hezbollah., they have been relatively unsophisticated, i suppose. but although hezbollah has lost a lot of its senior leadership, including hassan nasrallah, it still has a huge arsenal of missiles, some of which are much more deadly and it has got guided missiles capable of reaching all parts of israel, and if it chooses to use those, they are going to be much more damaging to israel. there will be a huge welcoming in israel that hassan nasrallah has been killed, the operation against hezbollah is much more popular, the country is much more united in the need for that than it is for the continued operation in gaza, where many people feel the government should have done more to get the hostages out. there is a huge backing for the operation against hezbollah. israel has vowed to get its citizens able to return to the north, 60,000 who have not been able to live in their homes for the past year. it will see this as a significant move towards beating hezbollah.— as a significant move towards beati

i want to ick what hezbollah will do. i want to pick uo _ what hezbollah will do.hezbollah will do. i want to pick up on one foot - what hezbollah will do. i want to pick up on one foot you - to pick up on one foot you mentioned. crucially, he pointed out that hezbollah as an organisation is intertwined with the fabric of the country, with the fabric of the country, with governance, politics there. give us a sense of how hassan nasrallah was viewed by the political establishment there and also ordinary people on the streets.— on the streets. that has been one key question _ on the streets. that has been one key question in _ on the streets. that has been one key question in 11 - on the streets. that has been l one key question in 11 nonsense the start of these attacks a year ago, the start of these attacks a yearago, because the start of these attacks a year ago, because a lot of people outside hezbollah's base of support because many were saying they were dragging lebanon into a war with israel and this country has been suffering for years from an severe economic

, to defend - hezbollah.- and lebanon hezbollah.with... and lebanon will... i beg your— hezbollah. with... and lebanon will... i beg your pardon, - hezbollah. with... and lebanon will... i beg your pardon, this i will... i beg your pardon, this dela is will... i beg your pardon, this delay is very _ will... i beg your pardon, this delay is very difficult. - will... i beg your pardon, this delay is very difficult. this - delay is very difficult. this means has need time to regroup —— this means hezbollah needs time to regroup. this gives the advantage to israel. how will israel use this time?- advantage to israel. how will israel use this time? israel, i think, threat _ israel use this time? israel, i think, threat to _ israel use this time? israel, i think, threat to make - israel use this time? israel, i think, threat to make a - israel use this time? israel, i think, threat to make a landl think, threat to make a land attack. i don't think they will go inside lebanon. hezbollah, to be clear, now losing two pillars. we have to say

has hezbollah been destroyed? he has admitted that if you raze lebanon to the ground, hezbollah will still be alive, because hezbollah is an idea, an idea . i was following the media . people who are secular and christian because lebanon has different demographics different political parties, but all of them are behind hezbollah , they accept hezbollah, and this is in the blood of the lebanese people, very well, mr. shasouni, keep it here, i want news from yemen. i'll take it from you, yesterday the fighters of the zionist regime of yemen violated the yemeni port of hodeidah, but before that there is a news that reached the ears of your opinion in the news sections, but again, let me tell you about the news coverage of the developments in lebanon. we present to you what the lebanese hezbollah movement announced in a statement, speculation and news of some media about the election of the new secretary general of this movement. hizb and is discredited in this statement , the news published by some media about the or

let's start with hezbollah.s hassan nasrallah's strategy after october 7, did it work, where do they find themselves tonight after dragging lebanon into another war? >> the strategy was to launch what he calls a support front in solidarity with hamas in gaza. the idea was to tie down a percentage of israel's troops along the border and put military pressure on israel that might eventually compel it into ending the war in gaza, reaching a cease-fire with hamas. it has not been successful in doing that. to some 60,000 people have fled their homes and have not been able to go back for at least a year. the military pressure hezbollah has put on israel has not compelled it to end the war in gaza. that is still going a year later. i don't think that's a scenario that hassan nasrallah anticipated when he started this. now he finds himself in a position where his choices are to end a show of solidarity with palestinians in gaza, stop firing at israel, which would be a huge humiliation for him, iran, other proxies in the

you can see the proximity of this to the southern suburbs of the city, i hezbollah strongholds. a hezbollahongholds. this is a blow to that group but also to its main backer and finance, iran. already, we are waiting to see how iranians proxies, and there are various of them across the region, we are talking about iranians backed militia groups in iraq and syria, and the houthis in yemen, and of course, hamas in gaza, who are waiting to see what the response may be. at a grassroots response on the streets of beirut, people who have seen hassan nasrallah leading the hezbollah organisation. he was there at the inception, he was a figurehead of the group, and you have seen emotion on the street here as well for people today who have only ever known him as this important figure in their lives. they are hezbollah supporters or living in one of those areas. it has been a fast moving day, and our senior international correspondent orla guerin has been following the developments. this is what beirut endured overnight — massive israeli strikes that could ignite the whole region. by day, confirmation

it is true that hezbollah — mixed picture. it is true that hezbollah has _ mixed picture.ue that hezbollah has a lot - mixed picture. it is true that hezbollah has a lot of- mixed picture. it is true that| hezbollah has a lot of friends and a huge amount of support but it also has critics and not only in the lebanese society but all over the middle east, especially after they got themselves involved in the war in syria and got sunni muslim blood on his hands as it is said here. and this is why i was saying we do not focus enough on the possibility, and the fear of repercussions and internal drives from this incident yesterday. this will have a detrimental impact on the current state of lebanon and syria. one major actor, not to say the most important actor on this arena, took a big blow and it future is at stake. director of the critical science institute in beirut. thank you for sharing your insights. thick smoke has been rising over the sudden districts as israel continues air strikes in beirut. nearly 800 people have been killed in israeli attacks since monday, and that

live with hezbollah on your border, and you have hezbollah attacking you. i don't think you can imagine what it is like to have this type of enemy actively hitting and targeting your population. and people fleeing from their homes. i know in the u.s. right now there's a power outage that has left millions of people without power and that, that is a horrible thing. the northern part of our country, these people don't have power. it's not that they've lost power. they've lost their entire homes therefore, any type of ceasefire from a military perspective that would not allow our people to go back to their homes and our country not to be under a constant barrage, including the interception that happened over our head is untenable but i don't think anyone in the world would even consider this. that is the position of the israeli army and are political leadership has also reflected the will of the people, which is are people just want to go home. we want peace in our country. we didn't start this war, but it has to end and the terms have to be that israel can li

at the conflict with hezbollah.military, the head of the military speak and quite frankly about it this week— and quite frankly about it this week saying, talking about a possible _ week saying, talking about a possible ground incursion but then— possible ground incursion but then being a lot blunter and saying — then being a lot blunter and saying to troops that they will enter — saying to troops that they will enter enemy territory and they will defeat the enemy there, and effectively saying that this goal that they have set for themselves can really only be achieved in his opinion through— be achieved in his opinion through this ground incursion. that— through this ground incursion. that strongly suggest that a ground _ that strongly suggest that a ground incursion may well happen— ground incursion may well happen because the head of the military— happen because the head of the military is saying that that's the only— military is saying that that's the only way to achieve the objective. it suggests it will happen

therefore, hezbollah's power is very high and hezbollah is ready to fight for a long time. mojtaba shah soni of radio and television news agency. thank you very much for being with us, along with dr. keumers, yazdan pannah, mr. dr. zarei, one of the senior experts in west asia , mr. zareh is also added to our group. i greet you. you are very welcome . thank you very much . farewell to fanah and dear viewers. greetings , mr. dr. arena maidan, what is the status of the developments in lebanon and according to the comments of the zionist regime officials and of course the ability of lebanon's hezbollah in the missile and drone response that is mentioned, according to the media announcement of the zionist regime, only about 10% of its capabilities have been used by hezbollah against the zionist regime. what direction do you think it will go in the name of allah, the most merciful? i would first like to say that dear viewers, we should note that we are in the context of a war, which is actually. the war is full of events and incidents, that is, different groups are active in the

despite all these blows, the final decision-maker of hezbollah. hezbollah is not a small group. it is a highly advanced military force. a point that experts. they want to emphasize it. hezbollah is a very complex force. a complex group that has increased its strength 10 times since 2006 and the 33-day war. hezbollah in order to show simplicity cannot be ruled out, immediately after the assassination of rezvan's commanders, massive missile attacks were carried out on the occupied areas. after the assassination of his missile commander, for the first time since the beginning of the gaza war, he fires a missile into the heart of tel aviv to show his ability to recover. the attack on moqal mossad, the naval base, the haifa airport, the escape of the zionists that everyone wants to show, hezbollah's missiles do not stop with assassinations. hassan fazlullah, a member of the lebanese parliament, says that the same night that the commanders were beaten in zahiya, brothers assumed the new responsibility and immediately started their work to deal with the enemy started in none of the res

and the military structure of hezbollah or not.m now on, it will be important for the supreme leader to point out in his message that this did not destroy the structure of hezbollah , which is a strategic point, because what needs to be created from netanyahu's zionist regime's attacks on the north is that he can achieve success when hezbollah should start responding again. attack and damage give them this answer, this image will be broken in the minds of the regime's internal audience, and at that time, there may be a need for a ground attack . if hizbullah responds in khouri, this will be the beginning of a ground war, and do you think that what hizbullah will do corresponds to the operation they have in the assassination of mr. nasrallah? see what options hezbollah has, how much security intelligence power it has with its missiles and the missile shield it is fighting against. what can he do to me? the information should be told by hezbollah's own forces. this is mostly secret . i don't know if they will answer, maybe in the com

hezbollah's work., the majority of lebanese people support the resistance and are with hezbollah. mr. shams, you mentioned that this war will probably be a long war. considering that the zionist regime is facing a long war with the proposal that you are making it has gone through a war of more than 11 months , and many of its equipments have been destroyed, and it has not been provided yet, but on the other hand, its people , the residents of the occupied territories , are no longer able to continue this path in terms of social security. there are gaps in the zionist regime and the occupied territories. according to your excellency , how much will the resilience of the zionist regime be under these conditions? in fact, the zionist regime, as you mentioned, means that internally there are many gaps between the likes and the extremists. they are famous among politicians and officials. eastern and the west and the opposition of the opposition and netanyahu have increased and every day we see the demonstra

hezbollah was more than just a proxy of iran, hezbollah is a partner of iran.xy, has been severely wounded. what will iran do? that, plus what will the israelis do on the ground? that will determine if this becomes a bigger regional war or not. >> ambassador, tell me what israel needs to do right now. we heard from matt bradley and richard engel they want to de- escalate. that has not happened in the last 10 months. what do they need to do right now? >> what they need to do is continue these efforts in light of what we have heard but in particular focusing on the internal situation in lebanon. you have a shiite population that has been deeply wounded. it was allied with the roots of hezbollah. now they are angry and willing to do something. how do you keep lebanon itself from imploding along sectarian lines that tore lebanon apart in the civil war? >> irrespective of what just went on and what has been going on with israel the last few weeks, lebanon has been a failed state for quite some time. >> yes. hezbollah has played the double standard. it does not turn

israel says that hezbollah initiated rocket fire - israel says that hezbollah initiated rocket fire acrosshave had to leave their homes in the north. is there a way that israel can manage this while reducing the risk to civilians in lebanon? well, of course. first of all, because for an invasion of lebanon in the israeli cabinet began around 12 october or 13 when minister gallant wanted to invade but was restrained by the biden administration. there was no evacuation then, people have not been evacuated because of the rocket attacks which have mainly been within a mile of the border and around military targets, they surely there is a risk to those people, no doubt. but that is not the main thing going on here. the principal thing is hezbollah is refusing to stop what for them is basically symbolic attacks, or kind of limited series of actions, trying to protect... helping palestinians in pakistan. risking israel being able to justify this escalation we have seen time and again. i think that israelis are really on the brink of falling into the trap of invading lebanon and trying to create a

all of it is the basis of hezbollah, this is the basis of hezbollah, this is where they were shootingof israel, the north part of the state of israel you will see cities that are completely destroyed coming from the south of beirut and there was no other way to stop but by attacking that which is the bases wherefrom they are making all these attacks against israeli civilians for such a long time and i absolutely without any cynicism, i regret every single citizen who is not involved that became a victim of this unavoidable and inevitable counteroffensive that israel had to take in order to stop the fighting of hamas. are we going to make an effort in order to prevent it, i'm sorry, yesterday, are we going to make an effort to stop it for tomorrow? what i say is this, stop it, stop fighting, stop shooting rockets against israelis. that was the former is really a minister speaking to an earlier. let'sjust minister speaking to an earlier. let's just show you the live shots, it is actually the live shots, it is actually the lebanese capital beirut, the lebanese capital beirut, the sky abo

. pretty speedy response from hezbollah-— pretty speedy response from hezbollah. , ., , ., hezbollah.hezbollah. indeed, pleasure to be with you. it _ hezbollah. indeed, pleasure to be with you. it does _ hezbollah. indeed, pleasure to be with you. it does seem - hezbollah. indeed, pleasure to be with you. it does seem to i hezbollah. indeed, pleasure to| be with you. it does seem to be a rather prompt response from hezbollah which had waited several days when you look at the response previously but in this instance i'm not surprised. what israel may have been seeking to do is try to get hezbollah notjust to absorb the blow and return any north but to see if hezbollah might attempt to save face, do some escalation that might... and we have to assess the activity as well as the strike you mentioned on some of those artillery positions in the north, see if at least tactically they may... speaking of tactics and _ tactically they may... speaking of tactics and politics, - tactically they may... speaking of tactics and politics, we - tactically they may... speaking of tactics and politics,

hezbollah is in disarray. is in disarray. i think it's very _ our? hezbollah is in disarray. i think it's very clear - our? hezbollah is in disarray. i think it's very clear that - our? hezbollah is in disarray. i think it's very clear that a i i think it's very clear that a group like this has been prepared for military action by israel, but what it has not anticipated at all is hybrid warfare of this kind, of this scale, where in one week, hezbollah�*s medications that work has shown to be infiltrated, its security has been breached, its supply chains intercepted, and on top of everything else it's elite commanders have been targeted and killed in an area it considers a stronghold. it's a series of very significant blows. �* , . . blows. it's a leader, nasrallah, - blows. it's a leader, nasrallah, has - blows. it's a leader, l nasrallah, has vowed blows. it's a leader, i nasrallah, has vowed a response. what could that look like? , ,., , response. what could that look like? , , .,, like? the response was fil

it was a loss for hezbollah, but it was not a loss for hezbollah hizbollah's organizational and human strength is much more than these words . yes, of course, the loss of a person, especially if he is a commander and has a history of jihad in the name of allah, is not a loss in this doubt. therefore , even to this day, this victory is due to god's success , with god's power, the final victory in this battle will belong to the resistance front and the hezbollah front , death in america, death in america , death in america, death on america, death on america. hazrat ayatollah khamenei devoted the last part of his speech to an important reminder about internal issues and emphasized that our fighters and mujahids sacrificed their lives and grieved their families to prevent the enemy's flag from being raised on the borders of the country. sacrifices the people of iran do not want the flags of the enemy's cultural influence and lifestyle and its hostile temptations to be raised by influential and deceived people in the country and various institutions. care must be taken. everyone is oblige

.— and broadening the conflict with hezbollah. ., , with hezbollah.zbollah. could remind us of some of the _ with hezbollah. could remind us of some of the context, - with hezbollah. could remind usj of some of the context, because there has been a lot of cross—border attacks, between lebanon and israel throughout this war, though, could you give us some of that context to understand some of the escalation you were talking about? it escalation you were talking about? , . ., , ., about? it is a great question, to contextualise _ about? it is a great question, to contextualise these, - about? it is a great question, to contextualise these, everl to contextualise these, ever since october last year, when hezbollah opened up a limited front in support of its ally, hamas, israel, hezbollah and to a larger extent iran have been fighting an intense struggle over the balance of power and rules of engagement that have defined this conflict since 2006. this attack which comes on the heels of the assassination of a top is by the mac military leader in beirut ear

we'll come back to hezbollah�*s particular role in this and your relationship with hezbollah in a minutes just get into the detail of how your country is coping or not coping. your health ministerjust a few hours ago described the situation as carnage and the secretary general of the norwegian refugee council, jan egeland, who's a former un official, he said, "lebanese society is going to break if there is no ceasefire." are you as close to the edge as that? yes, we are as close to the edge as that, stephen. i mean, as a government, even our emergency committee, we are doing our best and we are trying to secure, you know, the utmost attention and care to the people that are moving from the south and bekaa into the cities and into beirut. but we all know that the government and the economic situation does not help a lot, because we are in a difficult place and without the international aid, without the full international aid and support of all countries, all donors, yes, we are at a very difficult spot, even though we're still holding so far. but that's why i'm emphasising we do need an i

hezbollah is a part of it, and from tomorrow maybe the cores of hezbollah will be in paris, london, washington, new york and other countries. these witnesses are the same pictures that we see now, for example, in in australia , the people hold the flag of palestine and the flag of hezbollah in their hands. this is actually the reason for the occurrence of these cases . it is exactly one of the fruits of the blood of the resistance martyr sayyid hassan nasrallah. this is why hezbollah has left lebanon. it is now a global face of an organization. it will be universal and it can influence the world and we should be proud, the iranian nation should be proud that the experiences gained in the holy defense in these 4 years after the victory of the islamic revolution have become models. now one of them is the issue of lebanon's hezbollah, mr. dr. qanad bashi, my final question to you is about putting the puzzles together in the arena and the developments in the field in lebanon regarding the capabilities of the axis of the resistance and hezbollah of lebanon even after the martyrdom of sey

you point out ibrahim aqil was hezbollah? you point out ibrahim aqilwas a hezbollah? the group weakened?— leader. it is the group weakened? , . ~ weakened? very much so. i think the question _ weakened? very much so. i think the question is, _ weakened? very much so. i think the question is, is _ weakened? very much so. i think the question is, is it _ the question is, is it completely incapacitated? completely incapacitated ? hezbollah is completely incapacitated? hezbollah is no doubt a formidable military force, it is the most powerful nonstate actor in the world. it has over 150,000 rockets, it brought israel to a standstill after a month long war in 2006, it is much stronger today than it was them. but the kind of exceptional strikes that we see in the past three days have definitely left it reeling. i would argue hezbollah even before the events of the last three days, did not have the appetite for an all—out war with israel. it very much preferred a war of attrition, a border war that now has cost over 16,000 israelis to flee their homes. —— caused. after their

hezbollah has responded. hezbollah has responded. decoupling of the conflict between southern lebanon and gaza, and that hezbollah will continue engaging with israel in a military fashion in the south of leven on for as long as israel is engaged in bombarding gaza. —— the south of lebanon, in terms of returning is reallys to the north, i think the question would be how exactly they intend to do that without a full—scale ground invasion and buffer zone of southern lebanon, something the israelis tried once before and failed to hold onto, and it was incredibly painful for israel. but do you think that ground invasion is closer, given everything that has been said out of israel over the last couple of days? and as you were giving with an answerjust now, let me tell you that the israeli military has said that two israeli soldiers israeli military has said that two israel we .diers israeli military has said that two israel we will s israeli military has said that two israel we will not forget, that, that we will not forget, because i hear

.— rockets fired into israel by hezbollah. , hezbollah.ing with force _ hezbollah. israel is responding with force us _ hezbollah. israel is responding with force us to _ hezbollah. israel is responding with force us to this _ with force us to this aggression, we will use all means necessary to restore security to our northern border dover border and safely return our citizens to their homes, we will respond with force to this unprovoked aggression from hezbollah. unprovoked aggression from hezbollah-— unprovoked aggression from hezbollah. that is the israeli government _ hezbollah. that is the israeli government spokesman. - hezbollah. that is the israeli. government spokesman. daniel hezbollah. that is the israeli - government spokesman. daniel do simone is injerusalem, you put a question to that government spokesperson, which he didn't really answer, but it was about those... will we do not know if they are israeli or not, they have not confirmed it, but those attacks in lebanon using electronic devices.— electronic devices. that's ri .

— hezbollah with israel? thank ou for hezbollah with israel? having _ hezbollah with israel? thank you for having me. _ hezbollah with israel? thank you for having me. since - hezbollah with israel? thank you for having me. since day one and even since before the war in gaza broke out we had a problem with having a militia dictating war and peace on the lebanese people. the militia is called hezbollah, it operates outside the control of the lebanese government, the lebanese government, the lebanese parliament and it gets its orders, weapons and financing from iran, it acts as a proxy for iran so since day one we had a problem with this entity. so since the war between hamas and israel... (inaudible). we saw the total destruction in gaza, a total wipe—out of the population and infrastructure in gaza and no positive consequences. they opened without getting back to the lebanese people in the lebanese legitimate authorities. we have an issue with this scenario, with having our country gives us a platform to send messages between iran and israel an

they created hezbollah by doing so.her side, adversary, is extremely difficult, and frankly in each case, they don't like to use this word, in each case the lebanese defeated the israelis and force them to evacuate. but you need the united states on their side. and israel continues to say it is carrying out these operations to diminish hezbollah, in the wake of 7 october, we should say 8 october when we saw rockets coming from hezbollah. but washington and other western countries insist there has to be a diplomatic path towards deescalation here. do you realistically think that is on the table, particularly within the confines of the time president biden has left in office? not unless there is a dramatic change in politics in israel. the united states essentially has a very few choices, the israelis are not amenable to the sort of diplomatic pressure, the repeated visits by secretary blinken. essentially what you need is an american action that will in some ways maybe bring down the israeli government or get the attenti

hezbollah is the pride of the young islamic world hezbollah and the hezbollah group in lebanon are the pride of the islamic world. the martyrdom of some of hezbollah's effective and valuable elements was a loss for hezbollah, but it was not a loss that made hezbollah lose its strength. and hezbollah's humanity is much greater than this colleague, so even today this victory is due to god's blessing and god's power. the final victory in this battle belongs to the resistance front and the hezbollah front. peace be upon you , dear viewers. have a good night. stay with us with a special program. the news network that you have a look at the latest developments in the region, especially in lebanon, based on the latest news haifa has been the target of heavy missile attacks and several resistance missiles have hit their own targets . the warning sirens have sounded in many areas of the occupied territories, including haifa, kryot eka and nahariya. the radio of the zionist regime has heard the firing of ground-to-ground missiles from the direction of lebanon. informed haifa . the army of the zi

the spirit of hezbollah's forces , in my opinion, is the most important issue that helps hezbollah, god forbid , not to suffer its organization. it has not been 24 hours since seyyed hassan nasrallah's martyrdom the barqas operation has been carried out in the depth of the occupied territories. this shows the very strong and strong nature of hezbollah, mr. yazampna , let's keep it the same. and now that lebanon's hezbollah has lost its leader , in fact , it has lost its great mujahid commander, the intensity of the attacks may decrease, and besides, we are witnessing the assassination of some other commanders of the resistance axis in lebanon, but what mr. yazdan refrain from mentioning it even after the attack last night in zahiya district of beirut, we saw that the severity of the attacks and their responses always thought that resistance movements like hamas, hezbollah, and islamic jihad are a completely unique, limited, and important organization. it is closed and separated from the people, so they think that if we assume that one day mr. fathi shaghaqi, the secretary general of

of hezbollah's terror.ah'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 has prompted israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu to cut short the trip to the u.s. he was in new york delivering a speech at the united nations general assembly. the israeli government has released to this photo where it says prime minister netanyahu was approving the strike in beirut from new york. the israeli prime minister make no mention of the cease-fire, standing firm on the idea that israe's offensive against hezbollah in lebanon would continue until isr

the problem is that the most powerful one was hezbollah and most of the high figures in hezbollah haveit was then that carried out these assassinations necessarily, but they have been able to target people quite precisely. yes, of course there have been civilian casualties as well, but who is winning this intelligence or quest but this must tell us something. it quest but this must tell us something-— quest but this must tell us somethina. , ., ,., . something. it is an important question- _ something. it is an important question. what _ something. it is an important question. what is _ something. it is an important question. what is happening | question. what is happening right now is an intelligence war and israelis have proven yet again that they have the superior hand in this intelligence war. let's not forget injuly, a nabil anuk leader was assassinated in tehran. they probably knew the exact location where he was staying because the building that was targeted, the exact location he was staying in was targeted —— hamas. the same pattern happened in lebanon. many hezbollah commande

i recent days, how damaging have they been to hezbollah?- they been to hezbollah?lah? i think the organisation _ they been to hezbollah? i think the organisation is _ they been to hezbollah? i think the organisation is very - the organisation is very exposed and very much weakened after the attacks of the past few days, which really have been unprecedented. first of all we had the wave of explosions of pagers and walkie—talkies, which basically shattered the internal communication network used by hezbollah. then yesterday we had the high profile israeli assassination here in beirut in the hezbollah stronghold and that targeted a senior hezbollah leader who was killed along with about a dozen other seniorfigures, and some of them have been buried today. there is a real sense that people just don't know what is coming next. at the funerals of some of those hezbollah fighters today we did hear plenty of the usual defiance, pledges that the organisation would fight on. but i think there is a big question now about what is it capable of doing now that so much damage has

doctor , also mention hezbollah 2006, hezbollah 2006 , hezbollah 2024 .r forces are specialized, both in terms of technological equipment and in terms of changing methods. in our 33-day war, you can see those settlements that we didn't have an underground military in the war of 303. we didn't have the intelligence elites and the hodhead intelligence bank. that's right, now hezbollah has the intelligence elites, its database, its targets. it means that it is completely punctuating. in the ground war, this time i have a reference to rizvan's elite forces , maybe it will be interesting for the viewers. most of them are children from al-jalil region. their ancestors have their roots in this area and they are truly aristocrats it means that the al-rizwan force has a millimeter to this area . the sarim regime knows that the al-rizwan forces are only preparing for the liberation of the al-jalir region and the ground war. therefore, the arrival of q. martyred ibrahim aqeel, the commander of the al-rizwan force, thinking that when we are on the agenda. we want to

structure, the pagers were for hezbollah itself, most of the majority were for hezbollah itself, yes, some of the hospitals were also used in the centers. hitting hezbollah means that there is almost one example. they say that he wanted to leave 4 thousand wounded on the hands of hezbollah. this means that he wanted to attack hezbollah with this issue and the assassination of mr. fouad. mr. karki was assassinated today, of course, according to the latest reports that the assassination was successful, the assassination was not successful , hezbollah's own statement says that he went to a safe place, that is, he left a condition that the assassination happened, but he was in a safe place, even i myself had predicted this a few days ago in the cyberspace that mr. kirki will be assassinated. there is the commander of the southern front, now he is probably the commander of the southern front of the hezbollah, and dear badr battalions, i would like to inform you that another battalion in the south of hezbollah, three battalions of the hezbollah unit are under his supervision, that is why i

or hezbollah could up the ante.uried in tunnels, they could launch these at a tel aviv and other cities. they could potentially overwhelm, partially overwhelm israel's iron dome air defences. but to do that would almost certainly ground in iran and the united states. israel's retaliation against lebanon would be catastrophic, i think. they would probably hit things like beirut airport, reservoirs, power stations, a lot of infrastructure would be hit and it would be devastating for lebanon, as if what is happening so far isn't already. but in doing this, israel must recognise that it's heading towards, if not already tipped over into, the prospects of a wider regional conflict.- wider regional conflict. they will take that. _ wider regional conflict. they will take that. they - wider regional conflict. they will take that. they are - will take that. they are saying, this is escalating to de—escalates. they are saying enough is enough, we have put up enough is enough, we have put up with being shelled on our northern

between hezbollah and israel. group had been advising its members to use pages -- pagers because of concerns israel could tamper with or access mobile phones. here is more on today's events from paul adams. paul's report contains distressing images from the start. correspondent: this was a devastating attack. in supermarkets. on the street. in cars, at home, and even in barbershops, scores, perhaps hundreds of hezbollah members simultaneously injured by exploding pagers. [sirens] incidents reported from all over lebanon, from beirut to even neighboring syria. each explosion was small, but some left terrible injuries. israel is saying nothing, but yesterday the defense minister told american envoys that only military action would resolve the situation in the north. >> a message repeated by the prime minister, the status quo will not continue, mr. netanyahu said, this requires a change in the balance of power on our northern border. correspondent: the situation there remains extremely volatile. exchanges of fire eve

dealing with hezbollah is a different issue . dasmalchian, the former ambassador of the islamic republic of iran to lebanon and jordan, of course they joined us in the studio. dear mr. dastmalchian, the lebanese society is a special society and we have seen that its resistance has stood against the zionist regime especially since 1982 until now and did not allow the zionist regime to grow like a cancerous tumor and come to lebanon even when it came to lebanon for 18 years. he occupied it, we saw that he was finally forced to leave it without any achievements, the same thing happened in the 33-day war and he failed to return, how do you see the situation now , why the zionist regime embarked on this new adventure in the name of allah, the most merciful, the most merciful. excellent, dear guest, and all the behind-the-scenes agents, dear listeners and dear viewers, i would like to say that your presence requires an extensive analysis . in my opinion, the zionist regime is testing its own story of life and death, that is, it has sta

many _ of hezbollah. we have to leave it there. many thanks - of hezbollah.ed . it there. many thanks indeed for sharing your analysis, we appreciated. several south—eastern us states are seeing significant flooding, after hurricane helene hit the region. at least 47 people have died and officials fear that number will increase. at least 3 million people are without power. the category four hurricane is the most powerful storm on record to hit florida's big bend area, and moved north into georgia and the carolinas after making landfall overnight on thursday. with gusts of 140 miles per hour and heavy rain, damages from the storm are estimated to be as high as $110 billion. helene unleashed the worst flooding in a century in north carolina, essentially cutting off access to the western part of the state with forced road closures. and in atlanta, 13 inches of rain fell over 48 hours the most the city has seen over two days since 1878. florida governor ron desantis says authorities are assessing the strom's damage throughout florida. clearly, you saw a storm sur

hezbollah has confirmed that the israeli military has killed hassan nasrallah, the leader of hezbollahiple residential buildings and killed at least 11 people, according to lebanon's health ministry. this marks a blow for hezbollah, which has transformed drastically under nasrallah's 32 years of leadership. hezbollah was formed during the civil war in 1982. primarily as a militia group in response to an israeli invasion bring nasrallah uses connections to obtain funds and weapons. hezbollah and hamas are similar in that sense that hezbollah is a much better arm fund it and organize than hamas is. it has grown its arsenal. hezbollah has become a state within a state offering social services in locaunes an holding seats in parliament. joining me now to discuss more about the state of lebanon is rodney, an award-winning journalist for over two decades of experience covering the middle east with a great piece right now in the new yorker and senior correspondent at the huffington post. welcome to both of you. rodney, there is a lot of complexity to this one. there are people in lebanon who

in syria , the country's flags were raised at half-mast in honor of the hezbollah martyr. seyyed ammar hakim, head of iraq's national wisdom movement, emphasized in a statement that the path of resistance will continue until victory is achieved. palestinian islamic resistance movement hamas also martyred seyed hassan he called nasrallah a cowardly and terrorist act and the regime's brutal attacks. he strongly condemned the residential buildings in the southern suburbs of lebanon. yemen's resentullah resistance movement also announced that the martyrdom of the secretary general of hezbollah adds to the flame of sacrifice and its inevitable consequence will be the destruction of the israeli enemy and its temporary existence. the youth of the west bank and occupied jerusalem also called for a march . israel commits war crimes because it is not accountable for them. ayman safadi , minister of foreign affairs. by announcing this, he said: israel is killing palestinians and occupying their land they know it is legitimate. the political office of sanratullah in yemen also announc

either from hezbollah orfrom iran is any confirmation either from hezbollah or from iran that hassangh israel this morning a very clearly saying that as far as they are concerned that strike was successful, they believe they have killed him. this is a crucial moment for the region, it is a crucial moment for lebanon, the corn hassan nasrallah was a totemic figure, he was the face of the organisation. if you are in a hezbollah area here, you will often see posters with his face on. he makes speeches sort of semi—regularly, which everybody listens to. when there are rallies, they put them on big screens. he is synonymous with the organisation, he is obviously a key target for israel. it is clear that if somebody was trying to defeat hezbollah, he is somebody they would remove from the organisation. at the moment we are a tiny bit closer. for me, i think they moment will be when we hear very clearly from either hezbollah or iran, where they say that he has been killed. we are still not at that stage yet, even though it is many hours since that major strike happened last night. as soon a

damaged hezbollah here in lebanon.hezbollah, access as part of the country's deterrence. it is very important for iran to have a strong hezbollah here in lebanon right next to israel. very difficult situation for hezbollah here, and another position being targeted now here in the capital in the group stronghold in southern beirut. . ~' , ., , group stronghold in southern beirut. ., ~ , . group stronghold in southern beirut. . ~ , . ., beirut. thank you very much for that. beirut. thank you very much for that our _ beirut. thank you very much for that. our middle _ beirut. thank you very much for that. our middle east _ that. our middle east correspondent there in the lebanese capital. and we will keep a very close eye to the situation there and beirut and all the developments that are happening in the middle east, as you can see there on the bbc website and on the app, we have a life page bringing you up to date with all developments. lawyers representing women who say they were raped or sexually assaulted by the forme

so from hezbollah, even with this aerial bombardment by israel, we are still seeing hezbollah firing these missiles it's into northern israel. in fact, a little earlier. today, hezbollah did say that they had fired a long-range missile towards the jerusalem area. the israeli military confirming that they had, in fact taken down and intercepted something in that area. so a reminder that hezbollah does have these long long-range missiles as well. the big question though, of course, is whether or not the israeli military is going to carry out a ground invasion to follow up on this aerial bombardment that we have been seeing over recent days. let's listen to the idea has been badly, badly damaged. we killed the ceo, nasrallah were killed. most of the board of directors of hezbollah. we killed most of the executive management of hezbollah, the senior management whoever did the beeper attack took off the hands faces, and bottoms of thousands of middle-management than hezbollah so hezbollah right now is temporarily badly harmed and injured but if we let go of them now, they'll just recover

my message to the people of hezbollah is to be strong and be strong.s are between us. the international community also showed that israel has remained silent in the face of these crimes. we want to condemn israel's oppression of the oppressed people of lebanon and gaza.

mentioning hezbollah has many surprises.ah has not yet used its main weapons, missiles that have both high accuracy and destructive power. very it is high, it is radar evasive, and it seems to me that in the coming days, if the zionists want to continue this process and continue to target the residential areas, or if they want to fulfill the ground operation they promised and enter the soil by land listen to lebanon , ask them to occupy parts of lebanon. hezbollah will gradually reveal another part of its capabilities , while we are the core of the resistance. we will face each other and it seems that resistance groups will be active in the region in the coming days and the regime will be hit by the resistance groups in the region. it will take a minute for your summary, mr. dr. ajulo. in fact, this trend that has existed in the last 8 decades and that constant aggression of the zionist regime has continued against the people of the region along with the expansionism of the islamic regime, it almost emphasizes this key word

, the nation of hezbollah that was able to keep the commanders of hezbollah, this nation even though we had 3 thousand wounded. in just one week, in one of these attacks in which martyr aqeel was martyred and approximately 17 to 18 officials of hizbollah blandkaye were martyred in the same area, that is, people were everywhere in the world, such an operation was carried out , the area was completely emptied of its people, but we we see that people are still living and still participating in this kind of tashriz the body of israeli threats is a big deal. yes, mr. qorbi, you mentioned the developments this morning, hezbollah fired 110 rockets to the north. occupied lands, including the port city of haifa, fired. 85 of these rockets were fired in a short period of half an hour. the sinist regime had tried hard to stop these rockets and their launches, but a large number of them hit zionist settlements and occupied areas. what is your assessment and analysis about hezbollah's baran missile today? i think targeting haifa with this amount of missiles since the beginning of the war. it has

as has hezbollah. this is really been — this. as has hezbollah.ld happen. israel's mine that this would ha en. . israel's mine that this would hauen. ., , , ., happen. yeah, because that ended inconclusively. - happen. yeah, because that ended inconclusively. i - ended inconclusively. i remember my colleaguejeremy remember my colleague jeremy bowie remember my colleaguejeremy bowie in —— bow in covering it, i remember him saying this is unfinished business and it will indeed was —— jeremy bowen. at some stage, both sides know they will have to go back into they will have to go back into the wing together. but it did end with was the un resolution that stipulated that hezbollah was supposed her withdrawal is fighters north of the border. it didn't do that. it's fighters built up in arsenal. 0n fighters built up in arsenal. on october the 8th, the day after the massacre in southern israel, theyjoined in support of their brethren, as they put it, in gaza and started lobbying not huge amounts, but enough to annoy the israelis. and there's not been a l

and hezbollah has been targeting and destroying those homes. so it's not that they haven't used the arsenal. but what we're looking at right now when we're looking at the bigger threat is the chance of how we bring israelis back home the city of kiryat shmona that you've been in you reported from there in the past and that city has been pretty much empty from october 8. that's one of his balah joined into hamas's attack. and so in that sense, i think that what the idf come here, israel is trying to do is not just giving a message. and this goes hand now with diplomacy, but it's doing an action because i, becky don't know any other way right now to move those arsenals, radwan forces that were there on the border out of there. i don't know any international force that will do so. and that means the organ have to do so yeah and you're right to point out that there have been daily strikes by hezbollah on israel since october the eighth. >> my point was the significance of that arsenal out their disposal as the group hasn't been depleted through tho

of hezbollah — they fund it. _ founder of hezbollah — they fund it, they supply its weapons.says it has — nasrallah, as israel says it has done, then that is going to challenge — has done, then that is going to challenge that theory that iran is not — challenge that theory that iran is not going to get directly involved, i think. is not going to get directly involved, ithink. i is not going to get directly involved, i think. i think the world — involved, i think. i think the world is— involved, i think. i think the world is going to be watching to see — world is going to be watching to see not only what hezbollah does _ to see not only what hezbollah does in — to see not only what hezbollah does in the coming hours and days, — does in the coming hours and days, but_ does in the coming hours and days, but also iran. in the immediate half an hour or so afier— immediate half an hour or so after we _ immediate half an hour or so after we had at the news that israel— after we had at the news that israel was cleaning hassan nasrallah had been killed, we heard — nasrallah had been k

yesterday, hezbollah fired around _ yesterday, hezbollah fired around 200 rockets into northern israelw, i think that is why there is stilt— i think that is why there is still quite a lot of speculation here in israel and elsewhere about what else might happen, — elsewhere about what else might happen, what else the israeli government might do. there is speculation about whether there ntight— speculation about whether there might be — speculation about whether there might be a ground incursion into— might be a ground incursion into southern lebanon to create the so—called buffer zone that would — the so—called buffer zone that would be _ the so—called buffer zone that would be the goal of which to protect— would be the goal of which to protect israeli citizens in the north — protect israeli citizens in the north as _ protect israeli citizens in the north. as we are heading into the weekend there is a real feeting _ the weekend there is a real feeling of what next? what might — feeling of what next? what might happen this weekend and what _ might happen this weekend and what might happe