Invasion of lebanon. Hezbollah says it fired guided missiles at their tanks, as israeli airstrikes have continued across the south of lebanon and here in beirut. We have heard more loud explosions and the sound of strikes in the last 15 minutes. Iran s response to the operation, a barrage of missiles fired towards israel Last Night, has raised tensions in this region even higher. Both sides say they re preparing further attacks. President biden has warned against any strike on iran s nuclear sites, but says israel has the right to respond. In a moment we will get the latest from our international editorjeremy bowen, whos injerusalem, but we start tonight in northern israel. 0ur middle East Correspondent Lucy williamson sent this report. Israels Air Force was defending other targets when irans missiles came. Slipping through defences to hit several air bases, like this one at nevatim. Another narrowly missing an Intelligence Base in tel aviv. The crater it left filled with visions of wh
Attack on israel last evening looking at live pictures from out of beiruts black plumes of smoke still rising from the densely populated Southern Suburbs where the israeli military went after hezbollah targets overnight. Israel is vowing to carry out, carry out more strikes in the region largest ever attack on the country. The commander in chief of irans powerful islamic revolutionary Guard Corps says 200 missiles were fired at israel and that 90 of them hit their targets, which appears to have been the mossad Intelligence Service Head the quarters and two israeli air bases, the irgc claims israel and the u. S are deliberately downplaying the effectiveness of the assault holds however, it is very unclear at this point whether the barrage caused any serious damage the idf has reported one death so far prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is vowing to hit back, fueling fears that this conflict will spread. Even further run, made a big mistake tonight, and it will pay for it the regime in ir
These two men were both a heartbeat away from being interesting this evening. It was a Vice President ial debate. One of these men will lose and we will never from him again. The other one will become vp again and we will never hear from him again. 4144. All right. A look at the late night takes of Vice President ial nominees tim Walz And J. D. Vance. The Ohio Senator largely kept things cordial in last Nights Debate focusing most of their attacks at their Running Mates at the top of the ticket. We are going to go through the big moments from what could be the final faceoff between the campaigns before election day. We will bring you a live report from The Middle East following a major escalation by iran launching a massive ballistic Missile Attack on israeli. We will have the very latest developments just ahead. Two major stories this morning. Good morning. Welcome to Morning Joe. Its wednesday, october 2nd. Along with joe, willie, and me, we have the host of Way Too Early white House
In northern israel. The us Defense Secretary Lloyd austin has given his support to israels objectives after speaking with with his counterpart, yoav gallant. Mr austin also warned iran it faced Grave Consequences if it carried out a direct attack against israel in support of hezbollah. This is the scene in beirut where explosions have continued overnight in the capitals southern suburbs. Israel had ordered the evacuation of 3 areas. These pictures show explosions and smoke rising near beirut international airport. There have also been reports of an Air Strike hitting a crowded palestinian Refugee Camp near the southern lebanese city of sidon. Syrian State Media says that 3 people have been killed by israeli strikes on the capital damascus. Israel is yet to comment on the reports. Meanwhile, the Uk Government has charted a flight to help british nationals leave lebanon scheduled to leave beirut on wednesday. In a moment, we will hear from my colleague anna foster, who is in beirut but f