York is Cnn Newsroom with Paula Newton hello, and a warm welcome to Cnn Newsroom. Im Paula Newton in New York at 9 00 a. M. And beiruts where israel is carrying out new Air Strikes. And fears are growing that the exchange of Missile Fire between Israel And Hezbollah could turn into a ground war. Now us officials say israeli troops have mobilized from israeli Air Defenses police say pieces of an intercepted missile crashed in the suburbs all this is happening after israel killed Hezbollah Leader Hassan Nasrallah, prompting new fears of a wider war in the region. As paula is pledging to continue its fight while iran says, israel will face Quote A Crushing Blow for the assassination, israeli prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his country is now one step closer to achieving its military goals. Who gummi khadem, the elimination of nasrallah is a necessary condition for achieving the goals. We have said, returning the residents of the north safely to their homes and changing the Balance
Jessica dean in washington, alongside my colleague Jim Sciutto in Tel Aviv. And welcome to our viewers in the u. S. Us. And around the world. Were going to begin with Breaking News as tensions in the Middle East threatened to boil over. Israel today, turning its firepower on targets in houthi controlled parts of yemen. The idf saying it atactic Power Station and a seaport. The iranbacked group is behind a recent Rocket Attacks on israel and us warship ships in the region. And this all comes as hezbollah confirmed, another of its senior leaders was killed in fridays massive israeli strike on beirut that killed the Groups Leader lets send it over now to jim in Tel Aviv jim walk us through whats happening and what these attacks on the houthi targets tell us listen, you could reliably call this a multifront War Today more than its been even in recent weeks and months. Israel says it has struck dozens of hezbollah targets near the, near a Village South of beirut. This in addition to those a
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Because they are already in a bit of Turmoil Communication opens up the targeting and the Intelligence Collection by the israeli defense forces. And thats whats happening id add to the point that Arent Kohberger Eighth the day after the October 7 attacks by hamas, hezbollah started firing rockets. There had been over 3,000 rockets fired into Northern Israel and what israel has been attempting to do is find intelligence to strike the leadership of hezbollah during that entire period of time. Thats what i would do as Commander Gen. I think thats what the Israel Defense forces is doing. What general hertling ben wedeman, jeremy diamond. Thank you. Thats it for us. The news continues the source with Kaitlan Collins starts now the source tonight, Vice President harris at the border right now in her first visit as the democratic nominee, trying to cut into Donald Trumps Immigration Edge he mocks her for showing up meanwhile, the hospital that was surrounded by Hurricane Helenes floodwaters t