I everyone. Good Morning And Welcome to cnn this morning, it is saturday, september 28th. Im Amara Walker alongside Danny Freeman we begin this morning with major breaking developments in the middle east. The Israeli Military claims it has killed the leader of hezbollah after carrying out targeted airstrikes In Beirut. Israel says Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of the Terrorist Organization in several commanders were killed in a strike on what it says was hezbollahs headquarters, though hezbollah has not yet commented the announcement comes after more than a day of airstrikes by Israel On Eastern and Southern Lebanon. The explosions flattened buildings in a densely Populated Area the idf says, those residential Buildings House has built a weapons caches. According to the Lebanons Health Ministry, at least six people were killed and dozens wounded in the strikes. Meanwhile, Defense Secretary Lloyd austin says, israel did not notify the u. S. About the strikes until they were underway sources say the lack of notice added to frustrations with israeli prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu now, the news that nasrallah has been killed as a significant development in this ongoing conflict between israel and hezbollah. And we should stress hezbollah still has not commented on these recent reports from on this, lets go now to Cnn Senior International Correspondent Ben Wedeman In Beirut. Ben, what can you you tell us i believe we are waiting on a moment to get bent back he is, of course, In Beirut for us. So in a moment, well get his shot up for you just as we continue to follow this Breaking News of nasrallahs killing, at least thats according to israel and the idf in a moment bring in Jim Sciutto. Hes cnns senior international correspondent but i guess for a moment will just continue to talk about these claims that weve learned overnight in the past few hours of the fate of Israels Leader or excuse me, hezbollahs leader, Hassan Nasrallah, he was the Secretary General of hezbollah he, according to the idf and israel, was killed in these airstrikes that happened late On Friday, there was a long period of time where we did not know the fate of nasrallah and we still have been waiting on hezbollah to comment and confirm this finding as well. Jim sciutto also spoke with the idf in the past Hour Interview them about this operation and they gave a little bit more details. But this all comes as well after prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of israel spoke at the un On Friday morning, giving stark warnings basically to the region saying that they would continue their fight against hezbollah. And also as weve been monitoring and watching this ongoing War And Conflict in gaza Benjamin Netanyahu gave no indication that a ceasefire was on the horizon than later in the afternoon On Friday, We Saw these attacks. And now this morning the idf confirming that that the leader of hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, has been killed. But again, were still waiting for a comment from hezbollah at this time this falls the number of airstrikes that have happened over the course of the past several hours in israel and again you can see the images that weve been seeing from earlier this morning inside of beirut inside of lebanon, just continued bombardment again showing no signs at the moment of letting up even though at this point the idf is saying that the head of hezbollah has been killed, has been eliminated are controlling for a moment. Do we have either Ben Wedeman or Jim Sciutto at this time believe we have Ben Wedeman now up for us In Beiruts. Good morning, ben. Thank you so much for joining us. And please, can you give us the latest from on the ground . I know its been a long number of hours for you and for certainly lebanon. It tell us what the latest is after the idf is confirming that nasrallah has been killed of Course Hezbollah has yet to confirm danny that nasrallah has been killed and were waiting for some sort of announcement from them, but keep in mind that if he was indeed in that what israel is calling there and center in the southern suburbs of beirut, that strike it, flattened six buildings in that area. So hes probably under multiple layers of concrete and given that that area has been under heavy fire since midnight last night by israeli warplanes that its probably difficult to even conduct some sort of Cleanup Operation at that site. So we dont know the fate of Hassan Nasrallah at this point, apart from israels claims that he was indeed assassinated, danny otherwise, if you just look at the skyline behind me, you can see multiple locations where israel hit overnight, between about 12 30 and 5 00 in the morning. There were steady explosions in the background. This Night Sky being lit up by the flashes of those strikes. Now israel israels arabic spokesman, the military spokesman, did put out a variety of tweets specifying buildings in Southern Beirut that people should evacuate from and stay 500 meters away. But by my count, they put out six specific location warnings but there were well over a dozen probably almost two dozen strikes during the night. So those warnings were only partially effective. But the fact that the southern suburbs were being pounded so steadily in addition to those warnings, what We Saw was thousands, perhaps Tens Of Thousands of people streaming out of the southern suburbs of beirut, which are the most poppy, densely populated parts of the city essentially camping out on sidewalks and in parks in other parts of the city. And we also saw on whatsapp groups people desperately local whatsapp groups, people desperately asking for some sort of shelter and other places, schools, churches, mosques, even a Football Stadium opening up to provide some sort sort of Safe Place for people to stay. Danny, ben, can you speak a little bit more about that just because weve been seeing these images of folks in lebanon it seems number of them have been displaced. A number of them, you can imagine are certainly concerned as these explosions and these rockets keeps, keep coming. Can you just shed some light on whats happening on the ground there describe it as a number, is a bit of an understatement thats a huge number of people even before yesterdays events officials here in lebanon were talking of up to 500,000 people, half 1 Million. Thats just a little less than 10 of the population fleeing the israeli Bombing Campaign in the south and the east and in fact, what weve just seen as hezbollah has put out announcements with numbers telling people in certain various parts of lebanon who they can contact if they want to leave the country and flee to neighboring syria. So people in those areas that have been under severe, israel Play Bombardment are just looking for anywhere to go, whether its outside of lebanon or just find any space, for instance, In Beirut, in west beirut, theres whats called the corniche. Its so broad boulevard with a broad sidewalk by the sea we had our colleagues driving along there late Last Night Well, we already this morning at about 4 00 in the morning, and what they saw, were just people camped out with whatever they could take with them sitting on the street trying to put their children to sleep. Under the circumstances, others sort of the adults, many of them very concerned change smoking. Just wondering how theyre going to survive this night, this week, god knows how long this conflict is going to Go On. Keep in mind, of course, that many of these people are coming from the poorest parts of beirut. They have very little resources some of them dont even have a car or a motorcycle to get out of those areas areas. So its a really desperate situation in the lebanese government very limited resources after a prolonged economic crisis trying to do what it can. But under the circumstances and given the numbers, were talking about, thats very, very difficult. Danny and wedeman. Thank you so much for that reporting. Please stay safe. Amara, does it back to you . All right. A lot of major developments here this morning on cnn. Lets talk more about it with cnn. Political and national Security Analyst david sanger. First off, your reaction and just how significant this might be if it is confirmed that these military Israeli Military has killed hassan, Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of hezbollah, who is one of the founders of hezbollah it would be a huge escalation. Nasrallah has run hezbollah since 1982 and as a Result One would have expected he would have been a target along time ago but the israelis have usually stayed out of beirut in their bombing efforts. Theyve been occasional shelling of beirut, but not anything like weve seen in the past 24, 48 hours and they have avoided going after leadership. Now partly that was because he was hard to find but partly that was because they understood what the Escalatory Ladder could look like. And frankly, thats the thing we need to worry about this weekend. We have seen that hezbollah as aim a few missiles, but not many at Tel Aviv in the past few days during the time that israel has moved. Now, the focus of action from gaza up, up to the north and to lebanon but you have to wonder whether or not their reaction to the killing of their longtime leader is going to be to try to attack directly at israels biggest Population Centers so this is exactly what President Biden had been fearing for the years since october 7, that there would be some escalation to a much more regional war and we are truly on the cusp of that right now. You know, im reminded of the comments that antonio yeah, good guterres made. The unga that his concerns was seeing lebanon turning into scenes that weve seen in gaza are turning into gaza, is that even possible . And also when you hear from israeli Army Chief saying that this is not the end of our toolbox. What does that portend . Well, the Tool Box has been on big display in the past week when you look back over the events of the full last seven to ten days, what you see is a steady escalation from the special Forces Attack inside syria. Quite daring attack to go in and blow up a significant factory where the israelis believe i think probably rightly that missiles were being assembled, including some high accuracy for movement to hezbollah. Then of course We Saw the Pager And Walkietalkie attacks, which were aimed right at the leadership of hezbollah and the Rank And File and now, of course, we have seen this it does appear that be named and yeah, who has decided Benjamin Netanyahu, the Prime Minister of israel, has decided two things. First of all, to ignore the united states, the g7 and other allies in their call for a ceasefire, because he believed that if he did that, he was going to lose his one opportunity to dismantle hezbollah. And then to turn around, give the speech he gave yesterday. Hard to believe that was only yesterday at the un. Basically doubling down on the israeli strategy. And then this killing of nasrallah, if it gets confirmed and certainly the attacks In Beirut on Southern Beirut followed almost hours after he was off the podium at the un what were effectively seeing now, david is a two front war being handled by israel how long could this Go On for . And i guess that would require more help from the united states. I would imagine well one would imagine at some point it would theyve got a fair number of stores, but heres the critical issue and its obviously going to intersect with the president ial campaign pretty quickly to give them more aid in this is to which i think united states would be tempted to do because the u. S. Has always tried to defend israel and certainly preserve its, its right to exist. But to provide more aid now would be to give them a after netanyahu has basically ignore the u. S. Call for a ceasefire and that would be the ultimate act of giving up the us leverage. Now, the critique of President Biden, particularly from the left and his own party, isnt. He has not used americas own Level Britain that leverage is of course the fact that the u. S. Is the biggest supplier of arms and other aid to israel i think what youve heard from former President Trump is is were will be back 100 . I dont think that mr. Netanyahu would i get much pressure from President Trump to back off whats truly remarkable, right now is that at least according to what weve heard from the White House, would usually does at least a brief readout of calls between the president and the Prime Minister is that over the past week or two . Ten days . Is this as escalated . We have no evidence of even a conversation between President Biden and Prime Minister netanyahu, which tells you how little they have to say to each other, right now. Yeah, that is quite significant and concerning especially especially for those watching this region. I do also want to mention and david that weve been hearing from israels hostages Families Forum and as this escalation continues between Hezbollah And Israel this group is calling for renewed efforts to if free the remaining hostages held in gaza obviously that is something that the families and Loved Ones want to keep in the headlines. But right now, it doesnt look so optimistic, does it . David sanger, were going to leave it there. Thank you. Thank you. Danny and well have more Breaking News coverage on the possible death of hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah after a quick break, stay with us, well be right back. Well enough. Amelia Ana Navarro takes a very personal journey across the nation to explore the latino vote. Nobody should pay the latino vote one wide brush. The whole story with Anderson Cooper Tomorrow at 8 00 on cnn, harlem has everything. 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It killed nasrallah as well as other hezbollah commanders in an attack, a massive one on building several buildings in Southern Beirut that was followed by a tax on Missile Storage facilities in Beirut Hezbollah has yet to confirm the deaths of any of its leaders or commanders, officials are reporting at least six civilians have been killed, dozens more injured as those israeli strikes continue, lebanon says more than 100,000 people have lost, lost their homes due to recent israeli attacks. However, the government believes the actual number of Disc Displaced People is likely higher cnn international diplomatic editor Nic Robertson is with me here in Tel Aviv as well. Nic, when i spoke to an Idf Spokesperson in the last hour he said, all options remain on the table in terms of next steps, this has been quite a comprehensive series of o