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Itself that Hassan Nasrallah had been killed in what was a huge Air Strike Last Night here in the lebanese capital. We saw and heard the plume of smoke, we heard the repeated loud blast echoing across all the buildings you can see around me. We needed to wait over 12 hours for the confirmation. Israel said early on this morning they had killed Hassan Nasrallah. It was more a matter of waiting for hezbollah itself to make the confirmation before it became a 100 guaranteed report. It is a significant and pivotal moment not just for the conflict, but for the wider Middle East. The repercussions of what has happened here will have an impact notjust on the continued fighting between israel and lebanon, but also on the wider part of the region as well. Now, strikes have continued today 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 sin ....
You for joining us. Im Jim Sciutto live from Tel Aviv. We begin with Breaking News this morning, a claim just in the last hour by israel that it has killed hezbollahs leader, Hassan Nasrallah in an airstrike in Southern Beirut. Yesterday, israel says nasrallah was killed but hezbollah has not yet commented and israeli official told cnn earlier that nasrallah was the target of the attack. And i was told in the last 24 hours that they had very high confidence. Nasrallah was on the site when the attack took place. This comes on the heels of israels largest strikes on beirut in nearly 20 years, Lebanons News Agency says israel also launched strikes in Southern Lebanon, as well as the eastern part of the country. This morning, hezbollah says it fired more rockets into Northern Israel in response we are also hearing that some hospitals in the southern part of beirut, an area targeted by israel yesterday, will now be evacuated. Im join ....