Fierce cross border clashes are continuing with israel striking southern lebanon, and hezbollah firing dozens of rockets into northern israel. On tuesday, the israeli military said they d killed a senior hezbollah commander in a strike on beirut. These pictures show the extent of the destruction from that strike. Our senior international correspondent, orla guerin, sent this report from tyre, where thousands of people have fled their homes. A community in mourning. The village of saksakiyeh in southern lebanon today. Ii were killed here yesterday by israel s massive bombardment. The dead included four women, an infant and a seven year old girl called joury. Herfather, mohammad halal, says she was an innocent child and a martyr. He pledges his support for the hezbollah leader, sheikh hassan nasrallah. Even if they kill us, he says, we are at your service. Also being mourned today, dina darwiche and her son, jad. Killed in their own home by an israeli missile. Here she was at work with
their recovery. in other news now, the senate has agreed to extend the federal payroll tax cut but only for two months instead of a year. the house hasn t scheduled a vote on the measure yet and many house republicans aren t happy with the temporary extension. president barack obama backs the deal, but he s calling on law makers to do more. i m very please ad to see th work the senate has done. while this agreement is for two months, it is my expectation, in fact, it would be inexcusable for congress nigot to further extend this middle classes tax cut for the rest of the year. it should be a formality and hopefully it s done with as little drama as possible when they get back in january. in the meantime, president obama is expected to sign a spending bill passed by the senate today, which will keep the government running through september 30th. you hear the drums, kind of know what s going on. it s the occupy wall street movement, returning at least for one day. today s