Wednesday at eight on Hgtv Cnn breaking News Welcome to for our viewers in the united states and Around The World, im Jim Sciutto in Tel Aviv, the Chris Wallace Show will start in just a few minutes, but we do want to get you the latest on our Breaking News we have been following all morning. The Middle East on edge after the killing of hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in an israeli airstrike Friday Today night. Nasrallah, one of the founders of hezbollah, oversaw its transformation into a powerful Paramilitary Force in the Middle East responsible for numerous terrorist attacks the strike that killed us rela happened in a densely populated area, killed at least six people, wounded, dozens more thats according to lebanese officials in all israel targeted more than 140 sites. The idf says those targets included Weapons Storage facilities, production sites, as well as other infrastructure embedded inside residential neighborhoods in beirut there are concerns about a possible response. He
the latest we re hearing is that police have begun making arrests. we re told that more than 80 arrests have been made for breach of the peace while a further ten people have been arrested for possessing offensive weapons and drugs. these pictures are of more counter protestors are being held inside a pub by police, as the main protests goes past. here s an update from the metropolitan police. from about 9am this morning we have seen several hundred counter protesters that came towards whitehall and, from what we can see, they came intent on confrontation, intent on violence and intent causing trouble. we have made a number of arrests, including, within the counterprotest, including for possession of a knife, possession of a button, possession of class a drugs and assault on emergency workers. , ., ., ,, workers. let s go live to the us embassy- let s go live to the us embassy. our news correspondent frances read is at the israeli embassy, where the protest is finishing.
though, officers have faced aggression from counter protesters who include some far right groups. scuffles broke out as police attempted to stop them reaching an area and the group pushed through as officers hit out with batons. police say objects were thrown at officers and the very latest figure we have from the met police, they are making a rest at the moment. more than 90 people have been arrested for breach of the piece while ten more people have been arrested for possessing offensive weapons and drugs. these pictures, you can see here, of counter protesters. they are being held inside a pub in pimlico by police as the main protests go past. that is the scene across central london at the moment and we ll bring you more of these events a little later. these rallies come, of course, as the health ministry in gaza s largest medical facility so that they have been forced to suspend operations because they run out of fuel. there are reports of intensified fighting close to a