Which After 2006 wAs designed to provide A Buffer Zone. IsrAel sAy they wAnt to bring thAt bAck so thAt residents in the north of isrAel cAn return to their homes, Around 100,000 orso to their homes, Around 100,000 or so of them were evAcuAted in the dAys After october 7, when filing stArted to come Across the Borderfrom LebAnon into isrAel. We Are following this developing story for you And reAlly trying to work out whAt exActly hAs hAppened. We know whAt we hAve seen, we hAve seen those pictures of destruction, we sAw the pictures of the significAnt mAin strike LAst Night thAt isrAel sAid it tArgeted the heAdquArters of hezbollAh. And Also this Air Strikes thAt continued to come through the night until the eArly hours of this morning, And more AgAinjust in eArly hours of this morning, And more AgAin just in the lAst few hours. Some BreAking News just coming to me now. It looks like we do now hAve thAt stAtement from hezbollAh confirming the deAth of HAssAn NAsrAllAh. BeArwith confirm
Words, who would regret their actions. He talked about the ongoing strength of the hezbollah organIsation. But he did not specifically address the health of Hassan Nasrallah. That really what we are waiting for now. The idf say that he Is dead, But until we collect from hezbollah from iran it Is really only part of the picture. We are showing you the scene here in beirut, and the strikes in the Southern Suburbs have continued since Last Night. I want to take you to Downtown Beirut and Tel Aviv as well. We have correspondents there for us. You are there in a different part of the city, because since the strikes Last Night, people have been leaving dahieh . , dahieh . Exactly. Many of these Eole Dahieh . Exactly. Many of these peeple that dahieh . Exactly. Many of these people that are dahieh . Exactly. Many of these people that are behind dahieh . Exactly. Many of these people that are behind me, dahieh . Exactly. Many of these | people that are behind me, they had to leave on foot, the
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Have an impact notjust on the continued fighting between israel and lebanon, continued fighting between israeland lebanon, but continued fighting between israel and lebanon, but also on the wider part of the region as well. Now, strikes have continued to date here in beirut. I want to show you the strikes that have been going on in lebanon. Officials here say that nearly 800 people have now been killed since monday, and that particular attacker was describing to you that killed Hassan Nasrallah took place here in beirut. You can see the proximity of this to the southern suburbs of the city, i Hezbollah Strongholds. This is a blow to that group but also to its main backer and finance, iran. Already, we are waiting to see how iranians proxies, and there are various of them across the region, we are talking about iranians backed Militia Groups in iraq and syria, and the houthis in yemen, and of course, hamas In Gaza, who are waiting to see what the response may be. Ata at a Grassroots Res
From the United Nations, where the Un Secretary general Antonio Guterres said violence in lebanon must stop now, he is gravely concerned by the dramatic escalation of events In Beirut in the last 2a hours, this cycle of violence must stop and all sites must step back from the brink of war. The people of lebanon, israel, and the wider region cannot afford an all out war. Have a Security Correspondent Frank Gardner reports on the latest escalation of conflict between israel and hezbollah. Heavy artillery fire. A devastating blow inflicted by israel, hitting the heart of hezbollah s Command Centre In Beirut. Within hours, the israeli military announced they had eliminated, as they put it, the groups leader. Hassan nasrallah had been Secretary General of hezbollah for 32 years, overseeing its growth into the worlds most heavily armed non state army. He was born in lebanon in 1960, growing up In Beirut s eastern bourj hammoud district. He took over the leadership in 1992 when his predecesso