Ground invasion. On lebanon, Israels Defense Minister said they were ready to use forces from air, Sea And Land to achieve its objectives against hezbollah to ensure people whod evacuated their homes in northern israel were safe to return. Use the quote that it would start soon in the few minutes. Hezbollah s Deputy Leader has insisted that the group is ready if israel decides to invade lebanon. In a defiant speech, he said the battle against israel will continue. In a separate development, lebanons Prime Minister said hes ready to deploy the Countrys Army to defend the Border Area if needed. Joining me now is our correspondentjon donnison, whos injerusalem, and anna foster, whos in beirut. And Tom Bateman in washington. First of all, all the indicators point to this Ground Incursion, this Ground Invasion starting pretty soon. Starting pretty soon. Yeah, thats right. Starting pretty soon. Yeah, thats right. The starting pretty soon. Yeah, thats right. The defence i thats right. The Def
Forces along its northern border with lebanon. According to one u. S. Official, the idf is planning for a limited Ground Operation that could begin at any moment now. Israeli commandos have been conducting smaller operations over that border in preparation. Just two days after hezbollah confirmed its leader was killed in a massive Idf Strike in southern beirut. A 2,000 Pound Bunker busting bomb, according to an expert who spoke with Nbc News, dropped on the u. S. Designated terror groups headquarters. It follows the detonation of thousands of pagers and walkietalkies and promises they will do whatever it takes to secure the northern border. In addition to killing the hezbollah leader, they killed hamass leader and dropped bombs on Power Plants and Shipping Infrastructure used by the houthis in yemen. The goal, to harm or disable Irans Axis of resistance. The danger, a war in The Middle East that drags in u. S. Forces in. The u. S. Has been able to convince israel to scale back plans fo
Plus, Donald Trump tours the Georgia City that residents say looks like hell from blown out businesses to pitch black neighborhoods, our look at helenes after math as the Death Toll reaches 116. The Security Cabinet Meeting amid growing signs that a Ground Defense could be imminent. Well get a live report from the region. The alleged gunman accused of lying in wait to kill Donald Trump at his Golf Course returns to court to face a new charges of attempted assassination. Our Nbc News reporters are following all of the latest developments. In north carolina, the Death Toll alone stands at least at 44. Mountain towns like boone are under curfew and classes canceled for 20,000 students at appalachia university. Jay gray is in boone. Talk about the scene youre witnessing. Reporter of course we want to give you a look right now. I want you to take a look at whats happening here. You can see Power Lines down and across the roadway, clearly running across there, theres no more Power Running th
But iran, a close supporter of his hezbollah said his death would be avenged. Israel has continued with its attacks against senior figures in hezbollah. The countrys military posted on x that it has killed nabil anuk, who it says was a member of hezbollah s executive council. In what it says was a precise strike. Hezbollah has not confirmed this. This is the scene live in beirut this morning the Prime Minister of lebanon has called for a diplomatic solution to the Conflict Warning that up to a milllion people in his country will be displaced by the violence. Translation we believe 1 Million People Translation we believe 1 Million people have translation we believe 1 Million people have been i million people have been displaced. We are dealing with all this problem. As Todays News unfolds, our middle East Correspondent Nafiseh kohnavard has given us insight into the situation on the ground. She spoke to us from part of beirut where many displaced people spent their night in a small park
The Israeli Army says its targeted 120 military sites belonging to hezbollah. Lebanese officials warn that more than A Million people face being forced from their homes. The body of the hezbollah leader, hassan nasrallah, is reported to have been recovered from the site of fridays israeli Air Strike in beirut. According to israel, more than 20 members of the iranian backed group were killed alongside him. And hezbollah has also confirmed that two other seniorfigures have been killed in airstrikes. We will start this hour with more on those strikes in yemen. Here is our Correspondentjon Donnison. Israels military Reach And Power is long and strong. This is not lebanon or gaza, but almost 2000 kilometres away in yemen. The target, one of the countrys biggest ports and two Power Stations controlled by iranians backed who thieves. Houthis. The Operation Backed by israels defence minister. Translation we by israels defence minister. Translation translation we have no interest in translation