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Israel now confirming it carried out a fresh new strike in beirut just a short time ago. Our cnn teams on the ground witnessing smoke rising after an explosion in the citys Southern Suburbs. And it comes just hours after his Ballikan Firm and israeli strike on friday killed its longtime leader and founder, Hassan Nasrallah, a senior iranian commander was also killed. That according to iran state media. And moments ago, i spoke to Idf Spokesperson about what nasrallah is. Death could mean potentially for a much broader conflict in The Middle East with iran. Listen to his answer i would suggest that iran look very closely how weve dealt with hamas, the leadership of hamas, and how in the last weekandahalf, Weve Effect actively decapitated hezbollah from its senior leadership all the way down to the operational in tactical stuff there is a lot to lose here. I dont think anybody is interested in a further escalation, a Broader War PresentPresident Biden issuing a public statement calling this trellas death. And in bidens words, a measure of justice for hezbollahs elite, for the hezbollah leaders, many victims over the years. But President Biden is also urging restraint right now. Meanwhile, the u. S. State department is ordering all nonemergency personnel and their families to leave the embassy in beirut, lebanon just ahead of an expanded potential war cnns Kevin Liptack in cnns jomana karadsheh, are tracking all of these latebreaking developments for us. Kevin, youre in washington, the Vice President , Kamala Harris, i understand. Just put out a statement on her own. Tell our viewers what shes saying yeah. Harris and the president , Joe Biden receiving continual updates from their team on this situation. And we just did receive the statement from harris who said that Hassan Nasrallah was a terrorist with american blood on his hands across decades. His leadership of hezbollah destabilized The Middle East and led to thE Killing of countless innocent people in lebanon, israel, syria, and Around The World the Vice President says today, hezbollahs victims have a measure of justice and that is the exact same phrase that President Biden used in his own statement responding to this killing, of course, harris the Vice President , but also the democratic nominee for president. And certainly she is balancing a very fraught situation politically as well. I think its pretty clear lets she would rather be talking about issues that voters care about, the economy rather than The Middle East. And so a heightened escalating conflict, theyre not an opportune moment for that politically, for the Vice President , but you see her in that statement reflecting very closely what President Biden said his own statement saying that Hassan Nasrallah and the terrorist group, he led hezbollah were responsible for Killing Hundreds Of Americans over four Decade Reign of terror, the president goes on to say ultimately our aim is to deescalate the ongoing conflicts in both Gaza And Lebanon through diplomatic means. He says, it is time for these deals to close for the threats to israel to be removed and further broader middle East Region to gain greater stability. And so you see President Biden, theyre really trying to strike a balance. Certainly No One in the White House is shutting any tears for Hassan Nasrallah. He had american blood on his hands, as harris said, he was the leader of a tariff terrorist organization. But at the same time, the u. S. Had been trying to lower temperatures across the israellebanon border. Remember, President Biden had spent the earlier part of last week trying to negotiate a 21 Day Ceasefire that would bring the fighting to an end. They thought that israel was on board with that only to have a prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the next morning, kind of brush it off really kind of infuriating american officials. And then the next day you have this operation in beirut that the president publicly said that he had no advanced warning of, and it only heightens the sense that there is a Disconnect Growing between the president and his counterpart in israel, benjamin netanyahu, the idea that his urgings to deescalate the Region Arent necessarily being met with actions on the ground. Now, what american officials are watching for is for any kind of retaliation, both from hezbollah or what remains of it and from iraq and american officials say that theyre monitoring that situation very closely. And to that end, we did receive word just within the last couple of hours that the American Embassy In Beirut is ordering certain personnel and their families to leave lebanon. This is not a full embassy evacuation, but it does underscore how quickly they think that this situation could deteriorate. They say that theyre ordering those families and personnel to leave due to the volatile and unpredictable Security Situation in beirut. And theyre also saying that americans, if they can, should leave while commercial Air Travel is still available essentially saying that the situation there could grow worse. And of planes may stop leaving. And in fact, we have already seen today some commercial Air Carriers start to cancel their flights. So certainly washington watching this very closely as they look to lower the temperature and those commercial Air Flights are going to be canceled fairly soon. I suspect i want i want to go to jomana karadsheh. Shes joining us live from beirut, right now. Jomana, what more are you learning first of all, about the latest israeli strikes there, there today . Well, i mean, we are hearing from the Israeli Military Wolff saying that they are continuing these strikes on the Southern Suburbs of beirut. That as you know, is an area that has hezbollah presence. This is an area that has been the focus of these Israeli Militarys airstrikes, especially in the last 24 hours with these continuous strikes, they are saying that they are going after hezbollah facilities. What they claim are Weapons Storage facilities commanders that they are also announcing that have been taken out. Of course israeli strike one of the most massive, the people of this city have ever theme is The One that killed the leader of hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah. And since then, wolf, the people of the city that people of this country have been on edge. Absolutely terrified of what is coming. You also have the amongst the many many, hundreds of thousands, if not more of loyal supporters of Hassan Nasrallah disbelief, anger, shock at thE Killing of a man viewed by most western countries as a terrorist leader. But for them, a hero and not just in lebanon, of course across the Shear World whether in iran, in yemen, in parts of syria, and iraq. So a lot of concern about what this might trigger if were going to see any sort of retaliation by these iranian backed proxies by iran itself. Unclear, of course, right now, what his status is if there will be able to carry out any sort of major attack after you have seen these significant blow after a significant blow. And thats really an under statement but for the people of this city wolf, it has been a terrifying 24 hours when youre seeing these continuous strikes taking place, lighting up the Night Sky is we witnessed throughout the night last night, and continuing throughout the day today. And that is coupled with the hes warnings that theyre receiving from the Israeli Military the spokesman for the idf, in a post On X yesterday, began by ordering the evacuation of a number of neighborhoods in beiruts Southern Suburbs, telling people that theyre going to start bombing a short time after that. Im unclear if that was enough time for people well to get out of there. They began carrying out these strikes on different parts of the Southern Suburbs. And we have seen a mass exited if people we witnessed it ourselves here at 3 00 in the morning with thousands of people out on The Streets, families with children really young children and sleeping on sidewalks in parks on benches its i mean, it was the Scene Wolf like something i really havent witnessed in my many years of covering conflict and since then, the Israeli Military has expanded the orders it seems these warnings in the last couple of hours the idf also issuing a warning. This time to the entire country, pretty much to all the people of lebanon. The Idf Spokesman telling people, especially in those areas, in all of Southern Lebanon all of Eastern Lebanon in the beqaa region, and the Southern Suburbs that they need to stay away from areas where there is hezbollah interests, hezbollah presence that is something that has really terrified people because first of all, they dont know where these hezbollah facilities are and the second thing is the fact that this feels like the Israeli Military here is expanding potentially these airstrikes to hit different parts of the country and people right now dont know what is coming next. And they are bracing for the worst at a time when you have a Death Toll that is continuing to rise according to the Health Ministry here, wolf, they say, since september the 16th, since those Pager And Walkietalkie attacks. And since then these airstrikes that we have been seeing more than 1030 people have been killed too put that into context in all of the 2006, israel has well a war in those 34 days, 1,100 people were killed. And right now about ten days or so into this, it is 1030 people. It is unclear, of course, how many of them are his hezbollah fighters . And how many of them civilians. But senior lebanese officials weve spoken to say that many, many women and children are among the casualties. And you also have more than half 1 Million people. That was a couple of days ago, according to lebanese government estimates, who have been displaced from their homes. And if you look at this Mass Exodus from one of the most heavily populated parts of the country in the Southern Suburbs still underway. That number is most certainly going to rise. And i just wanted to make one last point. Wolf, listening to kevin live shot with you earlier. The biden administration saying that it is continuing to work to deescalate the situation, the importance of a diplomatic solution ive spoken to senior lebanese officials as well as arab officials. And The One thing ive been hearing and this was before E Killing of Hassan Nasrallah they believe that the united states is not doing enough. They say that the biden administration can and should do more. They say to put pressure on israel to deescalate the situation question. They say the only way out of all of this would have been It Ceasefire in gaza. And that the u. S did not manage to put enough pressure to make that happen. This is according to arab officials, but right now, dangerous and volatile doesnt even begin to describe this situation with the prospect of a regional war very, very real jomana karadsheh, excellent report. Thank you very much. Kevin liptak. Thanks to you. As well. Lets get more on all these major developments. Trita parsi is the executive Vice President at the Quincy Institute for responsible statecraft and the author of the book, losing an enemy, obama, iran, and the triumph of diplomacy what impact do you think thE Killing of this raleigh and other senior leaders will have on his balah, at least in the short term, what do you think obviously this is a major devastating blow to hezbollah. But i would say that its not necessarily thE KillingOf Nasrallah that is v most important development in terms of the degradation of hezbollah. Its the fact that the israelis managed to essentially crack the code of hezbollahs Communications System that is a key reason as to why hezbollah has such a hard time regrouping. This is actually very similar to what happened in 2006. The only difference since being that the rules were then reversed has well managed to crack the codes of Israels Communication as israel was invading lebanon. And as part of the reason why israel was defeated back in 2006. But as long as Israel And Hezbollah cannot restores communication system, its ability to be able to regroup is going to be significantly, significantly weekend and this is part of the reason that the israelis at this point are going forward with further bombing campaigns and lebanon hoping to be able to strike out as much as his role as they can trita, you, youve argued that the unpopularity of the rainy and leaders at home could hold them back from launching a larger response to this killing. Explain what you mean . Well, i think over the course of the last 11 months, we have clearly seen the iranians are not looking for a direct confrontation with the israelis have shown a tremendous amount of restraint, although of course in washington, perhaps thats not how they would be credited but reality is theyre facing significant difficulties and that was the case even and before what happened in lebanon with the assassination and killings, nasrallah, theyre having their own internal problems. Pezeshkian Governments Priority is to pursue what hes calling max national reconciliation. That necessitate some sort of a deal with the united states or reduction of tensions. Move will of some of the sanctions in order to improve the economic situation. The last thing they need if they want to pursue national reconciliation is a Military Confrontation with israel. And this is, i think a key reason as to why the iranians have held back on top of that, of course, they are running out of o