headed to the southern suburbs of baby routes and we really saw a tremendous, tremendous damage across a wide area and people were nervous. this was very tense. we're just showing you while we speak of the southern type as a baby with the smoke blowing in the area, we're hearing the sounds of fire trucks as well as a, as well as ambulances, as well really has been targeting a baby with southern supp neighborhoods and david southern suburb since like last night, so really since that massive, massive explosion. so we were not able to stay there for long because as you can understand, you know, there was a lot of tension and the even, you know, every time an explosion like this happens, some of has, well as members are deployed on the ground to, to relate to bring to, to, to deal with the chaos, to help with the recovery efforts. and they were in shock and panic as well. and, and one man, i and one mind came to us and said, you know, at the end of the day we are people who have an ideology where fighting for what we believe in. but we're also people. and we are also people who love life. i mean,

it really, it, yesterday was really at a tipping point because we've covered aftermaths of as really strikes over the past few months over the past few years. in fact, but nothing like this. and this was why there was so much concern yesterday that a high value target was taken out. the israel would not have, you know, carried out such a major attack. if it wasn't after a, a, you know, a high value target, someone like a house on no, sir, on the. and the biggest question is, if indeed this is true. who else was with him in that underground bunker? according to the is really the army was uh, for example, a member of the executive council has some stuff. he did a cousin of house on the throw in that bunker was he killed, he was supposed to be the successor. he was believed to be the potential successor . was there anybody else with we've been seeing really seen in recent weeks in days? is that as well target one commander after another. now there are those. so we'll

say that, you know, as well as an ideology, you cannot kill it. true. there are those who will say that, you know, this may be, it will be a crippling set back. crippling blow, but it will not paralyze the group. it will not the end, the group likely because in 2006 they did for $34.00 days, bombard various areas across the country. it ended in conclusively and as well that today is a much stronger force with the bigger arsenal. but what seems to be happening is something very, very different. we're getting reports, that's hospitals that are run by hezbollah are going to be targeted. we're getting reports that the civil defense operating himself 11 on being targeted. so it seems that the plan really is not allowed to not allowed to keep up the military pressure, so as not to allow hezbollah to regroup. but of course what and also i think what's also important is this, this campaign, this air campaign is also aimed at trying to avoid a ground invasion because hezbollah. this is where hezbollah will have the upper

hand, if indeed some sort of ground maneuver is carried out by these rated army. so these are still early days. it's most people that we have been speaking to say that we're just at the beginning, but there is no doubt the death of house on the throttle is indeed confirmed. will be a major set back for the group. and his supporters will feel abandoned. they say to me, you know, i've been speaking to a lot of them. they already feel about them. they feel abandoned by the world. they feel abandoned by their domestic enemies. it's, it's, it's really a very, very delicate situation in this country simply because of this deep political and secretary and divide. okay, thank you so much for that and say no hold on that for us in a roots is just go on a 9, g m t. so i just wanna recap where we are. if you're joining us on the program with breaking news coverage, the as ready ami has announced the that they have killed the head of knows a has vall that has on the spot left. we have lots of correspondence unless

standing by let's go 1st to stephanie deca. she's and jordan's capital oman, because a is there any government has bind elders there from reporting that so lots of lines coming through stuff from the is really all me bring us up to date with the latest noise that you're hearing. the other is really media is describing this uh interesting, these zayna just use an earthquake political earthquake and let them know and they are describing it as an earthquake in the middle east. it is a game changer, of course, coming from israel, my mother's celebration, and the 1st official reaction. we've had some politician near la pete head of the opposition, congratulating the army and the air force on the successful across the nation. and saying that anyone who's threatens israel, you should know you will be a son of death. this for israel is seen as a major victory cannot be underestimated. it is seen as

a major victory for benjamin netanyahu. a man who was scrambling to get his legitimacy back off to october, the 7th to faces charges of corruption. an indictment of mine who has been accused by many, including his own members of security and intelligence, establishment of pushing back on a ceasefire deal in garza, in order to survive his political career. because the moment there would be calm his coalition would full, he pushed ahead and he pushed north. and what has happened is that he has now come out victorious. he is a political survivor of ad extraordinary scale. many would have told you soon after october, the 7th, and that was along the border with gauze when it 1st happened that he was dead when it came to his political career, that there was no coming back from the swell 11 months on. he is hailed as

a hero. this is the feeling and israel, and certainly it's going to change the tire dynamics of them. at least i think moving forward, we're going to have to see what reaction is going to be from iran. but again, we haven't heard yet. from hezbollah, this is all coming from these radio army at the moment. okay, thank you for that. stephanie deca of that for us in amman. let's go a to him wrong. connie joins us from larger you and in southern 11 on enron, i, i believe strikes all happening around you. as of right now, what reaction that for the potential death of how some of those are all at once again, just to caution that we don't have confirmation to tool from his father that he has been killed. but this is according to the is really ami as well. we don't going to get very much reaction from hezbollah here in southern lebanon. this is very much a fighting force. there's constant tried to go left. finally file on is ro i'm.

israel is hitting back adjusted in the last few moments news to where i'm standing in the incoming shelling and as strikes taken place. just about 5 minutes ago, a huge i started to place in job at hand, which is just west of me over that. and then about 2 hours ago. and just on that ridge line over the we so at least to hezbollah, rockets being launched into is really territory now uh, has below uh, beginning to use now. sure to medium range rockets. they confirmed that they have use that on places in northern israel. and the developers around on a base in northern israel as well. so these rate is very much keeping up the pressure here. this is also happening in bold, but it's also happening in these. it's also happening in the book called valley.

and in fact, uh there was an asteroid in the home doing which about 23 kilometers away from a route, but it's in central level. it's in mount level, so that's fall far, far away from this some a buddha. all of that. plus the deep is really claiming the depth of how some this red light is going to get people very, very spooked. in fact, it may, will lead to an excess of people from the. is there any all me him wrong? have always claim that it's uh, that has the operatives in his folder, weapons and so on. uh oh, hiding along the southern border with lebanon, which is where you are right now. give us a sense of the role of some of those rela, on the fighting force. of his pulled out and, and what role they normally play along the southern border

a well, here's a how sudden this real a is very much uh, the leader of his beloved. but he's not just the, the person who actually directs military operations. the signs off on them, but remember his bullet has at least 3 different parts of his organization. there's a military way. obviously, there is a political when they have members of parliament, they are part and parcel of lebanese political society. and then is the charge of moving the child's wing running schools and hospitals. and now those of hospitals are in the front by the israelis that way. and i'm, that's what we're hearing. how send this or letter is a person who will survive his, his type will, will survive, whether replaces in, if you indeed is a is that will take on that mindful of those 3 things. but then the last week, the vin, several assassinations of key military leaders. now that's interesting because it

started with fire ciocca just a few weeks ago. and then they had all the drone units and, and handled the person who's like so there's no, there's just extra like just the distance. but now, so bobby is going to be more crippling to them because these guys with military experience and bottle field experience, whether they can actually replace those is going to be an interesting thing for his bullet, particularly as they are in the middle of this intense escalation or ok, thank you for that. enron. com, the 1st in march or unit in southern 11 on let's get, move with somebody. how are ya need directs to center for sloan and global affairs at a stumble zane university. so just to repeat some a we don't have confirmation from has, but that's how semester all a has been killed. however, if it is found to be true,

if you can give us your reaction, how much impact is this going to have on his well as an organization? i think the board right now is in your own courts, or there was multiple theories about what your own is going to do. it's remember that his beloved was basically created, or at least massively supported by iran, wasn't for it on we would not see the eyes of a love today. similarly, the other is just a small events. it's part of what school the access was just that i'm up for serious about what to do. i'm going to do one is that there is a d. and somewhere behind the scenes between the native states and the around. i don't believe that there is any evidence to do just to show this what sort of deal well that you're on would basically back down from supporting this in the, for some benefits that they don't get. i don't think that's that's, that's do it all. the other theory is that the reformers now are on i'll have the upper hand after the the, the magazines. yes. after the elections of my soul,

the best john and that they are trying to buy in the down arrow and involvement. and the lot here, middle east, so that they can focus more on air, on domestic problems. there are some evidence in there, but suppose a conclusive because at the end the policy is within the foreign policy arena. it's really up to them. the, the, to the, uh, how many and, and the large extent also that are producing a box which are the main supporters of physical server theory, which probably is plausible. so the evidence is, can, is that you're on, is racing towards acquiring the nuclear bomb. in which case they don't want to disrupt this because that will give them a much stronger hand as they confront this. but i think at the end, what's going to be the mist within about that runs involvement or not the response that would come uh, if this is to, if this news is true, not only from visible but also from his beloved from young men from 8 off from

other groups around the region, if they massively start bombing, we're sending this size or ballistic, midsize, or drones or whatever assets they have to watch is what, in order to diminish the impact of this that would show that to get on is pretty much involved in this because they would not do it without their own support. so if, if, if we don't see iran do anything as we haven't seen uh, throughout the course of the war. where does that leave has been a, as an organization as a facing organization. if indeed has on this role that has been killed by the is riley on a and is not just how some, those are all the we've seen, many senior commanders of hezbollah being killed of the course of the last few days . do they still have the ability to fight back and how quickly would it take them to re, to there's below is a very strong organization, despite all the setbacks they've seen in the past week. it has tens of thousands of

members. it has a lot of military assets, as well as economic and other assets and attempt to take them, pick them some time to regroup. but let's remember back in 1992 as a, as on the so low as not know and southerly. he became the 2nd to generate and he was able to rebuild the organization, half the destination of another charismatic and the other was our best most always . so i think if it is through someone else with image as the next the, the can sometime to, to become or to consolidate their power and to become a regional player. but i don't think they're there at all, but i think we're going to see in the next few days, the amount of a amount of control they would have over whatever assets they have when they respond. if it is true, because this is not something that they would just the overload, if indeed testing the cell was killed in the strike, then there should be massive retaliatory effects, but also would be coming from different parts. and what's your sense of what israel is going to be? is there any armies going to do next?

is, is, is this what they were trying to achieve to kill has on those rollout? well, they put their hands up now and say, we've done it. we've managed to get rid of husband. oh, do we now see no further action from them? there's been 2 on the ground invasions with for instance, i don't think they will go for ground invasion. that will be you said that for them . i think this also been the rules, but if it happens, it would be to the advantage of as well. but i think what is, what i have been trying to do for the past 11 months is to restore this image that they can to 3rd, their enemy is that they have this massive invincible army. that is the hedge on in the region. this image was totally furnished after the 7th and all along or what they're trying to do is the, they want to achieve, quote, unquote, tilt and victory. and that's what they're trying to say. and they think by associating with any of those of the movements, whether it's on the, for his, for how mass or master on the 4th floor is his beloved or others that they can restore this image. but what is, what is lost here is that this is not the one battle fight. what we see here is a fight that's, you know, now it's state for us for almost

a decades. it would continue to do so. at the end of the day is what if it does not respect the people who the area or what they want to do is hit back and try to kill as many as they can. they cannot get uh their existence out of getting as many people as they see. but then we talked about the fact that has been i wouldn't have even existed if it wasn't for the as riley's invading 11 on a. okay, thank you for your a novice to send me out. are you in the center for islam? and besides a stumble, st university. let's speak now to us. in fact, he is in the back of valley in east and 11 on. but what's happening where you are, as well as being a series of strikes carjacked by is there any jets in the back of the valley? in fact, this morning, a few hours ago we had the across flight to just overhead. and then we had the strikes taking place that took place an omen, and as of the, just a few kilometers behind me. and even in the distance, i can still see smoke rising,

at least 2 for the strikes now is what it has to say to the claim that the hip hitting his blood is weapon depos minute trips to the, to the launch sites. now i can tell you uh that in the back of valley. uh so many times the villages have been hit my shot are some stuff that separates have extra motivated yet kinda exactly. so many are being hit. and this is because the backup valley pots of the seen as a stronghold for his belie neighbors, syria is really believes the roots read a reference of both into the country for his with and also back of valley, a neighbors on the loved ones. the southern governor, so it's a very strategic strategic, both of seen as a stronghold for his beloved. so we've seen the increase of those strikes taking place and the sign of those explosions had been reverberating around the hills half . uh and i wanna ask you, uh you say that the, the back of valley is a, has bought a strong hold. uh, we still don't have a confirmation from his bullet that, uh, the nita has something is wrong. that is indeed dead. but if that were to be true,

what sort of reaction would they be where you are in becca valley to, to the last of this of mine who, you know, many see as a father figure as we've been hearing on the program today. absolutely. it's important to say this isn't the 1st time is where i'd have came. jeff killed has done this or that back in 2006. they claim to have killed him. and 3 days later he had most of the television uh television address in la. so, but he is seen as a father if he gave you travel up and down a little bit on that, especially in areas where there is, has been support, you was find post as of headphones. so then many other members of his below. and he's seen as a father figure out he's seen as a charismatic leader. and in the policies, popularity has gone beyond the borders of living on the run, the most in world, especially in terms of resistance against israel, though that popularity has suffered over the years since his beloved involvement in

syria, in the civil war and syria. and also here in liberal and some of the enemies or the physician to hezbollah, the popularity has suffered, but amongst its supporters, this will be a bill. people will be devastated, people will be upset. but it's important to remember that this is a movement, isn't the 1st lead, if killed, that has been killed by israel. and this is an organization with many lives. and as you have seen from my colleagues, that back to the site is continue even though there's a possibility that uh no sir, that has been killed. the fighters are still firing rockets. the so targeting is ready positions. so yes, many supporters will be very upset. and it will be a blow to the organization, but many people believe that he's with us. no good organization will continue. and the other asset strikes on the back of volley on eastern 11 on has been ongoing. now for some time, we know many people have been displaced elsewhere and saw the level and even within

they were to what is the situation where you are many people leaving that homes as well? what, what we, what we have seen, people display some of the parts of the back of the moving to other parts of the back of body. but also i was speaking your on to a canadian citizen who was trying to leave the country and thank you for flights being cancelled. there's no way out for him. a hotel rooms here, a full people are staying with friends and family, but also we've heard that many people across and go over into syria. we've heard from you and hate see all the over the last few days we've had about 50000 people cross over many of them a syrian but also they live in these people crossing over in to say it because the people, some people came here to escape the super and civil war now it seems like the war is coming to live and on. so people are going back to where they could possibly be safer. so yes, it is displacement not just in the size of the brown, but also here in the back of body. okay, thank you for that. i said big that for us in the back of valley. okay,

let's go to akiva, elda a political. i'm a sudden and contributor to the daily. is there any paper her reps? he joins us now live from tel aviv. and i want to get your reaction to this news of what you're hearing in israel to these reports coming from the is really ministry that they have killed the meta off his bullet. how some of those roll out again, just a caution, 12 years. this has not been confirmed by has been are themselves. um i believe that uh, the majority of the ladies who uh, just now listening to the news taken seriously, they believe uh the cheapest style. so how do you levy? i'm gonna tell you always on his way to is right right now, and i'm sure that is a press conference. he will be taking grad date for this and he will become the

hero of the day. uh, but uh, you know, my really takes me back uh to uh, another incident when is well killed a boss who was really the predecessor i do. he is late that i was in front of the jewish community center in bonus iris. that was bonded by a wrong and the fees, but uh, as to close, the college was as well. and this was after 27 is very slow and killed in the advocacy in bonus virus and another. and it is, riley was killed in the, is rarely embassy in address. so it's going submit your circle is that i'm sure that uh, this is know the last word i, i remember that you had these very intelligent just who was in charge of the operation of killing bucklin, missouri. so we, he said,

how do we know and how this will end up in cutting so many. and this is people, i'm not sure that we would have done it as many as we had these with the why the c a bus. and so we did a, a leading guy because by law, uh then uh, this will allow you to when you get to another one, it takes in time to reorganize the forces. and as long as you, we didn't find that and serious solution to the conflict that includes also some points of friction. a lot of these liberties, both are like the shop phones. and i hope that the next step will be that the lane duction, washington president, by the way, to find the college and the wisdom to bring us back to the negotiating tables.

but right now the video is right heavy. they cancel the demonstrations against the governments because the police uh is uh wanting that may be um, it's a good idea to get too many people together. it is a blessing called a blessed, but people they could celebrate. they would celebrate today i came, but i just want to put to you a comment that was made a little earlier by the is right from the years ready on either attendant general has the i love the saying uh when talking about the strike in the end dr lots of preparation is ready, ministry activated the applied in love and on to talk at most right. c and as well as headquarters in a strike, it was the right time we did it in a very precise way. we know for a fact that there was nothing precise about this attack. how can the israelis continue to justify that these attacks on single need is

where we see hundreds of people being killed. children been killed, women being killed, how did they justify it? and how is this acceptable for these rarely public? uh uh, it's very easy. uh you just uh, show the images on is riley television channels off uh me to, uh, to if you wanna, the communities that were destroyed. and you can show the people who uh well move to uh, a year ago from their homes. and they can are back home uh if there is a whole and a reminder of the plans that the so i had to uh, photo was how much did the september in october severs and, and you're got uh this one justification and adding to this. oh, so that the international community is telling a blind eye, including our country's, you know, the adoption and the bodies lex. uh,

you can still see them into, i mean, so the price that, uh, these varies the bank is not very high heavy except that, uh, just yesterday movies the rating company has uh, downgrade for the 2nd time. the is riley um, bradley, tracing and these ladies will pay the price and they pay the price uh, every day when we get a new body back. so some sort of gaza, but uh, the prices will be up. the international banks will not be very happy to uh, offer is a loan to buy more. i mean issues, and if they will do age would be so expensive that i'm not sure this is why i can't afford it. as the reserve is coming back home. if they have a whole business,

uh, exhaustive, and i don't know how long is that, we'll be able to keep doing this. and of course, as was mentioned before, when you show mind he was didn't say it's us words. oh, okay, i appreciate your time analysis. i keep a elder political on list, contributed to the daily is riley newspaper, read speaking to us back from tel aviv. thank you. now, i just wanna recap where we are this morning. uh, over the course of the night southern favorites has been hit spine intense wave of as strikes, that israel says was aimed at his bullet targets. ali hash them now looks at how the night unfolded in southern they were to lighting up the lights. kyle: with a root strike, act to strike lunch. light is when shots having any hope that it would teach please to stop escalating attacks on them and on that

docs have targeted. the densely populated suburb of di, what is varies, also struck a guess for the south, including targets around the southern city of tire. one of the largest attacks on a route and decades began as dusk fell over the city and continued long into the 9th. the it began with 10 massive strikes, targeted the aftermath and this residential neighborhood watched devastating the rescue as a nearby residence, rushed to search the rubble for survivors. the he has been hit by is with several times this week. but friday's attacks are, by far, the largest that will be the husbands in the strike felt like an earthquake of the ground was shaking there. i was on the 7th floor in the southern suburbs and saw

a strange mass of fire. the entire building was shaking and it has affected me psychologically. i know a lot of them on, i mean, you know, some of this was a painful strike with innocent civilians affected. what can we say? there are a bunch of criminals. 11 is, i'm not fighting them or bombing buildings like they all have the neck of the house is really similar to what's quick to justify. bombing, you have any populated, civilian neighborhood, saying it's strong and major is block, combine center and weapons default please. by the central headquarter, was intentionally built under residential buildings in the heart of the document. a route as part of this bundle strategy of using the lebanese people is human shields . but it's clear, many of the victims in dusky home to about 700000 people are civilians. the us has been pushing is read to negotiate, to cease fire with his blah and says the strikes and the he went to achieve that

game. but secretary of state until the blinking weston creek defend is, was auctions. the question is not, does this real have a right to deal with existential threats with security and enemies across its uh, its borders with the of out in 10 to destroys real force. it does, but the question is, what is the best way to achieve its objectives? we believe the diplomatic course is the best. one is what it says. it strikes on level. and that's something has lots of tax and allowing displaced is relays to return to the north with the latest attack on be within the south is what has once again made it clear that bombing, residential buildings is no obstacle to that goal. or the actual just see it on fire. southern level. ok, let's remind you of the breaking news this out of the.