the, the, this is dw news line from berlin, hezbollah confirms the death of its leader in, in is really air strike. a son is rolla, was targeted in a bombing in bay route on friday. he was credited with turning the lebanese militia into a major fighting force as full a has failed to continue his battle against is the an greetings to you, our viewers around the world. i'm michael ocho. we start with the breaking news coming in. his bullet has confirmed the death of its leader, us on those rela,

in is really air strike in b root. these really defense forces 1st and now it's his death with a statement saying that and his roller will quote no longer be able to terrorize the world, was killed when israel struck as well as underground headquarters in the city. late on friday, the attack flattened several apartment blocks and the densely populated area. and these really officials reportedly estimated that 300 people may have been killed as bowl of late or confirmed the death of the man who had in the wrong back. the leisure group for some 3 decades invalid to continue fighting israel. let's get more from journalist still up men. she joins us now from baby boot, stella, the lebanese village, and group has bullet now has confirmed the death of it's long term secretary, general and leader in his role. what more can you tell us the

day has announced the death of a house on this rela and ever since then, we have been waiting to hear from the organization itself because the, his ball a took quite a while. but now indeed they have confirmed that house on this roller is dead. it's not really a surprise because people have been speculating whether he's still a life or not ever since yesterday evening. when a big strike in the here, the saw the offer be root happened and israel declared that the target of this big strike was house on the throw itself. more reaction at all from his ball at this point. as bala has issued a written statement and the overall language of this statement is very typical for how the organization communicates. it use its language like him saying that's and

that's where i live as a joint. other matchers in uh on the other side. and this a, at the side of, of gold which basically translate and he died. the organization in this statement also highlights that most rela, has to see we're going to a nation for more than 2 years. and they also said that they are going to continue the flights and what are the reactions inside the country? ms rela, is a very controversial person. many lebanese people are against, has bola and also against mass roller. they see has boulder as they are. i knew me because they feel like, uh, the organization has hijacked the stage as well as it is pulling the whole country into will these people or quite happy to hear that no smaller is that now? and they are celebrating, has this over social media. more important is to see how iran and the rainy and

redeem will react to industrialize death in the need of the rain. and regime khomeini has already issued a statement where he comes down to the attack. and the way he said that it is not possible for israel to further harm his bona which is seen as a clear message of support from the rainy and redeem to his bola. what does this mean for his bo as well? the desk stuff how so most of our law is max. this is very massive because uh the organization has now lost is most important indeed. uh awesome. as relo was a very charismatic leader. he was very popular among the members of his polo because he was named for making a lot of jokes and that and his talks, he was

a name to to speak like the other dialect to you. not so so. so he was known to be very close to the, the members of, of the organization. so say the organization lost an import salita. so that was also a key figure for the whole so called access of resistance. this run of was very important. they coordinating all the military attacks with the rain and regime and the it will be very hard now for the organization to find someone who will fill this voice. and it has definitely weakens the organization. max me our thanks to journalists, stellan, men in be root. many, many thanks. again. israel has continued carrying out air strikes and what it describes as has bullet targets

across 11 on throughout the day. smoke were seen rising overpaid route after several attacks on the south and the city is really military said it had hit more than a $140.00 targets since friday night with new attacks on southern and eastern 11 on as well as paula has responded by firing rockets into northern israel as well as the is really occupied, go on high. israel's military chief, hers, he had levy said the attack gunners. rella had been prepared for a long time and would not be the end of their operation. it also phone guys with this is not the limits of our capabilities. it must be very clear. there are more tools at out disposal. i mean, and the message is simple. anyone who threatens the citizens of the state of israel will be reached. whether in the north, the south, or even in more distant places, this attack was prepared for a long time, executed at the right moment with great precision. and now we are moving forward

with careful preparation for the next steps of buying. for more, let's now speak to dw corresponded tonya kramer in jerusalem. tanya, what are you hearing from israel regarding as well as deaf and possible retaliation by his bo? so while this consummation nearby has follows, certainly in all the speculation now we've heard already some hours ago from the is really military that they had indeed killed a house on us rather in this massive strike on a friday night in da here in as a suburb in a southern baby boot and ever since now there were a lot of questions in speculation. ask a when it became clear that house and as well, that was the target. the announcement by the is really military also said that they had also, as they put it, illuminated uh, several of the senior commanders. and that is really seen here as a and bring it a, a blow to

a profound blow to this organization. and as of all that had been leading has been out for the last 30 years, as long as you know is where it is at war with his fuller and his freed assessor was also assassinated in 1992. and this comes, of course, after a week where we're seeing is where are pressing on and pushing with military means . it's started last week when the government said they're shifting the focus of the war to its northern border to bring the residents that have been evacuated in october last year. and basically starting with these attacks on the pages on the walkie talkies, the more senior commanders were a targeted and then this most of our competing uh, starting on monday, launched at a southern newborn and a parts of eastern 11. and of course, and the strikes on friday night, and they're actually continuing as we speak of the is really military had also

called on residents and some of the neighborhoods that in southern bay route to leave their homes. and it's not just clear, the human total of this, of these strikes is still a to see, but what's being discussed and known as what is, of course, what will happen next of what, you know kind of retardation that is a to expect us of, of scenarios whether, you know, has the law and also the run will decide to recruit to, to, to, to step back or whether we will see a massive retaliation now by an organization that has a, you know, was, does a very, very, a profound blow that so dw corresponded to tanya kramer in jerusalem many, many thanks, tonya. let's take a more in depth look now add israel's aerial attack on his bowl as very rude headquarters on friday, which led to the death of the militant groups leader,

her son as well. the explosions will fail to spell as to teaching them. it is a way multiple buildings with leveled in this residential suburb of southern. they read israel. rami quickly confirmed it was behind destroyed moments ago. these real defense forces carried out a precise strike on the central headquarter of this. he's bought up there. we're going to zation that served it at the center of police, brought us there to please butler central headquarter, was intentionally built under residential buildings in the heart of the gulf here in bay root, the israel defense forces released this lifted, showing defense minister jo, i've got a lot monitoring the strikes on the route from tel aviv is really media source is quoting officials,

say they come on was the target has but i need to have fun as well as to let them destroy it came a day after israel rejected a 21 day truce plan proposed by the united states and its allies designed to prevents and without blue in the middle east. it's feared further escalation could prompt has pull us back to iran, to into the conflict. is red and hezbollah. i have been exchanging 5 across these were 11 in boulder. moreover, 11 months since the october 7th terror attack, sony as well by his will as palestinian ally. hum us both considered terry scripts by multiple countries. but this week is mathematically intensified. it strikes soon, hezbollah targets in new haven, and shooting 700 people, according to lebanese officials, and promising more than a 100000 civilians to flee. on friday, it runs embassy in lebanon and vowed punishment for israel, saying the strike quote changes the rules of the game. and that's just what

international observe. it's the with these male reported to his moods, thousands of troops towards the border in preparation for a potential ground invasion. the prospect, so the one i did was seen higher than ever with me in the studio is dw, middle east. the n o is showing the was on, is there shiny? israel certainly appears to be ratcheting of military operations, both covertly and overtly dating back to the assassination of emboss is political leader back in late july, correct. what is the message here from israel and how is it likely to affect the wider tensions in the region? well you've, you've noticed very well mike of, we're talking about the last 2 months, basic piece of something else between the congress, where he said, give us the weapons we will when we will fight stronger. this is what is what has been doing since. and this is what it's trying to messages, trying to convey to it's, you know, a lot into his opponents in the india. she, i,

to alliances. but also all over the apple is we are not weak. you may have thought that you have caught us by surprise in october, and we are a week and we will come, but we are fighting back. we are strong, and we still are going to fight this. and not only that, we're going to decide how this fight is being fought in the sense that we are not accepting your rules of this engagement that we've had the tit for tat, the war of attrition. you are trying to enforce on us. we are setting up the rules and we are done with playing along to your threats and just accepting that, accepting those dorm and you know, threats that we have had on our borders for so long. october 7th, have taught us israel the way it sees it has taught israel. we cannot, you know, keep on the way we have and seem to be, to fundamentally change in the power dynamics and the middle east. and this is what they're trying to do very forcefully. in the last weeks indeed, and by the way, there's still a war going on in, gosh, correct. oh, it was all of this go into effect that more and more specifically, how much? well, how much wanted right from the start to see israel fighting and 7 friends, including, you know, basically has bought

a who joined them. but everybody in the alliance with including your on the who sees and so one also the west bank and so wonderful from us. the goal was to see the resemblance just as a beginning of what they called the flood and seeing to the bottom and now crumbling under that you know, basically in the smaller up sticking to the palestinian cause has caused him. his life is really, is hope that this will kind of been come off to understand that that you know, dream and wish for a wider war is actually going up in flames. it's not going to happen and they going to have to concede, you know, to israel's terms and going to have to go for do you bring back the hostages and all of those things that is real still wishes to get, you know, from gaza. so far, i think, you know, this mechanism, this logic, you know, i'm not sure this has the same logic that the resistance to israel. if it's in his ball on other, she really shows or if it's in her moss, i'm not sure they stick to the same logic, but this is what is real trying to force them to do trinity what, what are the chances that we're going to see some kind of american intervention to

compel some sort of an agreement here. well, we know they're sending more forces to the region and they hope to get the same effect that they've got right at the beginning of this. so after october of deterrence, and they hope that would be enough because left the 40 days for the elections in the us. this is the main thing that you know, the dividing administration and americans and as a whole, care for what's gonna happen with every so the white house and they don't want to find them. so dragged into a wider war in the least though they also know they cannot leave israel high and dry. in case there is a need because there is a wider f offense coming from the ring inside. they will have to step in, but they will try to find the most minimal way and effective way to do it without getting drag into, you know, and need for further than that. it could, the focus is definitely inside america right now. we're not, you know, into the, this is also some of the histone people were seeing was sort of, you know, we've been seeing the american officials in the last 24. i was trying to very much distance.