Countrys year long Military Campaign as a Sacred Mission which will continue so long as its existence is threatened. Benjamin netanyahu said the operations in gaza, lebanon and elsewhere in the region must not be stopped as he put it prematurely. His remarks came in a televised address at The End of commemorations marking the first anniversary of the deadly attacks by hamas. This morning and through the night, Rocket Warnings have continued to sound in northern israel. Israels military says Suhail Hussein husseini the target of its latest Air Strikes on beirut oversaw logistics and Weapons Transfers with iran. Hezbollah has not confirmed hes been killed. Lets Ta Ke lets take you live to the region, these are the latest pictures we have coming in at Bbc London of the skyline over beirut. More strikes in recent hours. Our Correspondentjoe Inwood has the latest. Beirut plunged into darkness by this spreading war. Huge swathes of the city illuminated only by the explosions of incoming miss
Bill thats a scene a short time ago as Israel And Hezbollah are on the brink of an allout War Prompting the u. S. To send more troops to the Middle East and casting a shadow over President Bidens final u. N. Address scheduled in an hour. Big doings here. Im bill hemmer. Dana im Dana Perino and this is americas newsroom. I imagine this is not at all the speech that biden thought he would be giving at this point. Well track that for you. Were also tracking an eruption of intense fighting across the israeli lebanon border. Idf is going on the defensive. The worst Fighting Lebanon has seen in decades and could plunge the entire region into chaos. Bill the black drop of the bloodshed for the u. N. General assembly. It was supposed to be a Victory Lap for President Biden. Now addressing a failure of u. S. Foreign policy. Rich edson reports from the u. N. Nate foye from Tel Aviv and lets begin in israel with the conflict there. Nate, hello. Good morning. Breaking into within the past hour wer
Thereve been fresh explosions in the lebanese capital, beirut, and elsewhere in the country. The Health Ministry says nine people have been killed and more than Three Hundred injured. The lebanese News Agency says that todays explosions involved Walkie Talkies made by The Japanese company icom. As for Yesterdays Wave of blasts, iran has blamed israel for them. And hezbollah, has vowed to retaliate, and the Un Secretary General has warned of a serious risk of a dramatic escalation in the region. While the region waits for hezbollah and Irans Response to this extraordinary development what are the recent events that led to this . The day after hamas gunmen crossed Into israel from gaza on October 8th last Year Hezbollah fired at israeli positions to show solidarity with the palestinians. 8,000 rockets according to israeli officials, have since been launched at northern israel and israeli positions on the golan heights. Israel retaliated with repeated strikes at hezbollah positions in leb