Hello, im mathew amroliwala. The israeli military says, its expanding its Ground Offensive against hezbollah by moving into a new zone, in south western lebanon. It says it now has some 15,000 soldiers deployed in the south of the country. Hezbollah has fired more than 100 rockets at northern israeli cities and while israel says it shot most of them down, there has been some damage in the Port City of haifa. Amid the fighting, the Deputy Leader of hezbollah has said he supports a call from lebanons parliament, for a ceasefire with israel. Its thought to be the first time hezbollah has called for a ceasefire without tying it to a truce in gaza. 0ur chief international Correspondent Lyse Doucet is in tel aviv. Clear Signs Today of an escalation in israeli military operations in southern lebanon, with forces moving away from the South East where they have been focusing their actions to the south west, giving evacuation Orders Yesterday for people to move out of that area. It said from the
Four becomes three tory mps eliminate Tom Tugendhat from the race to be the next leader of their party. Hello, im matthew amroliwala. Presiden biden has warned Hurricane Milton could be the worst to hit the state of florida in a century. The category four storm will make landfAll in the next 48 hours. 51 florida counties are under a state of emergency, residents have been told to get out, fast. On monday, the mayor of the city of tampa said those who remained in areas subject to Evacuation Orders would die. As well as sustained winds of about 260 kilometres an hour, the hurricane is predicted to bring Storm Surges of up to 3. 5 metres to western florida. In the last Hour President biden spoke to the white house. My biden spoke to the white house. My trip to germany and africa, try to work those out later, i just dont think i can get out of the country at this time. Number One, numbertwo, we, we are going to stay focused with whats hitting us right now. Ive been briefed by senior leader
Struggling with helenes catastrophic aftermath, much of the areas famed Scenic Lands its gate completely unrecognizable. Look at these visuals. It just tells you everything you need to know about the devastation and the damage from helene in Buncombe County where asheville is at least 35 stormrelated deaths are reported with more than 600 people unaccounted for officials warn the Death Toll could go much higher. And these exclusive pictures just in to cnn showed the extent of the destruction should in asheville. What you are looking at is the main road there and biltmore village, its near the famous biltmore estate. Its a five Lane Road usually pull up cars. Now, as you see a is covered in mud and debris. People walking down the Middle Of The Road looking for supplies helene tore through the historic village, the floodwaters rising too level and pushing trailers into buildings power, and water are out and much of the city just basic necessities. People need to survive they dont theyre
York is Cnn Newsroom with Paula Newton hello, and a warm welcome to Cnn Newsroom. Im Paula Newton in New York at 9 00 a. M. And beiruts where israel is carrying out new Air Strikes. And fears are growing that the exchange of Missile Fire between Israel And Hezbollah could turn into a ground war. Now us officials say israeli troops have mobilized from israeli Air Defenses police say pieces of an intercepted missile crashed in the suburbs all this is happening after israel killed Hezbollah Leader Hassan Nasrallah, prompting new fears of a wider war in the region. As paula is pledging to continue its fight while iran says, israel will face Quote A Crushing Blow for the assassination, israeli prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his country is now one step closer to achieving its military goals. Who gummi khadem, the elimination of nasrallah is a necessary condition for achieving the goals. We have said, returning the residents of the north safely to their homes and changing the Balance
Learned on Saturday Evening that the idf are discovered six bodies in the Gaza Strip and we were waiting identification of those. One of those has now been identified as hersch Goldberg Polin, the Israeli American who viewers may recall seeing in the wake of the hamas led Terrorist Attacks of october the seventh with half of his left arm blown off. He subsequently appeared in Hamas Hostage Video several months ago, his parents have been incredibly vocal. They appeared at the Democratic National Convention. Theyve met with President Biden and theyve been tireless in their campaign to get not just hersh released but also all of the hostages still remaining in the Gaza Strip released as well. The family of hersh put out a Statement Saying with broken hearts, the goldberg family, and the goldbergpolin family, excuse me, as devastated to announce the death if their beloved Son And Brother hersh, the family. Thanks you all for your Love And Support and asked for privacy at this time Presiden