Blitzer in washington in for fredricka whitfield. Were standing by for major Breaking News right now significant developments unfolding in the Middle East right now, another huge Explosion Rocking Beirut Just A Little while ago in the last hour or so, as israel continues its punishing airstrikes On Hezbollah forces in the lebanese capital. This as we learn, the leader of one of the most powerful paramilitary forces in the Middle East was killed in one of those strikes around backed Militant Group hezbollah, confirming its secretary general Hassan Nasrallah was killed in israeli bombing in beirut On Friday, around State Media says a senior iranian commander was also among those killed in that blast. Nasrallah was one of his balahs founders playing a key role in its formation. And the targeting of israel for over four decades. If his death igniting fears of a wider conflict in the region, those fears, fear of very vague very serious right now iran Supreme Leader saying today that all regional resistance forces, though those words, all regional resistance forces are standing with hezbollah. Meantime, the Israeli Military says they just intercepted a missile launched from yemen where are the iranbacked houthi rebels are based. Us Defense Secretary Lloyd austin is vowing us Protection And Support for israel as these tensions heat up dramatically, Cnn Correspondent Jomana karadsheh is joining us live from beirut right now, jomana, i know that there was another huge explosion where you are Just A Little while ago jomana, what are you seeing on the ground right now wolf. Were having some issues with the audio. I think i could i hear your question about what we have witnessed here in the last our i can tell you that this part of beirut was rocked by a massive blast and we could see a thick plume of smoke rising in the distance coming so from the area of beiruts Southern Suburbs. And we have heard from the Israeli Military saying they conducted what they described as a precise strike on the Southern Suburbs known as dahiyeh. It is unclear at this zero point what was targeted and what the damage or if there are casualties in that strike. But this really will has been the scene here right now in beirut for about about 24 hours now, when it all started yesterday with that huge blast, that we now know killed the leader of hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah and unclear how many more people were killed in i was massive strikes that hit the Southern Suburbs. And since then, wolf, the Israeli Military has been constantly pounding the different locations in the Southern Suburbs of beirut since Last Night and throughout today we heard from the Israeli Military Last Night issuing Evacuation Orders and just a short time after issuing these Evacuation Orders for certain neighborhoods in the Southern Suburbs, telling people to get out of these areas because they are going to start striking what they said our Weapons Storage facilities and manufacturing facilities in these areas, they began striking. But today, from what we are seeing here, wolf, it would seem that some of these strikes that we have seen are also outside of these Evacuation Orders. And i can tell you from what we witnessed with an hours of the Israeli Military issuing those orders to the civilians. In one of the most heavily populated areas of this country. What we witnessed on the streets is just a scene so hard to describe all if we were driving around at 3 00 in morning and you had thousands of people on Beiruts Seafront sleeping on the ground, on benches families, women carrying and cradling their little children, people walking with whatever they could carrie when they were in this rush to get out and try and seek safety. We dont have numbers right now officially from the lebanese government of how many people have fled, but from what we saw Last Night, and this is continuing today, thousands of people have been displaced in the last 24 hours in the lebanese capital. That is on top of what the lebanese government estimates to be nearly half A Million people who have been driven out of their homes in the past ten days or so in the southern part of the country and in the east right now, the mood here i mean, this is a country on edge. You have so many of nasrallah supporters who are absolutely devastated by the news. A man who is considered a terrorist by most western countries a hero for so many of his loyal base. In this country and beyond. And everyone here is bracing will for what might come next. This may only just be the beginning i suspect this youre right about that. Jomana, Stay Safe over there. We will stay in close touch with you and your team appreciated very much Jomana Karadsheh in beirut for us, some senior american officials are privately celebrating news of the death of the hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, even as they fear of a much wider middle East Conflict growing escalating him doing so very soon, cnn senior white House Reporter Kevin Liptak is joining us. Hes here in washington. Hes got the latest kevin, what are you hearing first of all, from the biden administration . Well, officially, wolf, were Hearing Nothing and i think that is fairly telling it gives you a sense of just how fraught this moment is for President Biden, how precarious yes, the White House views the situation right now in the Middle East. Thats not to say that the white House Isnt welcoming nasrallah steph, at least unofficially behind the scenes, officials do say no one in the biden administration is mourning him. They acknowledged he has american blood on his hands. He was the leader of a terrorist organization after all. But this does come as President Biden was trying to get israel to deescalate the situation in the Middle East. So you do have these dueling dynamics that i think the administration is trying to figure out. How exactly to respond at this moment. Because remember, President Biden had spent the early part of this week trying to negotiate a 21 Day Ceasefire between Israel And Hezbollah along the northern border, the White House was furious when prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu essentially rejected that effort on Thursday Morning now you see this situation, certainly deteriorating much further. Now we did hear from President Biden yesterday who said that the us was not involved in this strike. And beirut, he said that the u. S. Had no heads up. And what we heard from american officials was essentially that their israeli counterparts notified them as this Opera Creation was getting underway essentially, when the planes were in the air was the first time that they heard that this was happening. Now the fears inside the White House and inside the biden administration is that a wider war would be devastating and you heard that directly from Lloyd Austin yesterday in your interview when he said that a casualty hes in a war between Israel And Lebanon would exceed those of the war in gaza and so i think the biden administration finds itself now at a very fraught moment. We do know that Lloyd Austin spoke twice yesterday to his counterpart in israel, yoav galant. American officials have then on the phone with their counterparts in israel as well, trying to get more information about what exactly is happening two men who have not spoken are President Biden and prime Minister Netanyahu. They in Fact Havent spoken at least according to White House readouts since august. I think it gives you a sense of just how much influence President Biden thinks he has, right . How netanyahu, which is not very much all right. Kevin liptak reporting for us saying, i know hes going to be getting more information from the biden administration on the reaction to whats going on in the Middle East right now, Kevin Liptak, thanks very much for that update. Appreciate it very much. Spider marks is joining us, us military analyst, Retired Army Major General. Spider. Thanks so much. Joining us. Whats your analysis right now . The impact of this trellas death, the leader of hezbollah. Whats, whats gonna be the impact of this on the entire Military Structure of his balah well, lets start with excuse me. Lets start with this. The worlds a better and safer place with nasrallah dead i think we need to just put that out there. I think the united states needs to be very strong in terms of its support to israel at this point, there cant be any qualifications to that support but also we need to understand where nobodys looking for a broader or a more expansive fight in the mid east. And so what i think is going to happen primarily is we all understand that the idf has a capability to operate along multiple lines of effort. Theyre demonstrating this. In fact, the Center Of Gravity has shifted for the idf from gaza so to hezbollah, this is where the primary effort will be going forward. This is where the mass of israeli intelligence and operational capacity will be focused on one hold in gaza, but they are focusing primarily in On Hezbollah the challenge with hezbollah is many of the if you were to look at the hit list, many of their Senior Leaders have been taken off the Board Nasrallah now, thus, Senior Leader has been taken off the board. Now that doesnt mean theres no ear irreplaceable man that individual Will Step Forward hezbollah has not been completely neutered, but they are at a pause. Theyve lacked communications as a result of the Pager And Walkietalkie attack. Theyre concerned about anytime they tried to move or gather that there will be a strike. It also demonstrates an incredible the very deep penetration on the part of the israelis into hezbollah as Command And Control structure. Its quite phenomenal. Its tradecraft thats unprecedented so hezbollah right now, i would think will probably look for tehran to very boisterously create a narrative that says, we will not let this stand. We will support and we will follow here in my tehran doesnt want to have what i would call an unintended success against israel because if they did, it would not turn out well for tehran is really again, has a tremendous capacity. So look for the houthis to continue to be very provocative. Israel has a capable arrow as well as iron dome system, but that can be penetrated. So i think hezbollah right now is going to be in a pause before they can do anything else because theyve got to figure out what their next steps look like. That can be coordinated. And frankly, with no communications theyre hesitance to move. Youre not going to get much coordination i assume, you know, i spoke with the u. S. Defense secretary, Lloyd Austin yesterday before nasrallah is death was confirmed. Heres what he said about the potential of allout war escalating dramatically soon. Listen to this All Out War between lebanese Hezbollah And Israel would be devastating for both Lebanon And Israel and again we, we anticipate that wed see a number of people displaced casualties that what weve seen in gaza so again, the best way forward in our view is a diplomatic effort, a diplomatic solution so spider does it all out, war include Ground Fighting or do you think it mostly would be airstrikes from both sides and lets not forget his balah has whats been described as thousands of rockets and missiles stockpiled, mostly in southern lebanon, which is an easy, an easy head towards israel yeah, i think the israelis are hoping that as a result of the strikes that theyve achieved over the course, the last number of days will prevent the necessity for a Ground Invasion if we go back to 2006. So i mean, the israelis as well as hezbollah, were significantly bloody during that invasion. A Ground Incursion into lebanon would be immensely difficult. The israelis clearly want to push Hezbollah North of the Litani River that gives them a little more space. The israelis also want to relocate those displaced civilians that they have backed to northern israel. But thats going to take some time. So i think a ground campaign, i think israel is assuming that their efforts right now will be sufficient to avoid a ground campaign. And i guarantee you that hezbollah doesnt have the capacity to conduct that right now. And i would hope also that the strikes that the israelis have been taking on over the course of the last few days, have really attrited and depleted the inventory of hezbollah. Hezbollah missile capabilities. But look an All Out War is not what anybody wants, but we have to look at whats the cost, whats the Root Cause of this . And the israelis clearly have demonstrated that they are not going to be in a position to have to have to live with another october 7, whether its from a Gaza Hamas type of an attack in the Gaza Region or from hezbollah yeah, good point. All right. Spider marks, Major General spider marks. Thanks very much for Urinalysis Snow to come. Thousands of people are fleeing lebanon right now has airstrikes continue across the country, well take a closer look. Humanitarian impact of the conflict, right after a very quick break. The wait is over. Tim Walz And J. D vance in there first and only facetoface debate. And cnn has covered with the best political team in the Business A Cnn special event. But Vice President ial debate tuesday On Cnn by the time this ad is over karen will know if that feeling in her chest is afib or just the end of a stressful day his mind that fits in your wallet. Cardia Mobile Card is on sale now at cardia. Com or amazon. 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Com Carb Winning is everythings stupid. Next saturday, its seven On Cnn right now, israel continues to strike various hezbollah targets in lebanon, beirut, the beirut area against specifically being targeted. People living in the Southern Suburbs of beirut are taking shelter and parks and on sidewalks hello, Hello Blackman Have fled from our homes and god only knows if we will go back to our homes. God only knows May God protect the people who were displaced from their home than those who fled ballbek in the south. And all the areas affected by the war. May god protect them Health Minister says, there are likely up to half 1 Million people displaced in lebanon right now, cnns international reporter, Nada Bashir explains what the situation is like for those people. For months now we have seen civilians forced from their homes in southern lebanon because of the ongoing Crossfire And Targeting of southern lebanon by the Israeli Military are on 100,000 believed to have been forced to flee their homes already at prior to this escalation that we are seeing now. But as you mentioned this has the situation has worsened with seeing these strikes and bombings deepening around the capital in beirut. And its important to underscore that these areas that we are seeing being struck by the Israeli Military or densely populated areas. They are filled with civilians. We saw a series of strikes targeting the a southern Beirut Suburb of dahiyeh. This is an area crammed with Toll Apartment buildings filled with civilians, with families and children. As you can imagine, the catastrophic impact this has had on the civilians living in this area, living in the city, but also of course, for a country that is already been through so much, not only its history, of course, of was brought on lebanon, but also of course, just