after the speech or actually the message of sheikh naim qassem, lebanon's hezbollah once again attacked the southern galilee and safad region with dozens of missiles, but as you can see, the zionist regime's fighters attacked lebanon again without knowing about these missiles. where are they firing from, they are setting a large area on fire. put in in fact, the war situation in lebanon is getting worse every moment, and as the ministry of health of lebanon has announced, from yesterday until this morning, nearly 160 lebanese citizens were killed in attacks by the zionist regime on residential areas full of civilians. unfortunately , they see, of course, these pictures are the pictures from hours ago, from last night. in fact, this is a reflection of the responses from the iraqi resistance. and what effect does it have in confronting and the wave of struggle that the lebanese people started with the zionist regime? i would like to inform you that the resistance of iraq and the resistance of yemen announced in statements that the attacks they will increase themselves towards the infrastr

today at noon, sheikh naim qassem had conversations, whether in lebanon itself or on the other side,t is, the media. what are the reflections of the zionist regime? yes , especially in the occupied territories. channel 12 of the zionist regime pointed out that sheikh naim qassem's words should be taken seriously, and that the leaders of the lebanese hezbollah's organizational structure have become stronger over the past decades, and by assassinating the resistance leaders or their high-ranking commanders, nothing has happened and israel has to wait for hard times. at the same time, according to the lebanese media , considering that they had the experience of the ground confrontation of the resistance axis in lebanon with the zionist regime, some sources announced that the work to hunt down the zionists in case of encroachment on the south of lebanon is very difficult. it will be easier than before because this time there will be a ground battle that will happen that you have experienced before. and there will be no more permanent air supremacy and they will fight face to face with th

sheikh naim qassem, said a very significant sentence. he said that the account of the enemy is open. it happened that when the deputy head of hezbollah in lebanon used this phrase, in fact, maybe the party. lah and resistance in response to the crime of the zionist regime, the lebanese have limited operations now with drones or, for example , let's assume that it is in the form of a rocket or a missile launcher, and nothing beyond that will happen on the scene , but what happened is beyond the analysis and interpretation of political commentators and the intelligence services were inside the region. lebanon's hezbollah carried out a three-step operation after the zionist crime. the first thing was that in the first step, in a significant action, hezbollah attacked one of the regime's strategic centers, that is , megiddo airport, which is one of the main centers of evil . the second step of this action was to attack. the missile headquarters was the headquarters of the mossad, of course, they announced that we intercepted this work, but d

field, the killings that america is a complete partner of the zionist regime in this crime, sheikh naim qassem he said that the form of the new secretary general of hezbollah will soon be chosen within the framework of hezbollah's organizational structure , and all the commanders and officials who were martyred will be chosen as their replacements, and naturally, the process of resistance, the process of hezbollah's operations , and hezbollah's activities will continue. will find and we are the victors of this war and emphasized that we have prepared ourselves for a long war, thank you very much, my colleague mohammad hassan hosseini from lebanon was with us. the commander in chief of the irgc, while meeting with the family of martyr abbas nilforoshan, while congratulating and condoling the martyrdom of this supreme martyr, said the martyrdom of seyyed hassan nasrallah and major general nilforoshan will create a historical change in the islamic world. major general salami emphasized that the blood of these martyrs is very expensive and we will continue their path. the commander in chief of the

sheikh naim qassem said: martyrdom is the highest medal awarded to the late secretary general of hezbollah. the deputy secretary general of hezbollah of lebanon honored the martyrdom of seyed hassan's companions. martyr nasrallah ali karki and sardar nilforoshan pointed to the destructive explosion of pagers and said that this is the ultimate way to victory. the explosion of pager devices and the martyrdom of commanders and general secretary rizvan allah ta'ala against everyone. this shakes the organizations , but with the help of god, we will continue with selflessness. we are people of hope and desire and jihad. we kill and are killed and we do not know the time of martyrdom, but we are patient because god's promise is true. sheikh naeem qasim emphasized on following the path of martyr seyyed hassan nasrallah for the jihadi goals of this movement and said that following the orderly organization that created by us. we continue our operations in the field . sheikh naim qasim promised the martyred leader of the hezbollah movement that the operation of the islamic resistance will continue wi

ground, from this side of hezbollah , according to the deputy secretary general of hezbollah, sheikh naim qassem. he announced that the resistance fighters are ready for the ground battle and have a complete plan for a long-term battle. however, it should be seen when this attack will start, seriously , from which axes, will it be a special axis, or what and to what extent the army of the zionist regime has decided to enter the territory of lebanon, what the zionists have been saying for the past few hours is that the army of the zionist regime has not decided and does not want to enter deeply into the territory of southern lebanon because in 206 ad when these entered the valley from one of the southern gates of kanduria hajar dara hajar became a stone, they were ambushed by hizbullah fighters, who set mirkava tanks on fire with anti-armor missiles and caused a scandal and a heavy defeat for them, and this is one of the reasons for the defeat of this regime in the 3-day war. it was their pride that they thought that they could reach the litani river with this advance, which seems to be their goa

and continues to shoot rockets to the north of the occupied palestine and also emphasized sheikh naim qassem, deputy secretary general the late hezbollah, the islamic resistance movement in lebanon. it is ready to face the ground attack of the army if the zionist regime thinks that by attacking the commanders in southern zahia , it will weaken the spirit of the resistance and make them tremble, it is delusional, and the islamic resistance movement of hezbollah is at the peak of preparation for a very long time. for a relative conflict. the issue of yemen and is it possible that he will never leave yemen, the essence of the movement and its revolutionary plan and the principles of his islamic jihad at this stage, his essence and his presence at this stage of confronting america and israel, he was actually not surprised by the israeli attacks and from the attacks and aggressions of americans and israelis. yemen he has warned many times and declared his readiness in terms of spiritual, national and military for this conflict, even if there is no one in the field, the yemenis are in the field. t

that's according to the hezbollah deputy secretary general sheikh naim qassem, the israeli regime committed terrorism against thousands of has. members and ordinary citizens in lebanon last week and now hezbullah has answered with the blast hitting mini barracks and other areas including inside of the city of ha well stay with us as we take a look at the latest situation between the resistance movement hazbullah and the zientist regime. i'd like to welcome my guests to the program. out of bayrut, radwan rizg, political analyst and out of belfast, author, commentator and west asia expert cyib shaf, welcome both of you to the program, i'd like to start it off in beirot, i mean your thoughtswan, when the hezbollah deputy chief says that the war or the uh retaliation has enter new phase, what do you think this means? well, i rather call it a return of ahead or operation, because now we we know that we all know and we understand that we are in a state of war, either we admit that or not, since the 8th of october in order to support the gaz resistance, senior resistance in gaza, so uh now the leb

sheikh naim qassem emphasized that the path of seyyed hassan nasrallah continues and said: if the zionist regime thinks that it can continue its crimes by relying on the support of the west. he is delusional. lebanon's hezbollah continues to operate.

the late hezbollah has been awarded and sheikh naim qassem pointed out in this speech that lebanon's hezbollah is fully prepared to face a ground war and that there are various options on the table. and the analyst of political issues and west asia, mr. zarean, i greet you. may you have a good time. in the name of allah, the merciful, the merciful. we pray for god's strength, and i also say hello to our dear and respected viewers, mr. zarean, some american sources have reported that the zionist regime may launch its own ground attack on lebanon in the future or in the coming days, an attack on the regime's ground. considering the history of war and the defeat of this regime in 2006 and before, how likely is zionism and according to sheikh naeem qassem's speech, the party's readiness how much is lebanon's god in the face of the ground war with the zionist regime? yes, well, see. we must discuss the possibility of the regime's attack or its impossibility , considering that all the actions of the zionist regime against lebanon and against the islamic resistance in lebanon have not led t

kilometers from where i am stationed, and after honoring this martyr, which is being done, and sheikh naim qassem, the deputy commander of hezbollah in lebanon , is giving a speech. in this ceremony, the funeral ceremony will begin and this martyr will be brought to the place where we are, in the flower garden of resistance martyrs, which is named after hazrat zeinab, peace be upon her, in the north of the southern suburbs of beirut here. be interpreted the number of martyrs of last friday's airstrike by the zionist regime in the neighborhood of al-qaim dahiya, south of beirut, has reached 49 people, and it is said that 12 people are still under the rubble . which hezbollah of lebanon emphasized again today if the zionist regime wants to expand the war deep into lebanon, what happened at dawn today and this morning, and for the first time, hezbollah used part of its heavy missile power to enter the battlefield, this is the process. it will intensify and develop, and the zionist will not have a safe place in occupied palestine. now , a large crowd has gathered here along this route, which is about

sheikh naim qassem, the deputy secretary general of hezbollah in lebanon , stated that the islamic resistance in lebanon will continue its operations until the end of the gaza war, at the funeral ceremony of the martyr ibrahim aqeel, and emphasized: the settlers of northern occupied palestine they will not return to their homes after the cessation of the war in gaza . deputy the secretary general of lebanon's hezbollah pointed to the resistance's massive missile attacks on the occupied territories last night and emphasized that the zionist regime could not achieve its goals in palestine. the body of martyr ibrahim aqeel haj abdul qadir, one of the senior commanders of hezbollah, was buried today at the hands of the people of lebanon, the commander whose wish was to return life to the people of palestine, and in the same way to shahad.

we must see that in the coming hours. what events it will happen anyway, as sheikh naim qassem, deputyretary general of hezbollah, said yesterday , lebanon and the lebanese resistance have entered a new stage, which i mentioned as the stage of the missionary game. thank you beirut . tonight at 22:30 tehran time, the president will give a speech at the meeting of the heads of the countries as a future pact. this is the first speech of mr. medjikian in new york. the main program of mr. medzikian's speech at the united nations general assembly at half past one. tomorrow morning will be wednesday tehran time. president at 23:00 he arrived in new york last night tehran time. the plane carrying the president of the islamic republic of iran landed at jandi international airport in new york. the first trip to new york as the president of mr. medzikian and for an in-person visit. active in the annual general assembly of the united nations, the message that we have for peace and security from our country, the president announced upon his arrival that he is the bearer of the message of peace and

well, we just yesterday witnessed the speech of the deputy head of hezbollah in lebanon, sheikh naim qassem, who said that a saying a phrase under the heading "we enter a war". a prisoner of war al-muftouh means that the entire resistance front has entered into a war, it is not like that only hezbollah is now involved in this war, from the eight popular groups to ansarullah in yemen to other forces that exist in the region, the palestinians in the west bank, all of them are now in a war together. lebanon's prime minister miqati also emphasized the same thing about the war, which means that lebanon has declared war on the zionist regime. the people of lebanon are saying to leave your homes and evacuate the area. we are now targeting all the gathering and residential centers because they say that there are missiles in these areas. the bases that are attacking us, well, you can see that despite all these conditions and with the rains, hezbollah's bombs and rockets have not stopped. in terms of the secrecy of these centers , it seems that they are now killing defenseless people in different are

it is the strategy that sheikh naim qassem mentioned in mr. nasrallah's speeches.are now purifying the borders of our area. let us do any terrorism with you. we will unveil new missiles, we will hit new points, we will hit new bases. for example, lebanon's hezbollah will test a missile tomorrow and for example, if israel is to be destroyed, this is not the case. a war atmosphere is happening. these realistic words of mr. nasrallah were the same. mr. nasrallah made a realistic analysis after the next attack . he said that this was an unprecedented security operation. we were hit, but this hit caused the military machine of lebanon's hezbollah cannot be shut down, that's why i believe that the most important strategy of hezbollah in the last year and the current stage is to erode the war , this is the open account that sheikh naim qasim and the lebanese hezbollah's media flow are giving . it is on this issue that this current should be fought it has to be eroded, it should go so far that israel can take its strength, because there is a historical experience . israel

if he wants to enter into a land war with lebanon, what will happen and sheikh naim qassem's words wereer to such a question, it was such a branch that we are finally ready, he says, and let us show that time will judge , time will be the best judge, and basically this part of mr. qasim's speech means that this battle and this long-term war are pointing out that it is a long battle. in fact, today they may be happy about the assassination and finally rejoice, but we have not forgotten what the state of the regime was after october 7th. tomorrow is finally there, and in fact, it must be the same as we talked about from the beginning the argument is that resistance relies on a strong will , a strong will, and relies on a thought and thinking, and most importantly, it relies on a faith, well, it is natural that this will continue, and this cannot be defeated at all. in the part that you just mentioned, you said that sheikh rahim qaisem also mentioned that this war seems to be long. on the one hand, it seems that it will be long . lebanon's hezbollah has announced its readiness that even if

resistance by killing people, but these crimes will not have an effect on the field, and sheikh naim qassem considered america to be a full partner in all the crimes of the zionist regime in lebanon and emphasized that this war may be prolonged. victory will definitely come from that resistance and from those people. thank you for your explanation mr. hosseini khabar. we will explain the field more for the viewers of the national media of the khabar network hey, sheikh naim qasim, which was mentioned by mr. hosseini, sheikh naim qasim said that we will replace our martyrs with all our strength, and israel's wish to reduce our power with tarar will never come true. i want to relate this to that point. and it is very important that the supreme leader of the islamic revolution mentioned in his own message about the developments in the region that the zionist regime is too small to want to cause even the slightest damage to the strong construction of hezbollah . this strong construction is used to replace the commanders of the resistance axis in the continuation of operations in the scene can y

naim qassem was speaking during the funeral of a senior hezbollah commander, killed in friday's israelirike on beirut. that attack has led to a further escalation of cross—border strikes, with two people reported to have been killed in an israeli attack on southern lebanon. and israel says hezbollah has fired over 150 rockets into its territory. residents in haifa, 30km from the lebanese border, have been told to restrict gatherings and stay near shelters. from jerusalem, paul adams reports. northern israel under attack this morning. houses hit far from the lebanese border. hezbollah are seeking revenge after days of devastating setbacks. israel's air defences in action over the northern city of haifa. hezbollah rockets now reaching deeper than ever into israel. evidence across the north that the iranian—backed group is using longer range weapons. haifa's main hospital has been preparing for this for weeks, the injured brought to its converted underground car park. israel's relentless assault on hezbollah goes on. jets attacking targets across southern lebanon overnight. israel says it

in beirut, eyes on tv to watch hezbollah�*s number two, naim qassem, who spoke for the first time sinceassination of the group's leader by its greatest enemy, israel. and he was defiant. speaking from an undisclosed location, he said the killing of hassan nasrallah last week was a big blow. but he tried to project strength. he denied that hezbollah�*s military capability had been diminished and said the group was ready to fight israel if it decided to invade lebanon. and there are growing signs a ground incursion is imminent. these israeli troops have been positioned near the border with lebanon as israel says its offensive against hezbollah will not stop with the killing of nasrallah. back in beirut this was the scene this morning after an air strike overnight. a city shocked by this conflict, now increasingly in the middle of it. this is the building that was hit and there is still a heavy security presence here with people coming here all the time to see the damage. and this is the road connecting the airport to the city centre, which is a five—minute drive from here. for the first t

it is important to those comments as we are about to now, but it is imj qassem, who remarks from naim qassemllah, a proscribed terror organisation in many countries. we will leave that for the moment and try to get some translations will stop we can take you to the united states now where at least 91 people are dead and 2.5 million are without power after hurricane helene swept through the south—east of the country. us presidentjoe biden plans to visit communities affected by the catergory 4 hurricane once he is sure it will not disrupt the emergency response. the storm brought torrential rain and flooding in florida, georgia, virginia, south carolina and north carolina, where the city of asheville was particularly badly hit. more than 300,000 people across north carolina were left without power. many residents faced difficulties reaching emergency services as cellphone services failed. more than 400 roads across the state are closed due to damage from the storm. the american red cross has opened about 140 shelters across the five states affected. a bbc investigation has tracked down a briti

naim qassem was speaking during the funeral of a senior hezbollah commander killed in friday's israelin beirut. friday's attack has been followed by a further escalation of cross—border strikes with three people killed in an israeli attack on southern lebanon. and israel says hezbollah has fired more than 150 rockets into its territory. this dashcam video from a parked car, verified by bbc verify, shows the exact moment of an impact in kiryat bialik in israel. you can also see in another video that cars and buildings were set alight. some people were injured. in haifa, 30 kilometres from the lebanese border, hospital patients have been moved to underground facilities and residents have been told to restrict gatherings and stay near shelters. the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, issued a video message warning of more attacks against hezbollah unless, as he put it, the iranian—backed group understood the message of previous strikes. the united states has warned israel against any escalation. more on that shortly but we start of coverage with this report from our diplomatic cor

the armed group's number two, sheikh naim qassem, said hezbollah will face any attack and if israel choosesland, it's ready to resist. even without a ground war, lebanon is shattered. israeli attacks have already caused immense destruction and terrible loss. they were still digging today in the city of sidon. an israeli strike brought down a six—storey block of flats. many locals had taken in families fleeing the fighting. they thought they would be safe. when we went to the scene today, there was a hezbollah presence which we weren't allowed to film. israel may have had a specific target here, but locals insist many innocent civilians have been killed. "i pulled my cousin, his brother and his sister—in—law from the rubble," says mahmoud barakat. he asks god to bring destruction on israel. there was funeral after funeral today. the death toll already at a5. and many across lebanon fear what tomorrow may bring. even as your report was ending just there, we heard the sound of a very loud air strike rumbling around the buildings in beirut. it is a tense night. it buildings in beirut. it is a t

on sunday, hezbollah and israel exchanged intense blows, with the group's deputy leader naim qassem declaringral of one of its commanders killed last week: "we have entered a new phase, the name of which is an open-ended battle for retribution." escalation of the conflict, he said, would only lead to further displacement of israelis. a member of the islamic resistance in iraq said they struck israel on sunday. iraq has already entered into direct into a military conflict, well, plus the lebanese government, which always distances itself from hazbala in this situation, said that it will absolutely show solidarity, in these conditions of the balance of military forces. israel believes that... technology and the so-called non-contact war or low -intensity war, when american planes drop thousands of american glide bombs weighing about a ton, 550 of them were dropped today alone, this will allow them to dominate a less technologically advanced enemy. moreover, the british the americans, having sent their aircraft carriers there, having sent to cyprus to the british base , the ocratiri, that is, mu

the armed groups number two, sheikh naim qassem, said hezbollah "i pulled my cousin, his brother andaw from the rubble," says mahmoud barakat. he asks god to bring destruction on israel. there was funeral after funeral today. the death toll already at a5. and many across lebanon fear what tomorrow may bring. orla guerin, bbc news, beirut. here in the us — we're just 35 days away from the presidential election and just one day away from the vice presidential debate. democratic vice presidential nominee tim walz and his republican rivaljd vance will take the stage tuesday in new york — for what is likely going to be the last debate before the election. early voting is already underway in seven us states. the aftermath from hurricane helene — which has killed more than 100 people — has put the campaign trail on pause. democratic nominee kamala harris cut short a campaign trip to fly back to washington. the north carolina election board releasing a statement saying they will do everything possible to make sure each can cast a ballot. she's been taking part in briefings at the headquarter

so we're looking at the political echelon of the organization the deputy of hassan nasrallah was naim qassem who is it cleric, somebody i just saw the other day he was giving a eulogy for a necessitated hezbollah military commander, ibrahim aqil he's considered to be a hard liner and not lacking. i'm sort of lacking some of the the charisma and the managerial skills of my hassan nasrallah, another possible candidate is hashem safiya dean. he is related through his wife to hasan nasrallah, another prominent member, but at this point given the body blows that hezbollah has received going back to july 30, if the when fu'ad shukr was killed in the southern suburbs of beirut in an israeli drone strike what we're seeing is that the organization is clearly reeling at the moment and perhaps their priority at the moment is surviving those who are still alive, surviving to carry on to fight another day. a rather than rush off to decide who's going to run the place and then announce that to the public. >> danny, what an extraordinary position hezbollah as fighting itself in right now then as we have se

now, it's believed that perhaps his successor will be naim qassem, somebody i saw just the other day where he was giving the eulogy for one of the assassinated hezbollah military commanders. he's considered a hardliner somebody who isn't willing to compromise in the messy arena of lebanese politics? but he who perhaps is even closer to the line of iran. the worry is that in a sense, a decapitated his butler may be more dangerous, much more volatile and much more difficult to control wedeman in beirut thanks so much. i want to turn now to see it international diplomatic editor, nic robertson, and nick certainly from the perspective of israelis who have had to evacuate the entire northern part of their country, the northernmost tip, due to hezbollah rocket attack because as well as to the families of victims of terror attacks carried out by hezbollah through the years, even going all the way back to 1983, killing those us marines there. this was not a pragmatists. this was a terror leader in the region responsible for violence yeah, fair for them. >> he was a devout enemy and the views

. >> now we also heard from naim qassem the effect of number two of hezbollah speaking at the funeral of a number of hezbollah commanders that had been killed by israel, saying that this is a battle without limits, acknowledging that hezbollah has been damaged by israel with recent attacks. but this will continue and they will continue to retaliate for those attacks. now we've heard also from the biden administration concerns that this could break out into a wider conflict. this has long been a concern let's listen to john kirby we're watching with concern the escalating tensions in the region and across that border here in the last week or so and we don't believe continued and i believe that kinetic action military action by either side is really in either side's best interest, certainly not in the interest of what the prime minister says you want let's to do, which is get families back to their homes. >> there's a better way forward here any kind of indications that this will be calming dancing from either side and no sense that there will be a pullback. >> in fact, we heard from th

there are two obvious successors in line which says his deputy naim qassem, or they you had the political bureau of the shooter counsel and hashem safieddine. these are usually talked about as the normal successors, but not only they are not, they do not have the same popularity. they're not linked to the legacy of hezbollah and its victories. they also do not have commandments structure to lead it has the law lost. all its senior commander, all its first year and second year commanders, all the founders of the military structure of hezbollah. today, the hezbollah and the iranians have to replace these people, but no one is really that qualified but they can find a replacement as as a public figure, but will not be able to easily find a replacement for the people of the military structure hadn't by what take some time and speaking van i mean, what what are the risks of his balah feeling it needs to mount a significant spectacular response to this the killing of nasrallah button azrallah perhaps by using those long-range ballistic missiles and so on. perhaps because they're seeing, they're

very difficult to pick a successor there are two obvious successors in line which is his deputy, naim qassem or the head of the political bureau of the shura council. uh, hashem safieddine. these are usually talked about as the normal successors, but not only they are not, they do not have the same popularity. they're not linked to the legacy of hezbollah and its victories. they also do not have a commandment structure to to lead hezbollah lost all its senior commanders all its first year and second year commanders all the founders of the military structure of hezbollah. so today, the the hezbollah and the iranians have to replace these people. but no one is is really that qualified. so they can find a replacement as as a public figure, but will not be able to easily find a replacement for the people. the military structure headed by nasrallah. >> so that's going to take some time. >> and speaking of that, i mean, what are the risks of of hezbollah feeling it needs to mount a significant spectacular response to the killing of nasrallah? nasrallah perhaps by using those long range ballistic m

hezbollah has a large presence so what we also heard in within the last two hours, he was from naim qassem, who's the one of the senior debt happy pds of hassan nasrallah, who gave what appears to have been a recorded speech in which he didn't seem to be indicating any willingness of his bola to cease fire to agree to a ceasefire. he said that as far as the organization goes, despite repeated body blows of course, the killing of the leader of the group. he said, we did not collapse. we are going on despite the pain and sacrifices. he said hezbollah will continue confronting israel in support of the palestinian people, gaza and the people of lebanon. so no indication from his bullets at this point that it's going to change course despite the blows it has sustained. in the last two weeks i'm from there, ben wedeman on the ground for us. ben. thank you very much john. all right. it is the eve of the vice presidential debate and we have new reporting on what has tim walz feeling nervous? and does donald trump's new plan to fight climb include a purge you know, if you had one day, like one real

now in the meantime, at midday local time, just about an hour-and-a-half ago, naim qassem, who's theor deputies of hassan nasrallah, came now, and gave a recorded speech. we believe for just about 25 minutes long. he did say that as regarding hezbollah, we did not collapse we are own nate where going on despite the pain and sacrifices, he said that hezbollah will continue to confront israel port the palestinians and gaza and her lebanese people. so the message seems to be from his butler that despite these repeated body blows the elimination of almost the entire military hierarchy, senior hierarchy within the origin station they are, the least, they say they're going to continue now above me right now we hear a very low flying is real kelly drone. this has become sort of the background sound to beirut particularly the southern suburbs where of course hezbollah has a very strong presence. meanwhile, we heard mano from the lebanese caretaker prime minister najib mikati, that they estimate now there are 1 million people in lebanon who have had to flee their homes. that's just a little l

in his words, there's sort of two names that are coming up, either naim qassem because he was so close to hassan nasrallah or somebody by the name of sufi hashem safieddine we'll also a senior member of the organization, very close to us that as well, somebody who has military experience as opposed to naim qassim who's just essentially a cleric, but they said he said that they would find somebody eventually clearly, it's not the sort of job that too many people might be eager to take given the fact that almost the entire military leadership of his butler has been eliminated brianna and alex. >> these details about israel entering lebanon, they come after the biden administration and called for a ceasefire last week that israel quickly rejected and you're getting more details about how that translates. sorry, yeah, this really wasn't an embarrassing episode for the biden restriction because they spent days hammering out this ceasefire deal that they announced on wednesday. >> they said this will be a 21 day ceasefire between israel and hezbollah. so they could start diplomatic conversat

in beirut, eyes on tv to watch hezbollah�*s number two, naim qassem, who spoke for the first time sincetion of the group's leader by its greatest enemy, israel. and he was defiant. speaking from an undisclosed location, he said the killing of hassan nasrallah last week was a big blow. but he tried to project strength. he denied that hezbollah�*s military capability had been diminished and said the group was ready to fight israel if it decided to invade lebanon. and there are growing signs a ground incursion is imminent. these israeli troops have been positioned near the border with lebanon as israel says its offensive against hezbollah will not stop with the killing of nasrallah. back in beirut this was the scene this morning after an air strike overnight. a city shocked by this conflict, now increasingly in the middle of it. this is the building that was hit and there is still a heavy security presence here with people coming here all the time to see the damage. and this is the road connecting the airport to the city centre, which is a five—minute drive from here. for the first time in