Welcome back to the weekend, we began with Breaking News out of The Middle East. Hezbollah has now confirmed israel killed its longtime leader. Just last hour the spokesperson for the israeli military confirmed that. His killing under the command of, Choice Chuck chose to join the war that hamas started. There are consequences for that decision. Aaron mcglocklin is live in tel aviv. Bring us up to speed on the latest list our. Symone, around 6 00 yesterday evening, a massive explosion rocked the city of beirut and minutes later, israeli officials were Briefing Members of the press that he was the target of an israeli airstrike on a residential building. They were saying that the Command And Control headquarters for hezbollah was located under then the building. And there was a question whether they had carried out the assassination effectively. They released the Audio Exchange between the Fighter Pilot who carried out the attack and his commander moments after the airstrike was carried
Breaking news from The Middle East, new and growing tension following confirmation from lebanon, the leader of hezbollah was killed friday in an israeli airstrike on an apartment complex. We dont have that sound. We will get that for you. You can see the effect of the airstrikes that continue today and plumes of smoke can be seen rising over Southern Lebanon. Protesters have gathered on The Streets Of Tehran today. Officials in iran say one of its military generals was also killed friday adding they expect to soon deploy troops to lebanon. The biden administration says it has no advanced warning of the israeli strikes. President biden in a statement moments ago said hassan Nasrallahs Death is a measure of justice for his many victims including thousands of americans, israelis and lebanese civilians. We have reporters and analysts in place across the world ready to go over these developments for us. We will go to Matt Bradley who joined us from beirut. Welcome. I know you heard a lot of
Israeli officials are bracing for reaction. The idf says it intercepted a missile over central israel that have been launched from yemen. Israel continues to pound targets Inside Lebanon, large plumes of smoke can be seen all day rising over the south. Ri in iran, antiisrael protesters took to the streets of the Capital City and that countrys Supreme Leader declared five days of mourning, urging his people to stand with hezbollah. In the u. S. , President Biden said he has directed secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin to further enhance the Defense Posture of Military Forces in The Middle East to deter aggression and reduce the risk of a broader regional war. We have reporters and analysts in place around the World Right in with all these new developments first. First, Matt Bradley joined us again from beirut. Matt, give us a sense of how tense it is in Lebanons Capital this evening. Reporter tense, and oni hav to say, alex, mournful, People Y are crying in the streets, wailing out. This
Untold stories of latinos and how they shaped america. Im jonathan capehart, this is the saturday show. We are just 38 days from the u. S. Presidential election in november and a dramatic escalation in the Middle East is taking Center Stage and sparking fears of a wider conflict in the region. Today, the Israel Defense forces and hezbollah confirmed that Hezbollah Leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed in targeted israeli airstrikes on the Groups Headquarters in Southern Beirut. The strike destroyed at least for residential complexes and damaged other buildings nearby. At least 11 people were killed and more than 100 injured according to the lebanese health ministry. The idf continued lobbing rockets into Lebanon Today targeting Hezbollah Infrastructure in Southern Beirut and issued Evacuation Orders for several neighborhoods as civilians flee to the north. Iran, condemned the strike, calling it a war crime. But so far, iran has not expressed any intention to retaliate. The White House sai
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 raids on lebanon this week have killed nearly 800 people, according to lebanon s health ministry. We begin our special programme on the conflict tonight with this report from our middle east correspondent hugo bachega in beirut. (explosions) scenes of war in beirut. Hezbollah s conflict with israel returning to its strongho