were talking to carine torbey fair in beirut about the situation in lebanon., no responsibility claimed by israel, but it is widely thought, is that the correct terminology? that they were behind it? what more do we know about that and what do you fear the implications are now? right, saleh al-arouri, whose _ implications are now? right, saleh al-arouri, whose nickname - implications are now? right, saleh al-arouri, whose nickname in - implications are now? right, saleh. al-arouri, whose nickname in arabic al—arouri, whose nickname in arabic was muhammad, he was number two in hamas after... , but there are military pictures of him at his desk in full combat fatigues with an assault rifle in front of him, smiling on the phone. he was somebody who was believed by the israelis to be possibly the only senior hamas political leader outside gaza strip who had advanced knowledge of the october seven attacks. this is significant for israel because david, the head of mossad, israel's intelligence agency, while not saying, yes, we did it, has reminded people that rather

live now to carine torbey in beirut.ng that now and what is being said about this strike? just a while ago the street was sealed off since morning. there is heavy presence of the lebanese army. behind me is at the apartment that was targeted yesterday. this is where saleh al—arouri and six other members of hamas were killed yesterday in a surgical attack believed in lib dem to have been carried out by israel. you cannot see because of the sheet ceiling of the place. —— in lebanon. workers are still clearing the rubble from that apartment. there was also another car that was hit yesterday by a rocket, that could have been taken for evidence as well. as you can see, it is business as usual or the street, shops have reopened, crowds are actually in the place, lots of onlookers are coming to look at this apartment, to comment on how accurate and precise was the targeting, and also to ask what could happen next. this is the question on everybody�*s mind at this morning. find question on everybody's mind at this morninu. �* .,

our correspondent, carine torbey, is in beirut at the site of the attack.atest for us. just a while ago, this street has been reopened. it was sealed off since morning, was heavy presence of the lebanese army. behind me is the apartment that was targeted yesterday. this is where al—arouri and six other members of hamas were killed yesterday in a surgical attack, believed in lebanon to have been carried out by israel. you cannot see well now because of the sheets that are shielding off the place, but we saw lots of forensic people trying to survey the place, to search for any evidence on location. also, workers are still clearing the rubble from that apartment. there was also another car that was hit yesterday by a rocket that we couldn't see at the moment, but could have been taken for evidence as well. as you see, for the rest of the image on the street, it's business as usual — shops have reopened, people, crowds are actually in the place. lots of onlookers are coming to look at this apartment, to comment on how accurate and precise was the targeting, and

our reporter carine torbey was watching.an refugees from different palestinian camps across lebanon have come here to the capital, beirut, to take part in the funeral of saleh al—arouri, who was assassinated two days ago in an air strike in the southern suburb of beirut. sirens. this killing was seen as potentially becoming a turning point in the conflict between lebanon and israel. gunfire. hezbollah said that this is not going unpunished, especially that it happened in the southern suburb of beirut, and something that did not happen or occur since 2006. joining me live from jerusalem is robbie sabel. he is a professor of international law at hebrew university and a former legal adviser to israel's foreign ministry. thanks very much for being with us, let's pick up on that meeting between the us special envoy and the israeli defence minister, saying there is a short window of time for a diplomatic solution with lemon on�*s hezbollah. what you think he means by that? the on's hezbollah. what you think he means by that?— mean