According to israel. It comes in the hours after the israeli military carried out what it called extensive strikes on hezbollah targets in southern lebanon. Israeli aircraft destroyed thousands of hezbollah rocket launch barrels in southern lebanon, according to israeli officials. Also tonight, the us state department is urging american citizens to leave lebanon, with fears growing of an all out war. Meanwhile, the death toll from israel s strike on a densely populated area of southern beirut on friday has risen to 37. Hezbollah says 16 of its members were killed in the attack, including senior military commander ibrahim aqil. He was wanted by the us government for years and was designated a global terrorist for his involvement in the 1983 bombing of the us embassy in beirut. Friday s bombing also killed civilians, including three children, with more feared trapped in the rubble. Our middle east correspondent orla guerin reports from the scene in beirut. Israel is believed to have been
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It was a major part of the trump harris debate. And on thursday, there was a further development in north dakota. A judge struck down the state s near total ban on abortion, saying north dakota s constitution gives women a fundamental right to choose abortion before foetal viability. Elisabeth smith is with the centre for reproductive rights, the organisation that argued on behalf of the plantiffs in north dakota. What is your reaction to the ruling? an incredible ruling and the first time that a state that totally banned abortion in the united states, one of those 14 the united states, one of those 1a states, has seen abortion be reaffirmed as a right under the state constitution. This was not a decision based on voters based on a state constitutional amendment, this was a judge saying no, the north dakota constitution protects the fundamental right to make a decision about bodily autonomy, free from government interference. This is a wonderful day for people of north dakota and acros
Killed what it calls nine palestinian terrorists. Israel has called its attacks a Counter Terrorism operation targeting what it described as a mixture of Terror Groups and terror cells. It claims iran, which backs hamas, is trying to open a new front against israel in the West Bank. The israeli raids took place in the cities ofjenin, nablus, tulkarm, believed to be the first time in some 20 years that several West Bank cities have been targeted at the same time. Lets take a closer look at the West Bank and what It Actually is. Its land on the West Bank of the riverjordan and bounded by israel and jordan. Its been occupied by israel since the 1967 Middle East war, but decades of talks between israel and the palestinians have left its final status unresolved. The international Court Ofjustice has lets cross live now tojerusalem where we can speak to our correspondent yolande knell. Just bring us up to date on this operation. Just bring us uptodate on this operation operation. This is a