From the princess of wales. Welcome to the World Today an hOur of international news from the bbc. With me maryam moshiri. Asa minimum as a minimum punishment and a public speech as he that Friday Prayers in tehran for the first time in five years. He told a huge crowd of supporters that iran and its allies must prepare for action as he led commemorations for the hezbollah leader, Hassan nasrallah, who was killed by israel last week. Iran fired nearly 200 by the statement lies missiles into israel on Tuesday Night in retaliation for his assassination. Israel Has promised to hit back. There have been a number of explosions throughout the day meanwhile in beirut and elsewhere in the been on, the Health Ministry saying that more than 37 people had been killed in is really Ground And Air attacks in the past 2a hOurs. Us officials say that overnights, israel targeted the potential successor to Hassan nasrallah. They have been reports of 20 rockets being fired from lebanon into israel. Meanwhile, and an israeli Air Strike Hit A Border Crossing with syria used by Hundreds Of Thousands of refugees fleeing the country. And as an overland Supply Route for aid and cargo. These are the life pictures from beirut. It is night time there. Israels military saying it Has killed 250 Has bullish trackers in recent days, and thats two of its soldiers were killed in combat in the israeli occupied Golan Heights in an attack from iraq. In the last few minutes, Our us partner cbs are reporting that us Military Strikes have it over a Dozen Houthis targets in yemen. 0ur Houthis targets in yemen. Our first report in this escalating conflict is from Our senior international correspondent reported from Southern Lebanon. An Escape Route from lebanon today, now passable, just, by foot. Israel bombed the road overnight, claiming hezbollah was Smuggling Weapons beneath it. Most of those struggling across this border are syrians escaping Lebanons War to go home to their own. Who wouldnt want to escape this . Beirut last night, another massive Israeli Strike One Mile from the airport. The target . The likely next leader of hezbollah. His fate unknown. Hezbollah s too, but from its backer, iran, a massive show of strength today. The supreme leader, ayatollah ali khamenei, making a rare appearance in person at Friday Prayers. He said Irans Missile attacks on israel this week were fully legal and legitimate, and would be repeated if necessary. In lebanon, Israeli Strikes are on repeat. This is in the south. Was there a Hezbollah Target here . We dont know. But locals say israel killed five people from one family, including two women and a baby. Everybody here, the children, family, children, everybody here. Why . Hassan manar was here outside his Coffee Shop when the Air Strike killed his neighbOurs at the weekend. Translation two missiles came. I saw the first one landing. I was thrown from there to there. And the second missile sent me flying again. Me and the guys. Now im terrified if i hear this sound. Hassan insists there were no weapons stored nearby, and all the dead were civilians. Translation its not right. Its not right at all. I wish i died with them. In lebanon now, many are lost and weary and fear this War May Bejust beginning. So were just hearing explosions now. Thats the sound of outgoing fire. Thats rockets being fired from quite close by hezbollah, targeting israeli positions. A whole stream of rockets being fired now. Israel Has released this footage of its troops on lebanese soil, apparently advancing. But the invaders may face a hard fight here, as happened in the past. And how will the Middle East Look on the day after . Few would dare to guess. 0rla guerin, Bbc News, Southern Lebanon. They speak to some are this year, the lebanese Country Director at a near East Refugee Aid charity. Thank you for joining us here on Bbc News. And let me ask you first of all to give an indication of how difficult it is to this right now to get the aid needed into areas in lebanon given the situation. Areas in lebanon given the situation areas in lebanon given the situation. ~ ,.. situation. Thank you for this question situation. Thank you for this question. What situation. Thank you for this question. What i situation. Thank you for this question. What i can situation. Thank you for this question. What i can tell situation. Thank you for this | question. What i can tell you we are in a bad humanitarian crisis. 30 of lebanon to publish in his nondisplaced they had to flee there homes with nowhere to go. This big influx of people need everything, and at the time around the country is unprepared because we are in an economic crisis. And because of the situation, yes, we are finding it difficult to find supplies because of the supply chain. I will give you one example one big factory of. In that car was it was an Air Strike so it became very difficult to find bedding for the displaced, so we are relying on the available small factories to provide the support. So we can buy stuff. What are the immediate needs of the people there, because they are so many displaced people right now their needs must be great . Right now their needs must be ureat .. great . Their needs are immense. They need great . Their needs are immense. They need everything, great . Their needs are immense. They need everything, that they need everything, that people had to flee their homes with only the clothes they have on them, they did not take anything with them. They had to flee because of the evacuation notices that prompts them to quickly leave their homes, so they did everything from medicine to food to hide the Cash Hygiene to bedding items and clothing, so everything. Thank you for taking the time to speak to us on Bbc News. Israel says 250 troops have been killed since its an Armed Forces as it scented on monday night. It says it is a net limited and targeted him for incursion to create a Buffer Zone on the Southern Lebanon border. Lucy williamson reports from clear close to where those crashes were reported. Hezbollah rockets are no longer a response to israeli troops In Gaza but to israeli troops at home, mapping their path through Lebanons Border villages. We are starting to see more signs of resistance to israeli forces on the other side of the border. Even a year of airstrikes, intelligence operations, raids by special forces, have not destroyed hezbollah S Ability to fight back just a few miles in. We just heard some bursts of small Arms Fire and what sounded like some grenades from the Israeli Army, and now we can hear the sirens going off, telling us to get out of the area. Explosions. We just heard a series of very loud explosions, what seems to be rockets landing nearby, some small Arms Fire across the border. It seems the Israeli Army is pushing in to a location and this was the response. Go. Most of the residents along this border have been evacuated. Come on, time to go. But in the arab israeli Town Ofjish a few miles down the road, many people have stayed, the sound of israeli Artillery Firing from The Hill above. The mayor is one of many here with Family Ties to lebanon. Israels Ground War Has sparked mixed emotions, he says. Its more than afraid. Afraid is something forjust a few minutes. We have one year of afraid. I cant. I dont know how to say it but its fear for a long time. They dont know when, how, how it will finish. This is israels third groundwater in lebanon. Ground war in lebanon. So far those wars have been easier to start than to end. Lucy williamson, Bbc News, the israel lebanon border. 0ur Correspondent injerusalem, jon donnison, give us more details on what israel Has been seen on this progress. Theyre certainly not letting up. They feel theyve got hezbollah on the Back Foot and they are pushing forward. The israeli military says its now hit some 2,000 targets in southern beirut. Its in Southern Lebanon. Its continued to pound that area today. My colleagues are up on the northern border witnessed some of that cross border fire, and hezbollah Has continued to fire back. My colleagues up there had to run for cover as a salvo of Hezbollah Rockets came over the border. I think the big thing that people are waiting for here in israel is what is israels response going to be to that massive, unprecedented iranian ballistic Missile Strike on tuesday . Its been a holiday here in israel for the last few days for the jewish new year. But that response is going to come. Its not a question of if, but when. And whats it going . At the lower end of the spectrum, youve got hitting economic targets. So oil refineries, that sort of thing. Then it works the way up to possibly hitting irans nuclear facilities, something that the united states Has really cautioned against. And i spoke to one very senior former Israeli Army general this week who told me he didnt rule out a strike on irans supreme leader. Jon donnison reported from israel. And some Breaking News from the last two minutes, and thatis from the last two minutes, and that is there are reports from gammon that there have been a series of Air Strikes on some of the countries main cities yemen, which of COurse Houthis brothers who hold sway, a us official speaking on anonymity Has told media that the us carried out the attacks targeted specifically Weapons Systems and bases and other equipment which belong to the iranian backed houthis brothers. So this is the latest action, military action, so by the us against these facilities, coming after the rub of group claimed to previously have shut down a military drawn from the us and flying over the area earlier this week. So we know now that the us Has apparently conducted a series of Air Strikes on a number of these houthis positions. The fact that these positions. The fact that these positions have been targeted so just potentially of a possible new escalation in these us led operations against the iranian backed group. Also in the last few minutes we have just seen the us president , Joe Biden, at the us president , Joe Biden, at the White House briefing, and i wanted to take you there and tyrant turn the sound up. Lets have a Look. Tyrant turn the sound up. Lets have a Look. Tyrant turn the sound up. Lets have a Look. Thank you Mr President lets have a Look. Thank you Mr President for lets have a Look. Thank you Mr President for being lets have a Look. 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