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Earlier, the idf had warned that it was going to target three particular buildings in this area, dahieh, known as a Hezbollah Stronghold. They said they were going to target them because of the hezbollah facilities and interests located there. The idf had posted saying these buildings would be targeted in the near future and told people that were living within 500 metres of them to move urgently. Just to give you a sense of the geography of where this is, i have been talking about how this is in a southern suburb of beirut but it is also in an area that is very close to the International Airport. These Evacuation Orders came before the strikes. Hezbollah has a strong presence in the Southern Suburbs. I think we can show you some of the pictures are one of the big explosions that has happened in the last half an hour. So we can see these pictures that are live and you can see the illumination. I want to show you some of these recorded pictures. There you can see that massive explosion t ....
Knowledge of friday s israeli air strike in beirut. But first, we can bring you these live pictures from beirut where israeli warplanes have launched new attacks on buildings in the city s south. The israeli military says hezbollah is storing weapons there, a claim hezbollah denies. Blasts have been heard in the southern suburbs and residents of three specific blocks were ordered to evacuate. Now lebanon s health ministry says the death toll from israel s earlier strike on beirut has risen to six, with 91 wounded. Hezbollah s leader, hassan nasrallah, was reportedly the target of the attack. Neither israel nor hezbollah has formally confirmed his status. Israeli air rai ....
Air strike in beirut. But first, these are live pictures from beirut where israeli warplanes launched new attacks on buildings in the city s south in the past several hours. Blasts were heard in the southern suburbs and residents of three specific blocks were ordered to evacuate. Returning now to that earlier strike that caused tensions to erupt, lebanon s health ministry says the death toll from that strike has risen to six, with 91 wounded. Hezbollah s leader, hassan nasrallah was reportedly the target of the attack. Neither israel nor hezbollah has formally confirmed his status. Israeli air raids on lebanon this week have killed nearly 800 people according to lebanon s health ministry. We begin our programme with this report from our middle east corresponde ....
Earlier on friday, huge plumes of smoke could be seen rising from the capital of lebanon, after israel said it fired a series of rockets into beirut. The israeli Defence Force says it was targetting hezbollah s headquarters, as huge explosions leveled buildings in beirut s densely populated Southern Suburbs. Hezbollah S Leader, Hassan Nasrallah was reportedly the target of the explosions. Neither Israel Nor Hezbollah has formally confirmed his status. At least six people died in the attack and more than 90 have been injured according to lebanese officals. The embassy of iran which backs hezbollah called the attack a dangerous, game changing escalation. Our bbc teams on the ground describe the situation as chaos, with ambulances rushing to the scene through roads packed with people trying to flee. Our Correspondent Hugo Bachega has the latest from beirut. Scenes of war in beirut. Hezbollah s conflict with israel returning to its st ....
It comes in the hours after the israeli military carried out what it called extensive strikes on hezbollah targets in southern lebanon. Israeli aircraft destroyed thousands of hezbollah rocket launch barrels in southern lebanon, according to israeli officials. Also tonight, the us state department is urging american citizens to leave lebanon, with fears growing of an allout war. Meanwhile, the death toll from israel s strike on a densely populated area of southern beirut on friday has risen to 37. Hezbollah says 16 of its members were killed in the attack, including senior military commander ibrahim aqil. He was wanted by the us govern ....