nafiseh, i was trying to sencer question. nafiseh, i was trying to spencer viewers _ question.ewers last night there l question. nafiseh, i was trying to i spencer viewers last night there are three geographer of the errors of control that hezbollah has and never known, that area close to the border which has been the scene for a list of the tit—for—tat attacks of the scene, thence south beirut where the military command structure is but also in the east, that said, politically across the country, they have a lots of control. they are much stronger than the lebanese missouri, so the other communities in lebanon right now are in some respects beholden to them, and what they do next. and i guess in that respect, they are on tenterhooks tonight. to respect, they are on tenterhooks toniaht. ., ,., , respect, they are on tenterhooks toniaht. ., , , tonight. to some extent, this is completely _ tonight. to some extent, this is completely true, _ tonight. to some extent, this is completely true, but _ tonight. to some extent, this is completely true, but they - tonight. to some extent

nafiseh, thank you very— from syrian sources. nafiseh, thank you very much. the — update. what have you been able to gather in the meantime _ update. what have you been able to gather in the meantime while - update. what have you been able to gather in the meantime while we . update. what have you been able to l gather in the meantime while we have been speaking with our guests earlier? what can you tell us? we have not earlier? what can you tell us? - have not had any reaction from hezbollah yet, but there have been a number of reports suggesting that this senior hezbollah commander who was the target of this israeli attack has survived this attack, so again, this was an israeli attack that hit an area of beirut, in southern beirut, that is a stronghold of hezbollah, so again, i think the question now is of how and if hezbollah is going to retaliate. since the beginning of these attacks by hezbollah back in october, talking about the possibility of an escalation between israel and hezbollah, and i think this is the fear here tonight.— hezbollah, and i think

nafiseh, mark, thank ou it completely yet. nafiseh, mark, thank you for— it completely yet.istening today to a interview that the defence secretary at lloyd austin gave, he said they are trying to urge restraint but the united states is well prepared to come to israel's aid if it came to a war with hezbollah. how would people on your side of the debate feel about that? he also said that escalate and conflicts in that region with hezbollah is not inevitable. i think the defence secretary as well as the administration were very aware that israel has no choice but to attack given the drastic attack where 12 children were killed, and so behind closed doors, it was coordinated, and also, not what many people authorise —— realise, hezbollah were aware these attacks are coming in, theissueis aware these attacks are coming in, the issue is where exactly would land, and making sure that the target had as few said visual —— civilian casualties as possible. i think as much as you think might think as much as you think might think about the chaos in the united states, what's going on wi

nafiseh, thank you for that. see from the building, it was a targeted, precision strike from this drone. three missiles were fired. in the immediate aftermath, we saw flames in the night sky above beirut. you can see now there is a huge crowd of there. the buildings along that apartment block still standing, israelis acting on some intelligence, and as mark says, will take some time to get clarification on who was killed in the attack. we are hearing from the israelis, that they did share some of this intelligenc with the white house and biden administration. they don't always communicate, but it would seem ahead of this strike, that was communicated. we will talk to another member of the lebanese comnity from the christian maronite community later in the program. around the world and across the u.k., you are watching bbc news. welcome back to bbc news. we are going to talk about that appalling life in southport. the town and the country still absorbing the scale and the horror of what unfolded yesterday. please

nafiseh sohrabian of sed and cima news agency. the yemeni armed forces announced their military operations using several ballistic missiles in the amalarsash region in the south of occupied palestine. in the statement: the yemeni navy, the drone unit and the missile unit of the yemeni armed forces have carried out a joint operation with several missiles and drones against the american ship pumbaa in the red sea. 3 people were martyred in the attack of the zionist regime on hodeidah port. 8. people were also injured, most of them suffered severe burns. the warplanes of the zionist regime on saturday evening with the support of the united states and england and some others western countries and the region. they stormed yemen's hodeidah port. civilian facilities, oil tanks and power plant of hodeidah were bombarded by the zionists and electricity was cut off in large parts of hodeidah. thousands of yemenis expressed their anger and disgust with the zionist regime last night in sana'a. the yemenis emphasized the continued support and