its attacks on beirut.hat big attack that it carried out at around 6 pm beirut time , it was almost calm for a few hours. the people were generally involved in that attack. being big, well, the amount of damages entered was very, very wide, several buildings. in fact, being together means being razed to the ground, and because of this, people were generally involved in this attack. he attacked several specific points in neighborhoods such as lilki and al-hades in the zahia of beirut. these attacks started almost an hour and a half ago, but they don't stop and continue to attack the same neighborhoods that are located on the southern road of beirut. anyway, the situation that is prevailing in beirut right now can almost be said to be a complete war situation. in any case, people are generally preparing themselves for these enemy attacks . we went to several places in the hospitals of beirut. generally , the civil defense forces are transferring the wounded and martyrs to these medical centers in the suburbs

let's show you these live pictures from beirut and let's show you these live pictures from beirut andou can see that they still think smoke rising over several locations over the south of the capital as air strikes by the israelis continue in several locations today. elsewhere, the israeli military say they are targeting parts of the valley where rockets were fired. a great many people spending the night outside in central beirut and along the seafront. thousands of people leaving their homes, not knowing where they can safely seek shelter in they can safely seek shelter in the city. official saying that nearly 800 people have now been killed in israeli attacks since monday. that monday is that number is expected to rise. the death of the hezbollah leader hassan nasrallah was first announced by the israeli military and was then confirmed on hezbollah�*s tv channel in lebanon — al manar — here's the presenter announcing the news. translation: we congratulate his eminence the secretary - general of hezbollah, hassan nasrallah. may god have mercy on him for receiving the highest divine h

it strike on the lebanese capital, beirut. . , , beirut. it happened in the southern _ beirut.ern suburb, which i beirut. it happened in the southern suburb, which isj southern suburb, which is hezbollah stronghold. we are just think in the last few seconds reports on the reuters news agency saying that hezbollah�*s tv is saying that people have been killed and wounded in the strike in the southern suburbs of lebanon. if we show you these pictures from earlier, you can more clearly see in the background of the image the smoke rising from the scene of that strike by the israeli military. all of this following on from exchanges of fire, more exchanges of fire across the israel lebanon border. rockets fired by hezbollah into israel, aimed at three army sites, and then overnight the israeli strikes into southern lebanon described as the most intense bombardment of the area since the start of the gaza war in october last year. and, of course, earlier this week, the pager and walkie—talkie explosions happened in lebanon, mainly in beirut. and this image of smoke rising from the skyli

. , , ., ., beirut? there has been a real rise in anxiety. _ beirut?rise in anxiety. when you walk on the — rise in anxiety. when you walk on the street you hear people talking — on the street you hear people talking about what has happened and in _ talking about what has happened and in talking about this with other— and in talking about this with other people there is a real other people there is areal fear— other people there is areal fear that— other people there is a real fear that this central mode of communication that people have, whether— communication that people have, whether it — communication that people have, whether it be cell phones or laptops _ whether it be cell phones or laptops notjust pagers, which have _ laptops notjust pagers, which have been started the paranoia that setting after the assassination of forger croom has not — assassination of forger croom has not abated in intensity. it has not abated in intensity. it has gotten much worse. what is bein: has gotten much worse. what is being said _ has gotten much worse. what is be

we are in beirut.tures are actually dusty in appearance and also the white smoke that is a sign of a new wave at night and the attacks of zionist regime fighters on some areas. you confirm this point and issue look, i can't tell you this yet , considering that it is not clear, but yes, the sound of explosions can be heard. the trip is very little, very little, very close, maybe by car, less than five minutes, i am far from beirut airport, so we will get back to you in a few minutes. we do, of course, in the pictures of the news network that we have at the moment from the beirut area and now in the full frame of the news network, my good compatriots can see that there are actually attacks. beirut has been targeted by the zionist regime's fighters in which region and in which place is it? we will definitely receive additional information and more detailed news from our reporters based in beirut. well , we lost contact with mr. safari, but he promised us that in the near future we will receive additional

smoke over beirut. �* . �*, , ., beirut.ured _ beirut. and that's explosion was captured on _ beirut. and that's explosion was captured on the - beirut. and that's explosion was captured on the street. beirut. and that's explosion i was captured on the street by our team in beirut. around 20 minutes later, the idf claims that it has attacked hezbollah�*s central headquarters. hezbollah's central headuuarters. ., headquarters. moments ago, the israel defense _ headquarters. moments ago, the israel defense forces _ headquarters. moments ago, the israel defense forces carried - israel defense forces carried out a precise strike on the central headquarter of the hezbollah terror organisation that served as an epicentre of hezbollah terror.— hezbollah terror. while in the hour was unfolded, _ hezbollah terror. while in the hour was unfolded, we - hezbollah terror. while in the hour was unfolded, we have l hezbollah terror. while in the - hour was unfolded, we have seen scenes of wider devastation, we see buildings reduced to rubb

welcome back to beirut. , ., ,., is right. welcome back to beirut. , ., ., beirut.t. the sight and sound of continuing israeli air _ beirut. the sight and sound of continuing israeli air strikes i continuing israeli air strikes has been a feature of the lebanese capital today. i want to show you live pictures. this is marti's square in beirut. this is an area where many of the people who left last night after the first attack but also after the first attack but also after the first attack but also after the idf issued warning messages telling people to leave certain areas. many of them fled to this part of beirut and were sleeping in the square there that you can see on the right along the corniche, the seafront area as well. those strikes have continued throughout the day. here in beirut and in other parts of lebanon as well. of course, the story has continued to develop. we have had a reaction from different countries around the middle east, the announcement of several days of mourning in place in places like iraq and of course in iran as well. i spoke earlier to

, a neighborhood in beirut.placed residents from the southern suburbs of the city, hezbollah�*s main stronghold, upon hearing the news of the group's confirmation of the death of its secretary—general hassan nasrallah in an israeli airstrike that targeted the suburbs. deep distress, people saying in some cases they wish that they had been killed and hassan nasrallah had survived. some of them taking _ nasrallah had survived. some of them taking whatever _ nasrallah had survived. some of| them taking whatever belongings they can carry to try and find shelter. i've been speaking to yezid sayigh — a senior fellow at the carnegie middle east center in beirut. he is also an expert in palestinian history. he gave us an insight into the political impact of nasrallah's death. well, clearly, nasrallah's death will have a massive impact. but had he been killed outside the context of the ongoing war, things would have been different and hezbollah would have mourned him, but then gone through a selection process for his suc

of beirut. the israeli military also updating in the last few minutes, saying that they are currently striking terror targets, that is how they describe it, currently striking terror targets belong to hezbollah in the southern lebanon. this happened about five or seven minutes ago. you can see just the skyline, beirut, and the size of that explosion. of course that fits entirely with what we have seen in terms of tactics from israel since monday, the sort of strikes. and of course the lebanese authorities saying that between 700—800 people have been killed since monday and the start of those aerial attacks on different targets in lebanon. but we have seen the hezbollah leadership directly targeted in multiple different attacks. but many of those different attacks in the route itself. we saw this time last week, one of the senior commanders and about a dozen seniorfigures of one particular unit killed in a strike also in beirut. very similar to this. that is the sort of pattern to the domino effe

she's there in beirut.id now for a number of days that lebanese civilians should simply get away, move away from areas where there are hezbollah strongholds and houses and, and centres and in terms of the conversations you have on the ground, do people know where those places are? i ground, do people know where those places are?— those places are? i think most --eole those places are? i think most peeple would _ those places are? i think most people would tell _ those places are? i think most people would tell you - those places are? i think most people would tell you not - those places are? i think most people would tell you not to. i people would tell you not to. if you are a civilian, and this is probably true wherever you are in the world. if you are just an ordinary person going about your life, whoever it is that rules are governs your area, whatever kind of stronghold it might be, not everybody living their lives in that place is involved in what's going on. inevitably, there will be a large number o

the latest from beirut. to our middle east correspondent, hugo bachega, who is in beirut. let me start by asking about that because we have heard from the un saying some 100,000 people now are displaced and leaving for countries like syria. what are you seeing on the ground in terms of the numbers displaced and the stories people are sharing with you? stories people are sharing with ou? ~ . , stories people are sharing with ou? ~ ., , ., stories people are sharing with ou? ~ . , ., , , you? we have been to shelters here in beirut, _ you? we have been to shelters here in beirut, martyrs' - here in beirut, martyrs' square, not far from here in beirut, martyrs' square, not farfrom our square, not far from our position square, not farfrom our position here, where people have been spending the night. tents have been set up there. people who fled parts of beirut that have been attacked. this is something affecting the entire country, and the lebanese prime minister yesterday said as many as 1 million people might

hosseini in beirut.are having a video conversation with them before the news at 7:00 am we can continue our conversation with them. mr. dr. farkhandepour, citizens of tehran had a rally this morning in palestine square to condemn the attacks of the zionist regime on lebanon. these kinds of protests have now happened in tehran in other parts of our country and in other countries we have seen them many times . the crimes he is committing, the mass murder he is committing in gaza, and now in lebanon with the same model. they are leaving us and with the passion and heat that exists in their existence , they are demanding revenge against this criminal zionist regime . but surely this declaration of disgust will appear in all the countries that have devotion to the people-centered resistance . here, the duty of governments is a bit heavier because they have to bring this feeling to the field and show themselves there. we have seen these protests in many islamic countries. well, we are witnessing that now in ye

i— past 24 hours in beirut. it has been really scary. i was - past 24 hours in beirut.k up my cousin from the airport which is not far from where those strikes were. it was clearly the largest and loudest set of blasts i think we have heard, there has been a lot of explosions and sonic booms but this was clearly unprecedented in scale. band booms but this was clearly unprecedented in scale. and we are hearing _ unprecedented in scale. and we are hearing that _ unprecedented in scale. and we are hearing that the _ unprecedented in scale. and we are hearing that the airstrikes i are hearing that the airstrikes are hearing that the airstrikes are continuing in beirut, talk us through the mood in the city, yourfamily and us through the mood in the city, your family and friends that you are speaking to. it is really scary. _ that you are speaking to. it is really scary, there _ that you are speaking to. it is really scary, there is - that you are speaking to. it is really scary, there is a - that you are speaking to. it 3 really scary, there is a fear in the that i haven't s

beirut where many family spent the 19— beirut where many family spent the 19 years _ beirut where manyalk from dow here - the 19 years —— make here. they had to walk from dow here due i had to walk from dow here due to the — had to walk from dow here due to the heavy— had to walk from dow here due to the heavy strikes _ had to walk from dow here due to the heavy strikes were - to the heavy strikes were completely _ to the heavy strikes were completely close. - to the heavy strikes were completely close. they . to the heavy strikes were i completely close. they told to the heavy strikes were - completely close. they told it was very— completely close. they told it was very difficult _ completely close. they told it was very difficult for- completely close. they told it was very difficult for them - was very difficult for them they're _ was very difficult for them they're very _ was very difficult for them they're very short - was very difficult for them they're very short notice l was very difficult for them i they're very short notice by they're very short notice by the israeli _ they'

beirut international airport is located almost on the west side of the southern suburbs of beirut.e we hear the sound of a huge explosion, of course, if it is clear in the frame of the picture, the thick smoke from this air attack is now, of course, it is night, but we can see it here, and every time there is an attack , the first thing is a white smoke. it can be seen from the air attack and then this smoke becomes a thick smoke and this creates hardship for rescue workers who go to the place after every air attack. that this attack took place to see if anyone was hurt there or to take action to help their race, mr. hosseini, thank you very much for this communication and the details that you informed us and the viewers of the network about the attacks of the zionist regime. we will contact you if the attacks of the zionist regime on various areas of lebanon are intensified. let us go to khabar and mr. mahmoud's studio. let's accompany badi . thank you very much mrs. emami, god bless you at 3 o'clock we arrived in the morning with this news section, we are with you, the wave of se

let's go back to hugo in beirut.e for hezbollah, how does this impact the dynamic now offer conflict? —— of the conflict? what we are seeing is this is going to be a massive blow and we have seen that this is coming after a series of assassinations targeting key hezbollah leaders and commanders over the last few weeks. 0bviously hassan nasrallah was the head of hezbollah for decades, and this is a powerful organisation, it is a powerful organisation, it is much more than a militia, it is much more than a militia, it is a political party in lebanon, it has representation in parliament, it is part of the government, so it is a huge blow for hezbollah, and it is difficult to see how they will go forward and be able to organise any response, senior commanders have been killed, we are seeing those attacks, targeting the communications network of the group, meaning group has difficulties carrying out its communications. it is a significant blow for hezbollah, it is also a very dangerous and delicate moment for lebanon beca

orla guerin, bbc news, beirut.key target for israel and had been for many years, notjust in the last year since the cross—border attacks began on the 8th of october, the day of course after those with residential buildings where families and children were living, israel has talked today about what a significant success that was for them. our security correspondent frank gardner looks now at a man who is one of the most well—known and influential in the middle east. hassan nasrallah, a towering figure in the violent world of middle east militias, a hero to many lebanese shia, to israel and other some western countries, a leading terrorist. his assassination by israel is hugely significant. it removes at a stroke a key figure in iran's so—called axis of resistance against israel. hassan nasrallah had been secretary general of hezbollah for 32 years, overseeing its growth into the world's most heavily armed non—state army and a political party. he was born in lebanon in 1960 in beirut�*s eastern district. he took over

skyline. 0ne smoke rising over the beirut skyline. in lebanon notjust in lebanon but in the south and east of the country who have had to flee their homes since these increased air strikes began five days ago. they started on monday of this week. let's hear what the unicef deputy representative has to say. we are finding — representative has to say. - are finding an increasing number of unaccompanied and separated children. one particular child we identified yesterday has lost 15 members of one family and we are desperately looking for relatives that can take care of her while we put her in an emergency alternative care. today, people need absolutely everything from drinking water to mattresses, blankets, we are mobilising teams to provide psychosocial first—aid. there are over shelters now, across 700 shelters across lebanon, over 100 of those are in beirut but there are more opening every hour. more than 100,000 people are seeking safety in the shelters and the resources are running out by the minute. we cannot keep up the level of

sada vasima reporter is based in beirut i greet you mr.we are waiting for the latest report from you, with regards to you, the rescue operation of nejad in the neighborhood of habat hulak in the southern part of behrut, exactly where this evening the target of an unprecedented heavy air attack it was located and it is still going on . the rescuers are still busy removing the debris there and trying to find the people who are under the debris. so far, at least 10 bodies of martyrs have been recovered from this place and transferred to dahiya hospitals, 70 of us are injured. we are in this air attack that took place until now at the moment, considering that several buildings have been completely destroyed, it is expected that the process of removing the rubble will be long. at least until tomorrow, this process will definitely continue, and this is the process of determining how many lebanese citizens are displaced under this rubble. this process reduces the awareness of this issue and the complete identification of the number of martyrs and

think about beirut _ been on the ground there. think about beirut as _ been on the ground there. beirut as a _ been on the ground there. think about beirut as a capital - been on the ground there. think about beirut as a capital city, i about beirut as a capital city, this is a huge and i want to say thriving, because in many ways beirut is thriving, it has lebanese people who live here and who go about their lives day by day, but 11 on has suffered multiple crises in recent years. —— lebanon. we are talked about it before, whether it has been electricity, medicines, fuel. life in beirut has been difficult in recent years. but the sense of nervousness today, notjust people in the capital, but people right across the country, to see a strike of this size, we are not technically in a time of war, although that sounds strange to say stop what is the official definition of a war? but we keep hearing about fears of a new war, a new phase in the war, but it was the size and scale of what happened last night, this first huge explosion and then these air strikes that continued until abou

parts in beirut — continuing to strike parts in beirut where civilians are, when _ beirut where civilians try to get the united _ ambassador i try to get the united states reaction that of lebanon that his country is existence _ of lebanon that his country is existence is at stake here. many— existence is at stake here. many pessimistic about the hopes— many pessimistic about the hopes for getting a ceasefire deal— hopes for getting a ceasefire deal after listening to that speech. after the strikes in beirut _ speech. after the strikes in beirut l _ speech. after the strikes in beirut i try to ask the israeli ambassador here why israel was continuing to strike parts in beirut — continuing to strike parts in beirut where civilians are, when _ beirut where civilians are, when the international community is calling for a ceasefire but, he walked off and didn't answer. also the us ambassador i try to get the united _ ambassador i try to get the united states reaction that israel— united states reaction that israel is _ united states reaction that israel is ignoring their calls for a — israel

that was not in beirut, it was a suburb of beirut.earby, a couple kilometers outside of beirut and the suburb area. the army is executing full deployment in the streets of beirut heavily with a lot of soldiers in case anything happens. we have no news now. but also no news is news. after four hours or more of that attack, when has below are not announcing it, you must think there is something that is not right. we just heard the daughter just arrived to the place of the attack. no one knows what will happen or what is going on. in a couple of hours, everything will be clear. >> for the clarity of our audience, because this is insight you can only provide us. you are saying at the moment, and you don't speak on behalf of has below. it is critical to explain to our viewers you are an independent member of the lebanese parliament. at the moment, there is no conversation as to the whereabouts? >> no. i'm not independent. i'm a member of the opposition bloc in the parliament. and we were against hezbollah, against the iranian military cont

scenes of war in beirut.�*s conflict with israel returning to its stronghold of dahieh, with a series of massive explosions and an escalation with unpredictable consequences. explosion. an attack so powerful that it was seen and heard across the city. lebanon now on the brink of another war. chaos on the streets and here is what they are running from. dahieh, in southern beirut, now looking like gaza. but amid so much destruction, jubilation. two children rescued from the rubble alive. hezbollah�*s backers, iran, say this strike marks a dangerous game—changing escalation in the conflict. for israel, it's a strike targeting the heart of hezbollah�*s operations. moments ago, the israel defense forces carried out a precise strike on the central headquarter of the hezbollah terror organisation that serves as the epicentre of hezbollah�*s terror. hezbollah�*s central headquarter was intentionally built under residential buildings in the heart of the dahieh in beirut as part of hezbollah�*s strategy of using lebane

beirut. _ israel. we are waiting, as you say, beirut, many— israel.s you| say, beirut, many people may not sleeping tonight and it strikes me in having this conversation in recent months, many sides have been saying for a long time that nobody wants an all—out war. but i wonder, when you look at the actions from israel, when you look at the comments from hassan nasrallah, do actions speak otherwise? are we nearing a point of getting to that all—out war? i point of getting to that all-out war?— point of getting to that all-out war? ., , ., ., .,, all-out war? i was one of those anal sts all-out war? i was one of those analysts who — all-out war? i was one of those analysts who sometime - all-out war? i was one of those analysts who sometime ago - all-out war? i was one of those | analysts who sometime ago said nobody really wants an all—out war. i am not too sure anymore. i haven't been sure really since benjamin netanyahu, the israeli prime minister, decided to take out hezbollah�*s chief of staff in the heart of beirut in july. of staff in the heart

west beirut in hand palestinian groups and their allies and east beirut were in the hands of kataeb partyan groups allied with them. this situation happened while the palestinian groups were fighting on two fronts at the same time. on the one hand, with christian militia groups and on the other hand, with the israeli army on the border between lebanon and occupied palestine. in these years, the leadership of lebanese shiites was with imam musa sadr. he tried a lot to stop the conflict in lebanon and in this way he was in contact with all political and religious groups in lebanon. imam musa sadr considered the main enemy in the southern borders, which is the israeli army he tried not to spend the power of armed groups, especially palestinians, on internal conflicts. for imam musa sadr , there was no difference between the defense of christians and muslims, and he firmly stood against any action that led to armed conflict. he even went on strike in beirut mosques many times to stop the conflicts. construction in lebanon is the development of war fronts in some areas. i think it is natural t

israeli fighter jets very low over the capital beirut. , ., ., beirut.ore detail about those _ beirut. give me a little more detail about those troop - detail about those troop movements we have been hearing about, going from gaza up to northern israel, and give me a sense of where the public is with all of this.— with all of this. that was confirmed _ with all of this. that was confirmed yesterday, . with all of this. that was | confirmed yesterday, the division of the israeli army moved division of the israeli army move while| division of the israeli army move while ago. and israel has short while ago. and israel has been striking targets throughout southern lebanon. colleagues in beirut have reported seeing israeli fighter jets or hearing israeli fighter jets or hearing israeli fighter jets very low over the capital beirut. , ., ., beirut. give me a little more detail about _ beirut. give me a little more detail about those _ beirut. give me a little more detail about those troop - detail about those troop movements we have been hearing about, going f

this was the scene in beirut.ple dead and 76 injured, according to the lebanese authorities. much more coverage to calm here on bbc news. do stay tuned. hello there. it looks like things will be turning dry as we head into the weekend. thanks to a ridge of high pressure, it will help a lot of the floodwater to ease down, but it will be quite short lived because as we move into sunday, we've got the next area of low pressure pushing in from the southwest. now this is this morning's rain clearing away on this active weather front into the near continent. but that's open the floodgates. yes, some brighter sunny weather, but also a cold arctic northerly air flow. so it really will be quite chilly as we head through this evening. and certainly overnight temperatures will drop like a stone under clear skies. a few showers peppering coastal areas, still quite breezy down north sea coast and a bit of cloud pushing into northwest scotland. so temperatures recovering here, but it will be chilly elsewhere. under clear skies.

south zahia of beirut attacked during this terrorist attack by the zionist soldiers of this building. it was completely destroyed . so far, the field sources have announced that 5 people were martyred, among the martyrs are women and children. it was a residential building and it was full of people and residents. the media of the zionist regime started a few minutes ago and they are publishing the names and they say that one of the field commanders of the resistance was targeted during this terrorist attack , but what is known is a completely residential building. it was targeted and a large number of lebanese citizens who were in this building were martyred and injured . today, hezbollah of lebanon carried out extensive operations in the northern region of the occupied territories . zionist tv channel 14 announced that at least something like 200 rockets came from southern lebanon. towards various areas in the north of the occupied territories and the occupied golan of syria were fired upon, which is why the zionist military launched such blind attacks, including in the residential a

now, after gaza, american bombs landed in beirut.this is washington's reaction to the zionist use of these bombs. the goal that israel pursues in lebanon is an important and legitimate goal, and it is israel's right to defend itself against threats. the work of diplomacy is a cease-fire and reaching an agreement according to which the troops will move away from the border so that the displaced people can return to their homes. the refugees blinken says are the zionist settlers bordering lebanon they were displaced due to the attacks of hezbollah in lebanon. displaced persons who must return so that the displaced people of gaza remain displaced. this is the logic of the zionist regime. he increased the attacks on hezbollah to stop fighting and retreat. so with imagination the cease-fire plan of the united states and france also supports this desire of the zionists. we are working with america for a temporary truce in lebanon for 21 days to enable negotiations. french-american plan for a temporary ceasefire in lebanon will be announced

the zionists are also attacking beirut from the sea. the war planes of the zionist regime also areas they bombarded baalbek in the east and parts of the city of sur in the south of lebanon. yesterday evening , south zahia was the target of a heavy attack by the zionist regime, as a result of which several residential buildings were completely destroyed. it is said in this attack. the zionists used the one-ton bombs that the americans gave them. zionist news reported that the target of the attack was hezbollah headquarters, so far 6 martyrs and 91 dead the injured from this attack was pulled out from under the rubble. witness at least in adsa al-awali, i did not witness him, iftshal, one of the muslims, the first act, that is, in adsa. in response to these attacks, lebanon's hezbollah targeted zionist military positions in the north of occupied palestine, including safad haifa, karmail nahariya and the center of al-jalil, with drone and rocket attacks, which, according to reports from zionist sources , caused great damage to these areas.

caitriona: our correspondent has the latest from beirut. >> israel has struck beirut with a series of explosions. it's hard to imagine a bigger escalation or a starker picture of war. and here was the aftermath. the hezbollah stronghold in the southern suburbs, now looking like gaza. many lebanese fear that is where things are headed. the israeli military says it targeted hezbollah's hq. >> the israel defense forces carried out a precise strike on the central headquarters of the hezbollah terror organization that served as the epicenter of hezbollah's terror. hezbollah's central headquarter was intentionally built under residential buildings in beirut. as part of their strategy of using lebanese people as human shields. >> some israeli media are reporting that the target of the strike was the hezbollah leader, hasan nasrallh, but that is unconfirmed. pro regime media in iran are saying he's in a safe place and was not affected. several buildings have been brought down in beirut and hospitals are appealing for blood donors. bbc news, southern lebanon. caitriona: this large-scale attack

this is the heart of beirut. the whole world could be set on fire apart from beirut.as many asi million people have already been displaced by the violence. some are escaping conflict not for the first time. these syrian refugees are going back to their country. translation: syria is better here now, | at least for the children. men can sort themselves out, but what should women and children do? they had come to lebanon seeking sanctuary, but this country is no longer safe. i have been getting more details on the latest situation from bbc persian middle east correspondent in beirut, nafiseh kohnavard. after last night's airstrikes on the building behind me, which is in a sunni majority area in beirut. it is part of beirut and it is not hezbollah stronghold that this time was attacked. it seems that it was a targeted assassination because only one floor — it's the sixth floor of an 11 storey building — was hit. clearly the target was in the sixth floor of this building. but around the building i can see a lot of cars that are damaged and smashed and windows shattered. a

. —— beirut _ building here in beirut. —— beirut i— building here in beirut. —— beirut.ezbollah supporters and they remain defiant. they say these israeli — remain defiant. they say these israeli attacks will not affect their— israeli attacks will not affect their positions, they will continue to resist. i think this— continue to resist. i think this shows you the feeling among _ this shows you the feeling among some hezbollah supporters. obviously across the country, the view here and the country, the view here and the fear— the country, the view here and the fear is _ the country, the view here and the fear is that hezbollah is dragging lebanon into a conflict with israel which is not conflict with israel which is hot in _ conflict with israel which is not in the country's interest, one — not in the country's interest, one that _ not in the country's interest, one that could be devastating for this— one that could be devastating for this country which has suffered over the years. hugo, thank you _ suffered over the years. hugo, thank you very _ suffered over the years.

it of how people are feeling in beirut today?— beirut today? it is a great sense of— beirut today?anger, _ beirut today? it is a great sense of anger, but - beirut today? it is a great sense of anger, but also l beirut today? it is a great. sense of anger, but also of feet — sense of anger, but also of fear. people have been saying for the — fear. people have been saying for the past year that they don't _ for the past year that they don't want to see lebanon dragged into a full—fledged war and what is happening, and what happened — and what is happening, and what happened yesterday in the south of lebanon, isjust reminding people — of lebanon, isjust reminding peeple of— of lebanon, isjust reminding people of the 2006 war, of the mass _ people of the 2006 war, of the mass exodus of people running away, — mass exodus of people running away, thousands of families have — away, thousands of families have fled their cities and towns _ have fled their cities and towns in southern lebanon towards _ towns in southern lebanon towards the north and people are packed, jammed in their cars. —

. ., ., ., beirut.ional editorjeremy bowen - beirut. our international - editorjeremy bowen assessing what might happen next. that is it from me. our coverage will continue in washington now. here is the weather with louise lear. hello there. saturday's sunny skies will gradually be eroded by cloud and then wind and rain for many. as we close out sunday. yes, it's going to gradually turn wet and windy, particularly from the south and west. now we've already, in southern england, seen some record—breaking rainfall totals for the month, and we'rejust going to add to those totals over the next few days. some areas could see another 50 to 60mm before we close out the month. so here's that area of low pressure gradually winding its way in from the southwest. ahead of it though, clearer skies, so it will be a chilly start to our sunday morning. some early morning sunshine, but gradually we'll see that cloud pushing its way steadily north and east, perhaps north east england and eastern scotland clinging on to

beirut, to understand the seech on? beirut, to understand the speech in _ on?he speech in israel— on? beirut, to understand the speech in israel has _ on? beirut, to understand the speech in israel has no - speech in israel has no intention to go for a cease—fire because he was very clear about it and did not mention one time, there was a cease—fire. in time, it might bejust a coincidence because there is so much intelligence needed to do it in a certain, and so many factors, the speech and so many factors, the speech and the bombarding is totally connected and it could've happened a few hours before in a few hours or a few days later. , ., ., , later. the israeli military, they were _ later. the israeli military, they were targeting - later. the israeli military, - they were targeting hezbollah's command centre in the southern suburbs but also reports of the israeli media including in your newspaper saying that hassan nasrallah was the target. he. nasrallah was the target. he, he was the — nasrallah was the target. he, he was the target _ nasrallah was the tar

orla guerin, bbc news, beirut.s a key target for israel and had been for many years, notjust in the last year since the cross—border attacks began on the 8th of october, the day, of course, after those devastating attacks on the 7th of october in southern israel. he has been a focal point of israel for a long time. he commanded the organisation for more than three decades. we know that a lot of specific israeli intelligence went into the mission. to give you a bit of context, israel said that hezbollah�*s command centre, the headquarters that they targeted, hezbollah�*s command centre, was buried deep underneath a building in a dahieh in the southern suburbs of beirut. hassan nasrallah had not been seen in public for years because of fears of being assassinated by israel. when he made speeches, it was always in secret locations because of fear of disclosing his location. when he did rallies, he did it via video link on a big screen. for years he wasn't present in front of a crowd, such was the rhetorical price put

let's show you these live pictures from beirut and let's show you these live pictures from beirut andseveral locations today. elsewhere, the israeli military say they are targeting parts of the valley where rockets were fired. a great many people spending the night outside in central beirut and along the seafront. thousands of people leaving their homes, not knowing where they can safely seek shelter in

— situation in your part of beirut? ,., ., ., ., ~ beirut? good evening and thank ou for beirut?d evening and thank you for having me. _ beirut? good evening and thank you for having me. the - you for having me. the situation is quite tense. there is a lot of anxiety, people are worried about what's coming next. some are grieving for hassan nasrallah, others are not. but there is a lot of tension. people are sleeping in the streets. the country now has, according to the minister of environment, close to around 1 million displaced population, people who have been forcibly displaced from their homes because of israeli bombing. last night, people were literally leaving with nothing on — theyjust had to leave their houses immediately — and slept out in the open, parts wherever it was available. the situation is incredible he tends and —— incredibly tense and we don't know what's coming next. i and we don't know what's coming next. ., ., , ., next. i saw that flashed on the a . en next. i saw that flashed on the agency wires _ next. i saw that flashed on the agency wires saying _ next

people in beirut, northern areas. people in beirut. is _ northern areas.as. people in beirut, is there a - northern areas. people in beirut, is there a sense l northern areas. people in | beirut, is there a sense of there's a further escalation that things have stepped up? yes, in terms of intensity in the strikes and the amount of casualties and six were killed but the published estimates from the israeli defence people saying that 300 were killed in one strike and earlier, if the hezbollah leader is killed, the bombardments alone, it is a huge escalation. and they're seeing a lot of strikes in areas we would not think that is a target like mount lebanon and it seems like no place is safe in the country and the capital is yet to be bombed and the capital is yet to be bombed and israeli army and the military purposes i also spoke to mara karlin, former us assistant secretary of defense strategy, plans and capabilities under the biden—harris administration, to discuss the wider implications of the current strikes. this is a precarious moment for the middle

. , ,., ., beirut.me just report what the reuters news agency - beirut. let me just report what the reuters news agency has i the reuters news agency has just reported. —— 50 minutes ago. munication is have exploded in live and on, right or citing security sources and witnesses saying munication devices used by hezbollah have detonated across the south and in the suburbs of beirut, are you hearing anything more about whether we are seeing another wave of what we saw yesterday? we know that thousands of those pagers have been distributed to hezbollah members and hundreds of them exploded yesterday so i don't think it would be a major surprise if these attacks are continuing today. what we did here was a large explosion here, right after five here was a large explosion here, right afterfive p m local time. as local crowds were gathered here for the funeral of these four victims, victims of the attack that happened yesterday and obviously it is a very tense situation and we have been asked to get away from

. find could be anywhere, around any corner of beirut.— corner of beirut.ner of beirut. and israel has been staying _ corner of beirut. and israel has been staying that - corner of beirut. and israel has been staying that it's i has been staying that it's targeting are key hezbollah leaders and commanders is downgrading and degrading i should say hezbollah's abilities. but what we heard there from the deputy leader, deputy chief of hezbollah seems to say that they believe they still have enough i had to fight. still have enough i had to fiuht. , , ., ., fight. this is the tone and the content of — fight. this is the tone and the content of the _ fight. this is the tone and the content of the message - fight. this is the tone and the content of the message that l content of the message that came from the deputy leader naim quassem. it was expected. he wanted to send a message of defiance to reassure the community, to send a message even to the israelis that they are still there, the organisation and the structure of the organisation will not collapse by the

i am anna foster here in beirut.llah says it will continue to fight against israel and will choose a successor "at the earliest opportunity" for hassan nasrallah. he was the leaderfor more for hassan nasrallah. he was the leader for more than three decades. he was killed in the southern suburbs here in beirut on friday. the people you can see here behind me are people that have been here on the streets ever since. people that had left their homes from the sudden suburbs of beirut, there are lots and lots of people, notjust here in beirut but in the east and south of lebanon who have left their homes due to the ongoing violence. the prime minister has said that around 1 million people, huge proportion, maybe one fifth of the population here in lebanon risk being displaced because of the ongoing violence. hamas confirmed its leader in lebanon, fateh sherif abu el—amin was killed alongside his family in a separate attack in the south of the country. israel is vowing to expand its military operations here after targeting

west beirut is in the hands of palestinian groups and their allies, and east beirut is in the hands of hizb kitab and christian groups were allied with them. this situation happened while the palestinian groups were fighting on two fronts at the same time. on the one hand, with the christian militia groups and on the other hand, with the israeli army on the border of lebanon and occupied palestine. in these years, the leadership of lebanese shiites was with imam musa sadr. he was trying hard to stop the conflict in lebanon and in this way he was in contact with all political and religious groups in lebanon. imam musa sadr considered the main enemy in the southern borders, which is the israeli army, and tried to use the power of the armed groups, especially the palestinians. it is not possible to have this balance if he remains isolated, if we consider that these internal battles may lead to foreign interference in lebanon's affairs, as expected, if the area of ​​the battles expands. but after a few days. there was no news of imam musa sadr and his companions and he disappeared suddenly

it is continuing to havel hezbollah, notjust in the south but in beirut, and the south but in beirut,cusp of a ground up which is designed, i suspect, of a ground up which is designed, isuspect, to of a ground up which is designed, i suspect, to get a total infrastructure, structure above ground, some of the anti—tank guided missiles which have done huge amount of damage in northern israel, to see if they can somehow neutralise this at some point, if israelis do want to create space for different medic solution, they have to committee kate that —— a diplomatic solution. is there a diplomatic solution. is there a hezbollah centre that could actually respond? will the actually respond ? will the iranians actually respond? will the iranians choose to support that or will they just fall back iranians choose to support that or will theyjust fall back on trying to rebuild hezbollah and contribute hundreds of millions if not billions of dollars they have used two beef up this proxy which now is proving to be quite... late proxy which now is proving to be quite- - -— proxy which now is provin

we have seen in beirut today? we have seen in beirut today?ave seen in the last two _ seen in beirut today? we have seen in the last two weeks - seen in beirut today? we have seen in the last two weeks in l seen in the last two weeks in particular a steady escalation on the part of israel, in my belief anyway, as the gaza operation reaches its end point they are now shifting their attention to the north. defence minister gallant has said as much may have had a of audacious attacks against the amending control infrastructure, captivate up to the very leader of hezbollah, which will put hezbollah on the back foot. what we have seen is the israelis after 7 october have a mindset of never again and they have to face a decision, the israeli cabinet and prime minister, when and whether to send 60,000 civilians, who are elsewhere in the country, back to their homes in the north. they are likely to do that based on an american diplomatic initiative that doesn't so far convince the israelis that it is a path towards returning to terms, they will take m

the current situation in beirut. mr. hosseini, i greet you. explain the air attacks on different areas of beirut, especially zahia. greetings to you , dear viewers of the flight of the zionist regime's fighters and surveillance and attack drones of this regime over different areas. lebanon, including where we are, the southern suburb of beirut, the number of martyrs continues this morning, the attacks of the zionist regime in various areas of lebanon, especially in the east, in the baqa region , have reached more than 25 people, and dahiya after the wave of airstrikes last night, which caused a lot of damage to people's houses and shops in this area, and today also based on as a result of the wave of explosions that resulted from these extensive airstrikes , there were more than 40 airstrikes and sea fire attacks against zahiya. became the zionist regime from bahman hospital, one of zahia hospitals demanded that this hospital be evacuated quickly and threatened to target zahia hospitals. the next point is related to

to talk to my colleague based in beirut, mr.i, at your service , greetings and god bless you, please tell me how the situation is now in zahiya. is the rain still continuing or has it stopped and do you have new statistics of martyrs and muslims? greetings to you and dear viewers. zahiya's condition is completely calm now. the widespread air and sea attacks of the zionist regime, the fire attacks on zahiya, continued all hours last night, and behind me, where i am now, one by one from the heights of moshra. there is barzai behind me. if my colleague can take a picture, you can still see the smoke from these attacks in some parts of zahiye. the neighborhoods of zayeh were heavily damaged. in one or two places, several buildings have collapsed and people's shops have suffered heavy damage. we still do not know about the number of casualties, i.e. martyrs and wounded. the rescue teams were busy here at all hours last night and we are waiting for the lebanese ministry of health to give the latest as usual. official statistics about