LInks to Iran. LInks to Iran. He was one of the best known he was one of the best known and most InfluentIal fIgures In the MIddle East. Born In 1960, Hassan Nasrallah grew up In beIrut s Eastern Bourj Hammoud neIghbourhood. He became leader of hezbollah In 1992, at the age of 32, after hIs predecessor was assassInated. He played a Key Role In turnIng hezbollah Into a powerful polItIcal and mIlItary force. Under hIs leadershIp, he helped hezbollah TraIn Hundreds of fIghters from the palestInIan MIlItant Group hamas. And he also obtaIned mIssIles and rockets from Iran for use agaInst Israel. Lets speak to anna foster, our mIddle East Correspondent In beIrut. Talk us through exactly what we know about what happened there. ThIs Is a really crucIal moment now. Last nIght, about 6 20pm here In beIrut, we had thIs huge serIes of explosIons a few kIlometres from where I am now In dahIeh, In the Southern Suburbs, a hezbollah stronghold. We saw pIctures quIckly of absolute destructIon comIng ou
Be a dry start to the weekend. Tomorrow starts dry and ChIlly Chubut there wIll be some wet and WIndy Weather later In the day. Dry and chIlly too. Fresh attacks have contInued on the lebanese CapItal BeIrut overnIght. It comes after Israels MIlItary carrIed out a StrIke South of the CIty Yesterday targetIng Hezbollah Leader Hassan Nasrallah. It has not been confIrmed If he was In the buIldIngs when It was struck. Lebanons Health MInIstry say sIx people were kIlled and 91 Injured. Our reporter SImon Jones has the latest. ExplosIons, screamIng new strIkes overnIght on Southern BeIrut. Israels mIlItary saId It was targetIng buIldIngs storIng hezbollah weapons underneath them. Hezbollah denIed they were arms depots. ExplosIons. EarlIer, a serIes of massIve explosIons. It Is thought the target here was the Hezbollah Leader Hassan Nasrallah. It Is unclear whether he was any of the buIldIngs that were hIt. Iran, whIch backs hezbollah, has called the attack a dangerous, game changIng escalatI
Because they are already in a bit of Turmoil Communication opens up the targeting and the Intelligence Collection by the israeli defense forces. And thats whats happening id add to the point that Arent Kohberger Eighth the day after the October 7 attacks by hamas, hezbollah started firing rockets. There had been over 3,000 rockets fired into Northern Israel and what israel has been attempting to do is find intelligence to strike the leadership of hezbollah during that entire period of time. Thats what i would do as Commander Gen. I think thats what the Israel Defense forces is doing. What general hertling ben wedeman, jeremy diamond. Thank you. Thats it for us. The news continues the source with Kaitlan Collins starts now the source tonight, Vice President harris at the border right now in her first visit as the democratic nominee, trying to cut into Donald Trumps Immigration Edge he mocks her for showing up meanwhile, the hospital that was surrounded by Hurricane Helenes floodwaters t
States, canada, and all around the world. Im Kim Brunhuber. This is Cnn Newsroom, Israel And Hezbollah exchange more strikes after israel says it targeted Hezbollahs Leader in the lebanese capital of beirut, the latest on rising tension hes in the region. Kamala harris visits the border and outlines her immigration policy, how the democratic president ial nominee is trying to make gains on Donald Trump and whats left of. Hurricane helene is still causing problems for parts of the Southeastern Us level. Look at the wide ranging impacts of the monster storm atlanta. This is Cnn Newsroom with Kim Brunhuber in lebanon and its capital is reeling from the worst round of israeli strikes in nearly 20 years. While some of its residents no longer have a place to call Home Cnn crews at the Scene Say Beirut was pounded continuously overnight and strikes are still underway across eastern and southern lebanon. Were also hearing some hospitals in Southern Beirut will be evacuated. Thats where the idf
Conflict escalating even more this morning, israeli airstrikes have targeted 140 hezbollah sites in beirut including weapons storage, and missile facilities embedded beneath civilian buildings. Thats according to the idf, the strikes are part of an ongoing campaign by israel to degrade hezbollahs military capability. The lebanese government, responding to the widespread destruction calling for intervention on an international basis, the country has recorded more than 100,000 people have been displaced by the conflict. Authorities claimed that number is actually much higher. Our chief national Security Analyst, Jim Sciutto in Tel Aviv with the very latest jim, tell us first, who was this . Hassan Nasrallah Hassan Nasrallah was a defining figure in hezbollah in the region for more than three decades. Leave getting the terrorist organization, going back to 1992. And we making it over the course of that time into a formidable force, certainly plead with irans help with many Tens Of Thousan