But iran, a close supporter of his hezbollah said his death would be avenged. Israel has continued with its attacks against senior figures in hezbollah. The countrys military posted on x that it has killed nabil anuk, who it says was a member of hezbollah s executive council. In what it says was a precise strike. Hezbollah has not confirmed this. This is the scene live in beirut this morning the Prime Minister of lebanon has called for a diplomatic solution to the Conflict Warning that up to a milllion people in his country will be displaced by the violence. Translation we believe 1 Million People Translation we believe 1 Million people have translation we believe 1 Million people have been i million people have been displaced. We are dealing with all this problem. As Todays News unfolds, our middle East Correspondent Nafiseh kohnavard has given us insight into the situation on the ground. She spoke to us from part of beirut where many displaced people spent their night in a small park
New strikes by the New Strikes by the Israeli Military, the israeli air force, on southern areas of lebanon. And in particular a large escalation this morning where hezbollah has lodged a Ballistic Missile towards Tel Aviv, the most populous area in israel. Its the first time they have lodged a weapon of this scale towards Tel Aviv. Hezbollah says the attack was directed at the headquarters of Israeli Intelligence Agency mossad. They blame them for assassinating senior hezbollah commanders. Let me show this piece of footage. You can clearly hear the Air Raid sirens in this footage which shows the missile just after it was intercepted by israeli Air Defence systems. The Israeli Military says it detected the Missile Crossing from lebanon. Hezbollah said it fired at mossad holding them responsible for the assassination of senior hezbollah leaders and for blowing up pagers and wireless devices last week. Hezbollah confirmed its commander was killed in a raid in beirut, just a couple of kil
Did again today the h sullivan. President has rejected and did again today the strongman sullivan. President has rejected and did again today the strongman that| did again today the strongman that raising questions about roth is the same as raising questions about defeating hamas. Thatsjust defeating hamas. Thats just nonsense. Defeating hamas. Thatsjust nonsense. Our position is, should not be allowed a Safe Haven In Rafah or anywhere else, but a major Ground Operation there would be a mistake. It will lead to more innocent civilian deaths, orson the already higher humanitarian crisis, deepen the anarchy in gaza and further isolate israel internationally. More importantly, the key goals israel wants to achieve in rafah can be done by other means. On the call today, President Biden as the Prime Minister to send a senior Interagency Team composed of military, intelligence and unitarian officials, to washington in the coming days to hear us concerns about israels Current Rafah planning a
Anna foster reports from jerusalem. At gazas southern tip, the aftermath of another israeli air strike. 1. 4 million displaced people are now sheltering in rafah and israel has made it clear it wants to go further. A ground offensive, it ,says would remove hamas from gaza entirely. But theres International Pressure to avoid even more deaths. The message from israels allies to its leaders is getting stronger. Our position is that hamas should not be allowed a Safe Haven In Rafah or anywhere else, but a major Ground Operation there would be a mistake. As rafah s displaced fear what might come next, their presence is just as hard. Medical supplies, water and food are scarce. My daughter said that she wants to eat boiled eggs and i say, how can i bring you boiled eggs . The situation does not allow us to. 0ur situation was below zero before the war. so what do you expect after the war . worse and worse. . In the north of gaza, famine is nowjust weeks away. Few aid convoys are reaching