From the United Nations, where the Un Secretary general Antonio Guterres said violence in lebanon must stop now, he is gravely concerned by the dramatic escalation of events In Beirut in the last 2a hours, this cycle of violence must stop and all sites must step back from the brink of war. The people of lebanon, israel, and the wider region cannot afford an all out war. Have a Security Correspondent Frank Gardner reports on the latest escalation of conflict between israel and hezbollah. Heavy artillery fire. A devastating blow inflicted by israel, hitting the heart of hezbollah s Command Centre In Beirut. Within hours, the israeli military announced they had eliminated, as they put it, the groups leader. Hassan nasrallah had been Secretary General of hezbollah for 32 years, overseeing its growth into the worlds most heavily armed non state army. He was born in lebanon in 1960, growing up In Beirut s eastern bourj hammoud district. He took over the leadership in 1992 when his predecesso
Has been happening here. The israeli Prime Minister, benjamin netanyahu, has instructed the Israeli Military to continue fighting with full force against hezbollah In Lebanon, despite growing calls for an immediate ceasefire. This was a statement released by his office just a few hours ago. Mr Netanyahus Office said that he had not even given a response to a proposal by the us and france for a 21 Day Ceasefire. The key thing is they will continue with full force. The World Leaders were hoping to have a period of negotiation, ofjust have a period of negotiation, of just trying to have a period of negotiation, ofjust trying to de escalate but at the moment it is difficult to see whether that will be successful. The israeli Foreign Minister has said that therell be no ceasefire until they achieve victory over hezbollah. Some of Netanyahus Coalition partners in his government have also been speaking out against it. The Israeli Military is targeting infrastructure on The Border there, infra
Is to prepare for a Ground Invasion, which, again, would be of further escalation and what we have seen which began after October The 7th, but what we have seen along the border between Israel And Lebanon has been very different than we have seen In Gaza. Weve seen a steady, over the course of ii steady, over the course of 11 months or so, exchange of fire, but everything changed just over a week ago when It Pagers and then Walkie Talkies held by members of hezbollah exploded here in beirut and around lebanon. And we have seen a real israeli object. Lets go to the un in New York. Sir Keir Starmer is speaking now. Lets see what he says. See what he says. Other than helinu see what he says. Other than helping those see what he says. Other than helping those in see what he says. Other than helping those in need. See what he says. Other than helping those in need. The i see what he says. Other than l helping those in need. The un and the icrc have both lost staff this month In Gaza, lebano
And welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world. Im rosemary church, just ahead on Cnn Newsroom israel into a missile near Tel Aviv in the latest exchange between hezbollah militants in lebanon and the israeli military Ukraines President tells the un Security Council, russia can only be forced into peace as he prepares to lay out his Victory Plan to the u. S president and the u. S. Gulf coast braces for tropical Storm Helene with forecasters predicting it will be a major hurricane upon landfall later this week. This is Cnn Newsroom with Rosemarie Church you with us and we begin this hour in Tel Aviv where the israeli military says it has intercepted a single surface to Surface Missile launched by hezbollah marking the first time ever a missile fired by the Militant Group has reached close to the city says it was targeting the headquarters of Israels Intelligence Agency, mossad. There are no reports of damage or casualties the idf released this f
In the sky. You could see that puff of white smoke. It does appear to be just a single missile that was fire. But were stuck in that war unless im president , ill get it done. Ill get it negotiated. Ill get out some in the world want you. Talk to putin, but what could they possibly hear from him . This has the potential to be a really, really significant storm. Its going to be a statewide wind event. Live from london this is Cnn Newsroom with Max Foster and christina macfarlane hello, a warm welcome to our viewers joining us from Around The World. Im Max Foster is wednesday, september the 25th, 9 00 a. M. Here in london, 11 00 a. M. In Tel Aviv where the Israeli Military says its intercepted. A single surface to Surface Missile launched by hezbollah marking the first time ever a missile fired by the Militant Group has reached as close to the city says it was ty it was targeting the headquarters of Israels Intelligence Agency mossad. There are no reports of damage or casualties. The idf