gathered by th