i haven't seen it without strategic thinking how to strategically in 6th, paying for loaners on the is ready side without the necessary the leading to a whole lot of the problem now i wish i was a but i think sonya test on my cell i had the other brains, all possible on many of them had been taken out. so what remained city said is we will have to block continued to have this strategic ability to inflict that damage on his right on calibrate is waiting to issue a lot of, you know, fun response to what has happened without further igniting that situation. because we're trying to pull both together on account has been lock. it's been clear, i think from the stocks, but the doors are not interested in such a war. we appreciate you being with us at is risk. thank you very much indeed. thank you. the, the students joining us as we kept breaking news story. we're following here on august

. israel's army says it's killed, the leader of has bought a husband. the smallest was the groups leader for 32 years as well that has not confirmed his status. this all began on friday evening with a massive wave of strikes and the capitol southern the suburbs residential buildings were reduced to rubble is very near say it used 85 so called bunker buster farms age, playing around with the tongue. more attacks are being counted out and be able to sell themselves. these are pictures of a blast and the density populations here area as well, is also targeted dozens of sites in the east and south of lebanon. we're going to take a look at the type of weapon we believed are being used to kill the leader of has bottom is really media says about 85 so called bunker buster bonds were used, also known as grounds penetration. nutrition, these missiles bo deep into the ground before the detonate. they have the power to destroy underground facilities and reinforced concrete buildings. the bombs each

weigh between 200-4000 pounds. they can penetrate searching majors of us or 6 meters of concrete, and also create shock waves that can collapse other structures. the geneva convention outlaws, the use of these bombs and densely populated by the populated areas because of the risk of mass and indiscriminate casualties. elijah montana is a military and security analyst. he's joining us now from boston's thank you very much indeed for being with us. let's talk about the magnitude of the weapon rate that was used in this and to israel will say that it was doing it in order to take out the leadership off his ball. it never the less that has been significant collateral damage. it must call into question the methods that is really is using in order to be able to prosecute this one. it is very soft recorded lecture that makes you under a 100 people on the robert and. ready lost their lives in the excursion,

according to the authority that because the objective was a highly advise you. but that doesn't explain the getting other civil use of this size a the is really loud incense at the beginning of the war and got to create and question what and for every need. uh they also maybe took another 100 gigs. but even with this in human and it lee good question, they have fridays it several times by kidding civilians, indiscriminate me and telling us that there are leaders or in yeah, there is no justification whatsoever. and i said, please forgive me for interrupting you. but so i can bring you some breaking news that according to their watches, news agency loved ones has ball. our group is now confirming that it's later how son and i saw a lot has been killed in the bombing attack by these various that we have been

covering these really ami had originally officially officially announced that cutting off has bought a leader hoss and i saw a few hours ago, being the leader of the around bikes group for about 32 years he was reported to be . the target of those strikes is in a quarter, looks back at his life. the house on the smaller reach the peak of his popularity after the war with israel in 2006, he was seen as a hero, not just and looking on beyond standing up to as well as what defined him and his around. in fact, group for years. but that's changed. what has the last sense fighters to syria when an uprising begins threatening president bush, charlotte, as a rule. what am i that the resistance cons stand with this um, forward, well expects broken. if syria falls in the hands of the us, these riley's and the talk series, then the resistance will be besieged theory. while this was a turning point,

this roller was no longer seen as a leader of a resistance movement. but a leader of a she, a party fighting for the runyan interest. he was labeled a terrorist by arab countries. i'm. i'm not even before involvement in the war in syria now. strong, i failed to convince many, and the son, the muslim arab world, that his movement was not behind the assassination of lebanon's former prime minister, or if he can heavy in 2005, an international tribunal indicted for members of the group. one was later convicted despite this that's wrong to continue to enjoy the backend from his support base, mainly living on she us who referred him as a leader and religious figurehead. he was hospitalized longer serving secretary general, taking over at the age of $32.00, when his pre dest. this are a vessel, most of we was killed by his really miss idols. in 1992 in power for nearly 30 years, necessarily has long been seen as

a target for assassination by as well. who, along with the united states, has designated has beloved a terrorist organization. that's why he rarely made public appearances and delivered speeches on television. instead, he played a big role and as well as transformation from a rug group during the civil war in lebanon, and the 1980s to him military force stronger than the army, and the political party, stronger than the state. no, stella, who received religious education in iran has been described as the most powerful figure in lebanon without holding public office. his critics say his political muscle came from the groups weapons, which were used against domestic opponents in 2008. i. callum, i'm fits me instead of giving up his beloved weapons now under this government under this regime of the means leaving living unexposed before israel and it was an accusation. estrella would repeatedly make against those demanding has been lost. this argument, he protected whatever power the group gained over the decades while doing so public

criticism heights, and especially when he tried to under cut the nationwide protest movement that called for a strong state and a new political order doesn't allow you to develop venture former talia we're against the government's resignation because we will face a huge void. it could take one or 2 years to form a government. and once it's boomed, it will be made up of the same political forces that's run. the supporters saw him as a defender of the rights of she, us with his critics said he was a runs man who never shied away from, showing a legions to, to run. and it's really just authority, has been law faced, one of its biggest challenges after and a threat to announce the group opened up a front against israel to help relief pressure on it's like how much and gaza in october 2023. the group suffers losses after months of cross border fighting and is really a tax that targeted significant figures in the movement. but the solar remained

defiant, has been described as the personification of hezbollah. and while the group is organized and unified, a leadership change is unlikely to have wide ranging implications. but it's last the commander who was covers matic and whose influence extended, far beyond living on to go back to elijah muggy because the military and security analyst is joining us from brussels while we were making that to that statement. the 11th, as well as the says that it's lead to nothing worse and not on the highest dollar. awesome, no swallow, has been killed in the bombing by the is really military given to find that. and that's not, it was so intrinsic to his ball or what kind of impact is this news likely to have? the 1st thing in the announcement must have come for the lang did move in on the new secretary general because the show right down. so that is made of 7 to 8

people were united and where they decided who's going to need the, the interested, uh, and the side of the wall and to the stances and never know if he's going to and the war against the age right. in this case, there are, there is one strong candidate to say hudson's that the dean was a member of the shore account. so the cousin, a site and a son in law and a member of the j. i did counseling, so he's also uh, knowledgeable about the role and public dukes and he was, and this student is the head of the executive to a bronze that he's dealing with civilians. and also the manager in the south looked at her until that it means that will allow you to help the writing. and now the decision of hitting the top is right, is going to come out because there is an

u. v that i'm still going to delete the box is not saw is going to be very hard on the you have any populations as a full test on law because they're hoping that they're said no. so now remember. ready we have this case, they said that, but uh now that is clear, explain the wall would continue and now these really will look for the next solid. the. busy level of the following step to be with as right. and i think we're going to see a very good respecting. ready from now on, how soon are solid was described as we were just talking about is in his report there. as the face of his ball on has been for, for many, many years or was 32 here. leadership and i are you in the positions given that you seem to understand how, who may be staffing into and to take his place? is there an indication of how their personalities may differ or match when it comes

to that public face? so 1st of all the, it is certain that there is no sun, what is the same, the risk of my chest lead those say as on the front of the who knew how to the people and to, and that top and mind. and i think this has to be honest, it's time to be non duty to when only few people knew about him. and he needed 32 years to pay the office to a 2006, the short on cost of the stall, elating and use pretty generous. and he was disappointed for lines and, and normally the election on regular basis. and i think that happens every again, as a lot of popularity in the south. if you have been on way, it was operating and in the rules. and he was very active. and you have the scenes on the scene. and on seeing the simple to hezbollah will accept this new person. i

see if he is appointed, which is most likely and the quantity of the past and in direct. and the weather is not a lot of space for argument about who's going to need. and then the war is over and then there would be a problem, right? action where many unit leaders can box it, paid as it to 0 and has one of the causes elijah maga. we appreciate it. thank you very much. indeed. i'm going to go to ali hush and he's joining us on the phone from david. i'm holly at talk to us about the significance that i of this news. that's how some of the smaller the leader of has ball a has been visually confirmed or being killed by his ball that itself as well. uh, this is uh, just the continuation of what is relo started over the past week. so i was trying to this month and has the last come on the chain of command,

and now they are killing the head of principal law, the leader of his law. and the man who's actually being in this position for the past 32 years over sold the development of this uh bought into a region of power. also over sold the unit ational. so i saw that i talked about on in 2000 the like the water in 2006. so it starts and lot of t is actually kind of planted in the database because it shows all the supporters of that box. he also used, he played to everybody, the goal and the need politics and regional politics for the see of the. 2 law yeah, man, living on so now has the lies in front of the cross suits and this is going to be one of the vetting huge. 5 ginger, not only for for the far too,

but also for his, his rivals and his, i like to israel, the follow someone the use that e n as an editor. and it could be that he understood that and they understood him. now, with the change doctor, going to come in his beloved, it's going to be someone else in human quality. i'm probably with the summation of that took place. so, but the 5 weeks getting all the hist for the can command doesn't need that. as of the fact that it's a new generation that's going to appear and this generation could be driven by the event. this is something that's different from the way in a fall. i used to say he was described even by his i didn't need the option of lead despite the fact that he was the fix it i this saturday for the is ready, the american. yes, you will see i someone. 1 5 who ways the option and who tries to go towards suicide,

the decisions now with the change in his beloved ground with the the. 5 of new faces with people they've never a does with in the past who might be very i get like you can more than. ringback like my people are follow that to me. so the last one said that yes, they could be that a big now for the, for the people of, of, of level non corporate supporters of hezbollah named it. this is, this is going to be a big change. i, i those things as many people really for soul that this might be coming this soon, especially a support because they. a 5 a bond with him that was very strong over the past year when i felt like i used to say something when he used to order something he, i printed, if he calls people to go through the streets, they go to the seats and he gets it. so he was like more of a not all. yeah. and if you, when you should lead that, well, he had this or he had the influence on the people. this is all going to be

different from now on the day, the 27th of september, the 28th of september and beginning golf house on the lot is going to be marked to his beloved. and now of course, the party over the past days was in a situation where things were like, lots in control. now, of course they'll be trying to bring themselves together once again to try to take the initiative. i'm to put back the combined uncontrolled in place after all, what has happened and you did that ship, of course, when the rise and you set off commander white's come to the to the uh, to be a my, my yeah, no, its like my to be in in, in control from now on and this could be hard but even for, for the party it's. 2 and also for me is one who would need more time on this,

on those people who are in charge. so now on this is in general what i can say of the a frontier customer. okay, thank you very much of these outside of the house and has been talking to us on the phone from. they lived on the how my mind is a political analyst at the university of jeff wright and who's joining us now from bay, which has been with us over the last few hours. but to have you back, your reaction 1st of all, to this confirmation that fuss on the salt of the husband a leader has been killed. and that is really bumming attack. well, happy. obviously, it's very painful for all of us here. but has put law as a movement that has liberated 11 on from is read the occupation it helped create the resistance against i. it says, and i'll kind across the region when the black flags were about to take over capitals that are part of the world. it help defend yeah, man,

up against the genocide, old aggression. and now all of these countries are part of the resistance that supporting cause a from iraq, t m in syria has not been on. and of course, iraq say it has certain natural sacrifices on son, in the resistance that against is way be wishing and p is in our eyes. a great if not the greatest martyr for the cause of palestine and on the road to palestine. but this will change nothing, absolutely nothing. this will only make the resistance more determined. this is a logic that the west cannot understand. they can help this res, carry out their genocide and costs, or they can help them carry out their genocide, all the tags in this region and sacrifice. hundreds of people, murder, hundreds of people with bought bunker, busting bombs to, to kill one man. they think that this isn't the treatment, but this is that defeated the west,

the so called liberal democracies of expose themselves to be genocide or just like there's ran these and the resistance and the people across the global south are witnessing on the stair witnessing what this really, regime is capable of doing the witnessing which b e u countries. this old card, the so called garden, the euro king garden, what they are willing to do to the jungle. and people like say it has a natural despite all the antagonism over the years, he was the one he and his supporters were the ones who willingly went to fight against this way the regime to ease the pressure on kaiser tvs, the pressure on causing women and children or i would welcome to supporters. one of the workers will continue this. i want to ask you about the, what the reaction might come from iran given that this is such a high profile. killing iran has repeatedly said and intimated rather that it does not want an escalation, but nevertheless,

many would regard this as exactly that an escalation, what kind of position does not put around in the a i to a lot. harmony has already said that everyone has to support has forgotten it has will when the wrong will do what is necessary to make sure this is randy wishing fails. and the failure of this regular machine will lead to its gradual demise. the only option for as well as victory, anything but victory is defeat and the wrong will ensure that his will will not have victorian has. but i will ensure that israel will not have victory. and the resistance of the collective visits the acts of resistance will ensure that they will not have victory. beg him say that these are empty words, but we will see in the days and weeks ahead, what happens is riley regime will be humiliated in lab or not. and the, those who sided with has a lot today, those who side with has a lot today,

they will be on the side of truth and justice and on the side of the policy and people. and those who sided with is randy regime and with its genocide in gaza, it's all that costs and gaza and it's genocide, all the tax and the but not they will be for ever they will. their names will be names with it's there will be shame and people will see them as the evil supporters of genocide that they are. you were saying that the initial response to the main response would be coming from the highest of all that we are seeing on t is very protests already gathering in the streets of tech. ron is the of a run in leadership likely to be pushed into a situation where it is essentially pressure to almost bias on people into taking action that they wouldn't normally expect to take? iran does not wanted regional war, never did as well. that didn't. i'm us and hispanic job didn't. no one wants to

regional war, but this is, randy regime is imposing is on the people of this region and the people of the world under no circumstances will you be wrong? allow as well not to be defeated, find it as randy wishing it will do, whatever it takes to make sure has block comes out of this war and collect the resistance with their heads high in victory. interpret that as you may, but that is what the wrong will do. mohammed is there is a reason why if there is a regional war, the americans and europeans aren't to blame because they allowed it to get this far . well, how about on the political analyst at the university of tech on thank you very much indeed. the bodies live in they would for us, i is there. obviously the news has just come out in the last few minutes or so of the confirmation of the accounting of costs on the smaller end. and it's really a strike i. is there any reaction there?

so that's yeah it's, i think people are just hearing about the news. of course, this is a city that's been under a tremendous amount of strain and stress over the past 24 hours or so. and i think this is going to be a very much of a shock to most people here. many of the stores and businesses across the capital have chosen to close at today because the streets are filled with the people that have been displaced as since yesterday afternoon. when israel launched as heavy as attacks on the suburb of da here, displacing thousands of civilians who live in that neighborhood and killing a countless number of civilians as well. we still don't have the latest desktop from the house ministry in the country, but this is the news that everyone was driving hearing. because not only is, has on us try the a household name in this country, but his desk will have huge around dissertations,

not only for as the regional players in the middle east, but also for love of these people inside love it on. and the difference groups that exist within 11 on has the lot and some natural law is not just a secretary general of a resistance movement. they are now part of this country's political system. and their support base is vast, as even those that are not full as well as importers understand the significance and the importance of the has on the fella as a figure. so this a confirmation from hezbollah, about his death is going to be very much a seismic a shock to this country. those. so thank you. the dosage about talking to is there from they would. it was only midnight as mohammed alas, say a professor at the doha instituted for graduate studies. he's been with us over the last few hours. one of the things that has been repeated once

a bit. we've been describing awesome this fall on correspondence, and our analysts been doing the same thing is that the charlotte was very much the face of hezbollah. if it was the main conduit from much of the messaging that was happening for his bullet, one would imagine, of course the dots is going to change now as a new leader, it steps in absolutely not from the it was incredibly charismatic. and that was actually one of his name strings in addition to just providing sort of strategic leadership for, for his beloved. so this is, as i said earlier, a major, a major loss, i think, just to piggyback off of the some of what has already been said by other guests. i think we're at a really dangerous moment because we've, we've already talked about the likelihood that you're on, responds in some forceful way to do this. and not only to this but to the other assassinations and also the killing of civilians and loving on um, over the past 10 days or so. and remember,

iran still hasn't responded for this as the assassination of use made an offer several weeks back. so i'm on that level, i think we're, we're, we're headed to the possibility of real regional escalation. but i also think that from the is really side. so what we're seeing with israel is that 1st of all the, the doctrine is fully in play. and this is the, the, is rarely government policy or doctrine that the witnesses israel inflict maximum damage to civilian areas, right? that's their, that's their tactic in order to achieve a broader goal of getting the civilians to move off of their, their leadership. in other words, to turn against their, their leadership. so they're enacting that doctrine level. and as they've been doing in garza for the last for the last year, right. so that's on one hand, on the other hand, or, or the 2nd point about israel, is that they're acting completely without any restraint, right?

the united states has not been willing to apply any sort of leverage. and you know, constrain is real and any in any meaningful way. and so therefore, i say, all of that just suggests that it is very possible, especially given their intelligence advantages. and there, there's definitely been some sort of an intelligence breach uh over the past you know, in the recent days and weeks right there, likely. now i think to continue on the offensive so we may see even more assassinations or even more devastation of civilian areas. i hope i'm wrong on that, but israel seems to be very much on the offensive people are talking about who's next in line. i'm not, i don't claim to be a his blood experts and about their, you know, in regards to their chain of command. but people are suggesting that passion, sophia dean, may be the next sort of the next man up. but it would not surprise me at all if is

real, continues on the offensive continues with these campaigns of assassination and continues to inflict tear on lebanese communities. and that, as you know, in addition to the possible response by iran could put us in line for a real serious regional escalation. mm hm. over the last for almost 12 months of the war on garza and benjamin netanyahu has been repeatedly criticized for the way that he's been handling that conflict. the failure to bring captives back from guys of the failures to prosecute the, the war, the way in which he's been doing it. he built his, his career if you're like on the term, missed a security. and it seemed not that long ago that he essentially thought of being wiped away. and yes, we're seeing in his written the stuff correspondent with something here as we're seeing and is really media that all of a sudden that seems to being flipped. and people loading him as a box, a mister security for what's been happening on the border as somebody who specializes in in media is that a surprise to you that that reputation can seem to be restored so quickly?

or i think there are a couple of things that we have to unpack here. so when we talked about, you know, for months, this opposition inside of israel and we looked at the protest, sorry, the protest movement and the bring them home campaign. what i was quick to point out always is that these as rarely as you are opposing netanyahu or who were opposing that yahoo were opposed to his failures and gaza, not being able to eliminate how this and not being able to bring the hostages home . but they were not an anti war crowd. they were not opposed to the war policy in general. right. that's what the opinion pulling data suggests. in fact, it was almost i called that a war frenzy in israel post october 7th. and the is really population certainly is not opposed to a war on lab and on. so from that standpoint, it's not surprising in the aftermath of several victories. i mean, israel's going to see the, the, all of these events and the last 1010 to 12 days as victories. it's not surprising

to see public opinion and then turn more in in netanyahu's favor. and the more that he can brand himself as someone who has achieved victories, the more his popularity is going to increase bahama to master. and we appreciate that. thank you very much indeed for your analysis. thank you. now if you're just joining us last week at the breaking news story we've been following here on audra zeta. has of all the confirms that see the house on the straw that has been killed and is ready strikes in the route. we're going to look at the implications of this and the ongoing conflicts in the middle east. all at the same time strikes have continued through saturday is really another thing, sizes targeting sites belonging to, has bought and displaced by the constant this way, the bombing money and baby boomers are forced to live on the streets of all that has confirmed the death of its leader hoss on this while a groups confirmed, he was killed by a massive is where the air strike on friday several hours out of israel's military . and honestly, i believe it of children's charlotte in

a mass of air strike on friday and the stipend, his brothers said he would continue to confront the israel in support of garza and in defense of loving them as.