Out the deadly disease. Welcome to our coverage on bbc news. Irans Supreme Leader has defended Tuesdays Missile Attack on israel, saying it was the minimum punishment for what he called israels crimes. Addressing a crowd in tehran, Ayatollah Khamenei said that iran would not hesitate on further action. Overnight there were more israeli Air Strikes in lebanon. Us officials say israel was targeting the potential successor to hassan nasrallah, the hezbollah leader, who was killed last week. The attacks happened in Southern Lebanon and also in beirut where buildings have been flatted. Lebanons Health Ministry says 37 people have been killed in israeli Ground And Air attacks. Lebanons Transport Minister said missiles have hit the Main International Road to syria , a key road where people are are fleeing from lebanon. There have also been reports of 20 rockets being fired from lebanon into israel with some intercepted as they travelled towards the city of haifa. Lets speak to Sir Peter westm
Organising aid In Beirut. Meanwhile, the Lebanese Army says, that two of its soldiers have been killed, by israel in separate incidents in Southern Lebanon. Lets speak to our correspondent nick beake, whos in northern israel. In Terms Of what you are seeing just bring me right up to date. We have seen more israeli tanks being taken towards the border with lebanon, that is the reflection of the way the israelis are intensifying this operation against hezbollah. I say operation, it is a mission now and they insist it is made up now and they insist it is made up of lots of separate targeted operations. Some teams going in and then in some cases retreating. But certainly it seems to be gathering pace. In Terms Of a snapshot of where we are, i think in Terms Of what we heard in the skies above us so far today that has been considerably less than yesterday. But of course that is just a snapshot of one particular location. The Israeli Army is saying its carried out a lot of strikes in the pas
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Now an extraordinary political moment, the kind that just a few years ago was in the category of hell has frozen over and pigs are flying. Vice president harris will be joined on the Campaign Trail by None Other than Liz Cheney in battleground wisconsin. Their joint Campaign Appearance is fraught with symbolism. Nbc news reports, quote, harris plans to play into that symbolism by recognizing the founding principles of the Republican Party. Thats according to a senior campaign official. Harris will be at the Birth Place of the gop together with Liz Cheney. The democratic president ial nominee and a former Republican Congresswoman, former leader of the republican caucus and the heir to a family whose name is synonymous with what it meant to be a conservative republican speaks to the coalition Vice President harris has assembled. Its unprecedented in modern american politics. Its an incredibly large tent she has assembled that includes former Vice President Dick Cheney and bernie sanders.
Of more than 20 towns in Southern Lebanon to evacuate immediately. In response, hezbollah has launched a Missile Attack on central israel. These pictures caught the moment when Air Raid sirens sounded across Tel Aviv. This map shows the border, with Southern Lebanon marked in red. Lebanons Prime Minister said his country was facing one of the most dangerous phases in its history. Here is idf spokesperson, Rear Admiral daniel hagari, speaking about Israels Operation in lebanon. It was confirmed that about two oclock local time here in the morning. If the state of lebanon and the World Cant Push hezbollah away from our border, we have no choice but to do it ourselves. I want to make it clear, our war is with hezbollah, not with the people of lebanon. We do not want to harm lebanese siblings. We are taking measures to prevent it. We will not let the 7th Of October happen again on any one of our borders. We will continue doing whatever necessary so that israeli families can return to their