Hello, and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states around the world and streaming us on cnn then max, i m rosemary church in atlanta i m becky anderson in tel aviv in israel. It is 10:00 a. M. Here monday morning, where the race you can is dealing with news of the first israeli airstrikes inside the city of beirut. Here in the u. S at least 95 people did after historic rain and flash floods from hurricane helene, how communities are coming together to help donald trump is attacking political rival kamala harris falsely questioning her mental state. Yet again, what some of his republican allies is set begin in the middle east where israel says it has launched new airstrikes in eastern and southern lebanon today, the israeli military says it targeted hezbollah strongholds. There. Meanwhile, in beirut, people are on edge after the first israeli airstrikes overnight within the city limits. You can see the damage in this video from an attack near the city s cola bridge,
New york. This is Cnn Newsroom with Paula Newton hello, and a very warm welcome to our viewers in the United States and all Around The World. Im Paula Newton. It is 8 00 am In Beirut where fears are growing that the exchange of Missile Fire between Israel And Hezbollah could now turn into a ground war. Us officials say is israeli troops have mobilized and are moving to the border with lebanon in what could be, could be preparation for a Ground Incursion Israel saying that a Ground Offensive is only one option that is currently being considered, not the idf continued their Air Offensive on saturday with blasts hitting close to the beirut airport Saturday Strikes in lebanon reportedly killed more than 30 people and wounded close to 200 others. Has belonged for its part fired back, saying it launched missiles towards jerusalem, prompting a response from israeli Air Defenses police say pieces of an interest intercepted missile crashed in the suburbs all that is happening after israel kille
Longtime leader, Hassan Nasrallah, and strikes last night on Apartment Complex In Beirut. Israel claims that hezbollah was using the complex as in underground headquarters. This represents a major escalation of the backand forth between Israel And Hezbollah, which israel has intensified in the last couple weeks. The strikes killed several other Highranking Hezbollah officials and the iranian State News that says in revolutionary Guard General was killed in the same strike. Lebanon lawns and more than 100 wounded in the strikes. That number is expected to rise. Nasrallah is a travertine cleric, who has led the group since 1992 and has grown the group in most powerful Running Back and forth and the reason both militarily and political terry. It is what is called a state within a state. He also led the group through decades of conflict with israel, participate in the Syrian Civil War On Behalf of of the regime and help back others in the region including the houthis in yemen. The national
To be rising with a lot of damage in southern lebanon. So this is fire data, which has been compiled by aurora tech. Theyre a german based company who use satellites, which have special Infrared Sensors that monitor for Temperature Anomalies and help detect wildfires, which they then usually report to Forestry And Firefighting services. In this case, theyre using the very same tech to analyse the situation in lebanon. And here are those areas in lebanon for the 23rd of september, latest weve got, which indicate possible damage caused by israeli strikes as well as fires down in israel near the sea of galilee. Now, its important to note we havent independently verified that strikes took place at all of these locations. But if we take this data and we use it as a guide, we can start to pick out individual areas and zone in on satellite imagery. So, 12th of september, before this really got started, in a small town of about 7500 people, and this is the same place on the 24th of september,
The United States is sending more troops to the Middle East as israel continues to pound targets across lebanon, including the capital, beirut. President biden says his team is working to de escalate the crisis, not a strategy that to this point that has been very effective. How concerned should we be of a wider, regional conflagration . Also tonight, labours plans to bolster Uk Investment we will explore whether the chancellor really can find the space for extra government spending. And Coming To America President Zelensky begins a week long tour of the states that will end with his plan to defeat russia. We will see if We Can fix the gremlins with our sound along the way. Welcome to the programme. For 11 months now, Israel And Hezbollah have been locked in an escalating War Of Attrition that many had warned could one Day Lead to all out conflict. Maybe this was the day. The israelis have been pounding targets. The idf says it has hit around 1100 hezbollah positions in Southern Lebano