Live from atlanta. This is Cnn Newsroom with Michael Holmes. Hello and welcome, everyone. Im Michael Holmes. Appreciate your company. It is now 6 a. M. In beirut where the possibility of a Ground Invasion by israel into lebanon is fueling fears of an even wider conflict across the region. Us officials say israeli troops have mobilized and are Clearing Areas in what could be preparation for Ground Troops to move across the border. Israel saying a Ground Offensive is only one option, being considered. The idf continuing their air offensive. Meanwhile, On Saturday, with blasts hitting close to beiruts airport. Saturdays strikes in lebanon reportedly killing more than 30 people, wounding close to 200. Overall, nearly A Thousand lebanese have been killed since this latest escalation, according to health officials. Hezbollah firing back, saying it launched missiles towards jerusalem, prompting a response from israeli Air Defenses police say pieces of an intercepted missile crashed in the suburbs. All of that happening amid fears that the killing of Hassan Nasrallah could set off a wider war in the region. Hezbollah is pledging to continue its fight, while iran says israel will face, quote, a Crushing Blow for nasrallahs killing. Israeli prime ministers response. Think twice and to the ayatollahs regime, i say those who strike us, we will strike them. There is no place in iran or The Middle East that the long arm of israel cannot reach. Today, you already know that this is correct Elliott Gotkine is following the story, joins me now from london. Good morning to you, elliott. New developments changing situation almost hourly bring us up to date. Well, michael as you say, you know, were seeing continued airstrikes by israel on hezbollah positions that it says its striking Infrastructure Rocket launchers and Weapons Storage facilities and the like. And Weve Seen Rockets being fired towards Northern Israel. Sirens were sounding the last few hours in Qiryat Shemona and also, in fact, sirens sounding in eilat, israels southernmost city on the red sea. Usually when sirens sound there, it suggests a projectile perhaps a drone or a missile being fired by houthi rebels in yemen. But certainly after decapitating hezbollah. With the assassination of Hassan Nasrallah on friday, its leader, israel, will and certainly seems to feel that it has the boot on Hezbollahs Throat that it has momentum, that hezbollah is in disarray, and that now is the time to press its advantage and ultimately, what israel says it is trying to do is to ensure that the 60,000 Plus Israelis who have been displaced from their homes in the northern part of the country are able to return to their homes. And that is the objective that israel says it has. It has been saying for months now. I mean, i recall going back to december, even when you had War Cabinet members such as Benny Gantz saying that if hezbollah doesnt Move Back, those 30km North to the Litani River in accordance with un Security Resolution 1701, that brought to an end the 2006 war between Israel And Hezbollah then israel will make them do that and that certainly seems to be what israel is trying to do, right now. And indeed, israeli prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu saying that not only is that necessary to do to to fulfill its War Objectives in the northern border, but also with its conflict with hamas in gaza Yeah Hundreds Of Thousands of of lebanese, meanwhile, have been displaced. Theyre out of their homes as well. You mentioned pressing an advantage. The idf now reportedly are moving troops towards the Border Making Preparations near the border. Reports of naval ships heading that way as well is the sense that pressing the advantage could mean a Ground Invasion. Israel has said itself that this is one option, and weve also heard it from a senior us Administration Official and another u. S. Official saying that they reckon that a limited israeli Ground Incursion is going to be on the cards is potentially on the cards, but their sense is that Israel Hasnt yet taken that decision. Now, of course, back in 2006, there was a Ground Incursion from israel and i certainly think that if israel doesnt feel its able to achieve that war objective, namely bringing Safety And Security to its northern communities to get those 60,000 people or so back to their homes in the north without being threatened on a Daily Basis by antitank missiles or short range rockets. Then, if it feels the only way to achieve that is with a Ground Incursion, then that is something that in itself has said that it would consider. But it wont do so. Likely it will be well aware that if it does so, it would be on hezbollahs home patch, and that theres every risk of quite large israeli casualties, so it wont take that decision lightly. But certainly feels that if that is the only way that it can achieve its War Objectives of getting Safety And Security back to the northern communities enabling people to Move Back to their homes, then it seems that that is something that israel will will do. Michael. All right. Elliot gotkine in london, appreciate it. Thanks so much. Now the u. S. President, Joe Biden hailing Nasrallahs Death as a measure of justice as he put it. But he is still urging a ceasefire in the conflict. Cnns Kevin Liptak reports from washington. White house officials are reacting to the death of the Hezbollah Leader, Hassan Nasrallah, with something of dueling dueling sentiment. Certainly, there are no tears being shed inside the White House for Nasrallahs Death. They describe him as a terrorist with american blood on his hands but at the same time, they do warn that this could potentially cause the situation in the region to deteriorate after what President Biden has said is an attempt to deescalate tensions in the region. And you saw these dueling sentiments reflected in the president s statement that was released almost 24 hours after that operation in beirut. The president saying that his death from an israeli airstrike is a measure of justice for his many victims, including thousands of americans, israelis and lebanese civilians. The president says Hassan Nasrallah and the Terrorist Group he led, hezbollah, were responsible for Killing Hundreds Of Americans over a four Decade Reign of terror but the president also goes on to say that ultimately, our aim is to deescalate the ongoing conflicts in both Gaza And Lebanon through diplomatic means. Its time for these deals to close, for the threats to israel to be removed and for the broader middle East Region to gain greater stability. And it was interesting to hear from President BidenOn Saturday as he was leaving church in delaware describing his ultimate goal for the region. Listen, the president is a Ground Incursion into lebanon inevitable . I for a ceasefire so you hear the president there say its time for a Cease Fire. Of course, President Biden and his top officials were working for the majority of this week to try and achieve a 21 day Cease Fire across the israellebanon border. They had worked on the sidelines of the u. N. General assembly in New York to try and secure a statement and a proposal to reach that Cease Fire deal, and they thought that israel was on board and they were infuriated. The morning after they announced it, to hear the prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, essentially brushed that deal off. And then it was a day later on friday when these strikes in beirut occurred. President biden says that the u. S. Wasnt involved and had no forewarning. And certainly it does give you a sense of the widening disconnect between the president and netanyahu. They have not spoken for more than a month, and what american officials say is certainly that President Biden is still trying to work on these diplomatic arrangements. But obviously, this strike that took out the Hezbollah Leader only complicates that situation further and now what theyre watching for is any sort of reprisal from hezbollah or what remains of it, and certainly from iran. And that is something that President Biden was briefed by his national Security Team on earlier On Saturday. They say he talked about looking at the u. S. Forces in the region, the status of those forces but he also directed the diplomacy to continue. Of course President Biden very focused on trying to reach these Cease Fire deals but the status of them still remains very much uncertain. Kevin liptak cnn washington. Iran, meanwhile requesting an Emergency Meeting of the un Security Council to, quote, take immediate and decisive action to stop israels ongoing aggression and to keep israel from, quote, pushing the entire region into an all out catastrophe. Meanwhile, other middle eastern leaders are expressing Sorrow And Outrage over Hassan Nasrallahs killing. Syrias government, condemning the israeli attack that killed the Hezbollah Leader and, quote, a large number of innocent civilians in beirut. Palestinian Authority PresidentMahmoud Abbas says he gives heartfelt sympathies to the lebanese government for civilian casualties there. Jordans Foreign Minister says his country will hold israel fully responsible for the catastrophic consequences of its attacks on lebanon and egypts Foreign Minister spoke out in the united nations staunchly condemn the israeli escalation. Its dangerous and it knows no limits. It is pushing the region to the brink of the abyss. We categorically reject and strongly condemn israels current aggression vis a vis lebanon. This is a flagrant violation of Lebanons Sovereignty its territorial integrity, its unity and its political independence. We go live now to oxford Senior Fellow and senior director at the strategic outreach at the middle East Institute in washington. Its good to see you again, sir. How damaged is hezbollah in terms of israeli impacts on, you know Command And Control . The hits on leadership, the Pager Attacks and these subsequent strikes and and how does losing such an influential long Term Leader worsen things for the group michael, from what we can tell, hezbollah is reeling under the pressure of subsequent blows by israel. If theres any evidence that we can point to here is that the barrage of rockets and missiles that had been expected to rain down on israeli cities as a result of the magnitude of what israel was able to pull off in the scope of ten days, the walkietalkie attacks the Pager Attacks, the decapitation of hezbollahs Military Leadership, and then culminating with the assassination of Hassan Nasrallah himself. That kind of response that was expected has not materialized. And so the educated guess here is that hezbollah has been thrown off balance and is struggling to regain that balance and will continue to have to do so as israel throws repeated punches whether its in beirut, its in the south or Up North in the bekaa valley. This had until recently been largely a Border Tit for tat. But but israel has escalated its attacks in the capital and elsewhere as well this massive bombardment of beirut. Do you think an israeli Ground Offensive is more or less likely now . And what would that look like . Well, Michael Ostensibly the objective of the operation is to return the people of Northern Israel to their homes some 60,000 that have been displaced now for the better part of a year. However, i think an understatement understated objective of this is to degrade the iranian Ring Of Fire that has been established around israel. Hezbollah, being Irans Crown Jewel in the midst of that Ring Of Fire so the houthis in yemen, the militias in iraq and syria, and certainly hamas and hezbollah. So i really do think that what were witnessing today is the Opening Battle of a struggle taking place between iran, on the one hand, and israel in the on the other for Control And Domination of not just lebanon but the broader levant region. And thats thats a struggle that both iran and israel have been involved in since the 80s. Now. Yeah. You know, despite providing much of israels munitions and billions of dollars, of course, the u. S. Seems impotent. I mean, powerless to influence Israel And Netanyahu in particular. I mean calling for and attempting to broker ceasefires, urging restraint almost daily. But being rebuffed by israel on all fronts. What does that suggest to you . What does it mean in terms of us power to keep the region from the brink . Well if i may, i would put this differently. I dont think its for a lack of power. I think the united states is still has significant leverage over israel should it choose to exercise it. Whats become abundantly clear from talking to senior officials here is that the will does not exist for for various reasons, having to do not wanting, sorry not wanting to lose certain constituencies during a very tightly contested president ial election here in washington. And so what were seeing really is the administration consistently stating a preference for diplomacy, laying out the diplomatic path. But also sitting idly by and watching israel take on a different path. The path of war. And Escalation Convincing Israel all along perhaps trying to cajole it back to diplomacy, back to diplomacy. On israels terms. But i dont see this administration using much leverage. Any time soon on israel. I wanted to ask you this through hezbollah is primarily a shia organization, and shias are actually outnumbered by sunni and christians and others in lebanon i mean, hezbollah claims to represent and protect the lebanese people, but how do ordinary lebanese View Hezbollah right now or how might they, as the damage the bombs keep coming well, there certainly isnt one view regarding hezbollah in lebanon. Lets remember the majority of the lebanese people did not want to be dragged into this war. They view it as not being their war. This is perhaps a legitimate war for the palestinians. And one of selfliberation and determination, but not The Way that the lebanese see it as their being, their own. So Hassan Nasrallah and hezbollah, single handedly pulled lebanon into this conflict on behalf of iran, very much as they did in the 2006 war between lebanon and israel. And back then, Hassan Nasrallah. Regrettably said, had i known that it would cause a major war that devastated lebanon, i would have not ordered the kidnaping of israeli soldiers. So this is one of those situations where many lebanese Nonshia Lebanese in particular, are looking around and saying maybe this is an opportunity to to decouple lebanon from the fate of gaza, but nonetheless, nonetheless, for sure, for many shias, Hassan Nasrallah is revered and iconic, and he will be remembered that way. Yeah, always great to get your analysis thanks so much. Firas maksad there. Thank you protesters in israel, meanwhile, demanding their government turn its attention from lebanon and back towards hostages in gaza. More than A Thousand people gathered in Tel Aviv saturday demanding prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu focused on freeing those still held captive by hamas in gaza though some believe that targeting hamas and Ally Hezbollah is a step towards keeping israel safe. If youre asking me if the current. The story. The latest operation, what it did. I hope that it will, uh, that it will uh, deter hezbollah from continuing to create, to have a Terrorist Attacks against israel. The fact that these are more tense days and that theres other activities in lebanon doesnt change the fact that these hostages are still there. We need to do everything to bring them back safely. The north is a different problem we should attack hezbollah. Its a its an okay move but first we have to reach a deal to get all our hostages back home now alive i want to go now to Yaakov Katz, senior Columnist And Editor at the jerusalem post. Good to see you netanyahu calls the killing of nasrallah an historic turning point. Is it i think it definitely is michael. The region is safer, the world is safer, and a diabolical mastermind of terrorism that has been able to spread Destruction And Chaos across the globe to places like argentina, marine barracks, of course, in beirut, countless attacks of kidnapings and Thousands Tens Of thousands of Rocket Attacks against israel, Sleeper Cells that have been uncovered all over the world, targeting jews as well as other western targets in different countries. This is a better day for the world, and the world is safer and the world is better off. And i think we also have to keep in mind is that iran, with its strategy to spread terrorism around the world through proxies, iran is hurting today. And we had been told for so long that the iranians were powerful, that hezbollah was their extension of their arm, and it was what would stop israel as well as the rest of the world from ever being able to actually confront the iranians over their illicit nuclear program. Well, that might not be the case anymore. I was just discussing with the israeli forces reportedly mobilizing near the border. Given the events of the past week or more is it harder, though, to argue for israel to argue its reacting to events but rather it is shaping them . It is preempting them. It is, in a way fueling conflict. What what do you think the ultimate strategy is, and what are the risks . Well, i would dismiss, michael, this idea that israel is fueling the conflict. I mean, lets lets just put things into context for a moment, right. Hezbollah on october 8th, the day after the Hamas Massacre of october 7th, when 1200 israelis were murdered, 250 others were taken hostage by hamas. Hezbollah saw that opportunity. It smelled jewish blood. Here in israel. And it said, we also want to attack and it began attacking ferociously and fiercely for 11 months. And israel, pretty much bit its lip, bit its tongue. It held back. It restrained itself because it wanted to stay focused on one front at a time, and at the time for 11 months. The priority was gaza was degrading hamas was trying to get back those hostages after 11 months when israel had the opportunity to finally bring its head a bit up for air, it had pretty much accomplished most of what it wanted of military goals in gaza. It still has issues. Definitely the hostages we have to get back. But now it had the opportunity to take on hezbollah. So only for ten days. Pretty much. Has israel been finally striking back at hezbollah and what weve seen is one remarkable blow after the other. This is an act of selfdefense, michael. Yeah. And when it comes to the blows, i mean, israel always talks about, you know, precise or targeted strikes, but even israel estimated 300 people could have died in the strike on nasrallah. I mean, more than 800 people killed across lebanon in the last week or so. Hundreds wounded, thousands, hundreds of thousands displaced in lebanon. Now. Im just curious when it comes to tactically are the guardrails off now for israel when it comes to Military Action . Look, i think its always going to be a question of the value of the target. I mean, for example, when we talk about the Pager Walkie Talkie attack, right. That was probably the most precise, accurate Military Strike in history when only the bad guys who were Holding On to those pagers were, were the ones who were not really kids were killed. I mean, it wasnt just them. I mean, if fortunately, you leave your pager on the Kitchen Table and you are a terrorist, that is always going to be an unfortunate outcome. But for the targeting itself, right. This was just going after terrorists. Now, what happened on friday late in the evening when israel destroyed those buildings with that Hezbollah Bunker Underneath . Unfortunately, this is The Way our enemies are operating. They are burying themselves and bunkering themselves underneath human shields, underneath civilians. Theyre storing their Cruise Missiles and long range missiles in Civilian Homes next to bedrooms, next to childrens homes this is The Way hamas fights. This is the Way Hezbollah fights. This is what they do because they want us to have that discussion, and they want us to tie israels hands and unfortunately, this is the Way Israel is going to have to operate as any country would, to be able to defend itself. Yeah, i think israel will have would have a different view of Collateral Damage if it were the other way around. But but i take your point. I mean, i wanted to ask you this before i let you go. I mean, with these recent events, i mean, you mentioned the walkietalkies. And so on, knowing where nasrallah was. And hes not the only leader whos been hit this way that its been able to do these things seemingly penetrate deep inside hezbollah. Somebody is talking i mean, obviously major Security Lapses by hezbollah or some incredible penetration by israeli intelligence i think youre 100 right, michael. I mean, this is really the remarkable story here. Is where wheres this intelligence coming from from the pagers to the elimination of their top leadership, literally everyone. Right . I mean, israel has killed just in the last couple of weeks more people on americas most wanted list than the united states has been able to kill in the last 20 years. Right . How has this been possible . And this really shows an amazing penetration in the Vulnerability And Weakness of hezbollah. And by The Way michael, i think this is why hezbollah is a bit scared with how to respond. And theyre kind of stuttering at the moment because they dont know exactly what the next move will be for them. So theyre being very hesitant but but i also think what it shows to some extent is that this had been israels focus for the last 20 years. This is where israel had allocated its resources. This is where israel was paying attention. This is where israel was gathering intelligence. Its a stark contrast to how surprised we were as a country last october. On october 7th, hamas surprised us with their invasion. Our weaker enemy able to cause so much Destruction And Devastation here inside israel. So it shows that when israel puts that focus, allocates those resources and is able to really put its eye on what that target is, its able to achieve some remarkable accomplishments certainly a lot of people looking over their shoulders in lebanon, Yaakov Katz thanks so much. Appreciate you getting up early there. Thank you. Well Hurricane Helene or whats left of it is still wreaking havoc on the southeastern u. S. Areas far away from the gulf coast. Still being hit hard. Im going to talk to a Fire Chief of asheville North Carolina, about the ongoing emergency. 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The Death Toll now stands at 59 people, and 3 Million remain without power across five states, and more rain is expected this weekend in hard Hit Tennessee and North Carolina. Officials say a Tennessee Dam that was in danger of collapse is holding but many roads and bridges across the region remain closed due to flooding and landslides in western North Carolina. Emergency services are overwhelmed. In addition to flooding, theyre coping with mudslides and extensive structural damage. Teams spent saturday carrying out dozens of Search And Rescue operations in and around asheville alone. Cnn correspondent Rafael Romo is there in asheville and has more from the scene. The accumulation of mud on this street as you can see, is about two inches deep. And there are debris everywhere. As you can see, this is a table. This is a door that came from a house or a building somewhere. Theres a chair right there. And this is The Way many streets here in asheville look now, officials are facing a massive recovery effort. Just to give you an idea of how bad the situation is here, there are still Buncombe County which includes the city of asheville, where we are without Power Crews are working to try to make way to reach people who may need help also. 130 swift water rescues were made since thursday, and a total of 5500 people called 911. Now, if you can imagine the force of the floodwaters, Take A Look at this metal power pole. It was brought here by the storm and we dont even see where it came from so that gives you an idea about how bad the flood was. And theres also according to the city of asheville, 578 people who are seeking shelter. Now, it rained since wednesday and thursday about ten inches of rain. Thats that was the accumulation. And then that was even before the hurricane or the remnants of the hurricane. I should say tropical storm helene, which brought an additional 12in of water. This is something that, according to officials here, is a one inch a 1000 Year Rainfall Event so that tells you exactly what people here are facing. Some of the scenes that they tell us they had never seen before. Reporting from asheville, North Carolina im Rafael RomoMike Case is the Fire Chief for asheville, and he joins us from there. And what what run you guys are having a terrible situation. Multiple deaths are people unaccounted for . What is your assessment of where things stand right now . I can tell you the city of asheville is in Dire Straits right now. We have had 3 or 4 days now of some significant rain. Fortunately, the rain has stopped now but all the cascading events that come from that are are silent, are starting to pile up. Weve lost communications capabilities. We . Its very difficult for us to move around the community. Many, many of The Roads are closed. Trees are down. Were clearing those as quick as we can. And a lot of the critical infrastructure that we become used to every day in normal times, is is now gone and we have to work around it. And all of that is bringing on numerous cascading events as we work all of this. Yeah, i mean, officials said the Scenes Somebody where you said it was biblical devastation. Have you ever been through or seen something like helenes now in this part of the country i can tell you that the description is correct. I mean, the normal Pool Stage is one of the rivers that goes through asheville right now is a little less than two feet. And we crested at over 21ft. The other night. So it is a significant amount of damage. And i have never seen this amount. Mm. What one County Official said that Emergency Services were overwhelmed. It might have been you. I mean, what are your needs at the moment as you deal with the situation and what more do you need were still in the Search And Rescue mode. Were going to probably go through that for the next couple of days before we start doing targeted searches for the the list of people that we have that are, are is growing for missing people. But our biggest need right now is to take care of the people that live in this community. We need water desperately. We have yet to receive any water. We have ordered water, food we have Relief Crews coming to try to give our crews that have been working overnight for three days straight. Now, some rest, but basically were looking to give the basic needs of our community to them. So Water And Food and shelter are all high on a priority. Still, even three days into this loss of life and missing people are the priority, of course. But this storm severely damaged and you mention it there. Um, ashevilles Water System. What is your assessment of the damage to infrastructure and and why do you think it was so bad there in asheville well first off, asheville sits in a bowl in a valley at about 2100ft, 2200ft. And we have mountains all around us that rise upwards of 6000ft. So even when the rain stops in the city of asheville all that rain that collects on those mountains has to drain somewhere, and it drains into the city itself. So that was a complicating factor for us. And you are right the the storms, when they came in, they Washed Out the entire Distribution System from our reservoirs into the town, into our Water Distribution and pumping stations. So we initially we couldnt even figure out where the where the breaks were because we couldnt Access Anything because of all the damaged trees and downed lines and The RoadsWashed Out. We finally figured out where the where the infrastructure was damaged and as we continue to size that up, it looks like its going to be multiple weeks before our our Water System will be back online. Its its just staggering amount of damage that youre having to deal with. I mean, asheville and for people who dont know, i mean, it is such a beautiful, vibrant city. I vacationed there myself a couple of times. What what is going to be the economic impact for a place, you know so popular with tourists yeah, were definitely going to have a significant economic impact here. Were not going to be able to bring tourists in here for quite some time. Uh, first off, the the infrastructure just on The Roads, getting people into here has been, uh, has been compromised. But the, the, The Roads, the homes, a lot of the homes in the mountains where people would stay have now been either washed away or destroyed. So were a long way from welcoming, uh uh, residents or visitors to our community. Catastrophic mike keiser, really appreciate you making the time. Our hearts go out to you and the people there in in that beautiful place, asheville North Carolina. Thank you absolutely thank you for having me well, many residents of Southwest And Mexico had to be evacuated from their homes On Saturday as the remnants of Hurricane John continued to pound the region. The storm originally a category three hurricane, weakened, but then returned as a category one. Its no longer considered an active storm, but its after effects are still being felt. As you can see there on your screen. Flooding and landslides have killed at least 22 people. Responders in acapulco are carrying out rescues by boat, Jet Ski and Helicopter Shock in beirut as the death of a of the senior Hezbollah Commander is reported in lebanon. Still ahead, how the bombings and wider conflict are affecting the lebanese people have you been here . I dont know. 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Call now and well come to you. 808 two one 4000. Welcome back everyone. Youre watching Cnn Newsroom with me, Michael Holmes. And back to our breaking News Coverage in The Middle East. Youre looking there at live pictures in beirut. It a. M. , and you can still see a haze of smoke. Smoke rising there. Israel has been continuously striking Lebanons Capital since friday killing several hezbollah officials and the militant groups commander, hassan Nasrallah And Health officials say many civilians as well. Irans supreme commander, a leader, ali khamenei, has declared five days of national mourning following Nasrallahs Death. Lebanon approving a three Day Period of public mourning, as have yemens iran backed houthis. Iraqs most influential shiite cleric issued a statement expressing his deep sorrow over the killing of nasrallah, calling fridays attack a horrific massacre. And heres how former palestinian Minister Majida Almasri reacted to the news if netanyahu thinks that the assassination of the great leader, the master and the icon of the resistance sayyed Hassan Nasrallah will impact the Resistance And Will impact our ability to continue our struggle, then he is delusional and we will see that he is in the coming days. On the contrary this will inflame the resistance and the fighters and their willingness to struggle now, as the Death Toll from the conflict rises, lebanon says about 1 Million people have been displaced by israels attacks since monday. Many of them are not fighters, of course, but ordinary people now living on the streets several and then silence until the screams fridays strike. Israels military says a precise hit on Hezbollahs Headquarters to take out its leader. The same plot, home to several residential buildings where several children pulled from the rubble in the confusion that followed, there were claims that Hassan Nasrallah could have survived saturday, after hours of uncertainty, confirmation from hezbollah that he had not been on the streets of beirut people reacting in shock to the news, one woman falling to the ground crying inconsolable. I love my man. My man. Another wails. I swear he hasnt died. He hasnt died. The side will remain among us. He promised us he would pray in jerusalem and bring victory for gaza people in gaza to mourning the loss of a man many viewed as a fighter for their cause i woke up to the sound of crying. He was the best man in lebanon. He defended the palestinian cause a lot until now. I am still saddened by his loss and i cry a lot for him. Reaction very different in eilat in israel, where beachgoers celebrated the news of the amir tal Momala Nasrallah Hassan translator while israeli airstrikes continue and hezbollah launches more missiles in retaliation the Death Toll in lebanon continues to climb. The israeli Defense Minister insisting Israels War is not with the lebanese people. To our enemies, i say we are strong and determined to our partners. I would say our war is your war. And to the people of lebanon i say our war is not with you. Its time to change. Reporter but in Lebanons Capital and southern lebanon, about A Million people have been displaced many forced onto the streets with few belongings. Move. There either by fear or by one of the numerous Evacuation Orders issued by the idf in recent days. Health officials say more than 800 people have been killed in just over the last week alone. We fled from our homes and god only knows if we will go back to our homes. God only knows. May god protect the people who were displaced from their homes and those who Fled Baalbek In The South and all the areas affected by the war and there is no sign of when a Return Home or a return to normalcy could happen ghada is a Senior Fellow in the Washington Institutes Linda and tony Rubin Program on arab politics. She joins me now from bethesda, maryland and thanks so much for doing so. I mean theres always a Succession Plan for groups like hezbollah, but nasrallah he was a singularly influential, transformational figure for the group. Really, how does losing him, after 30 years of Leadership Impact the strength, the the fabric of the organization yes, of course. First, good evening and thank you very much for having me as you said, he is a very special leader, unique in the sense that hes not the first leader of nasrallah. Hes not the first founder of nasrallah, but he was very unique in the sense that he has been really the leader of the hezbollah for the longest period, for three decades, during which he connected himself to the legacy of hezbollah to its victories, to its successes such as the 2000 liberation of South Lebanon and the 2006 uh, what hezbollah calls the divine victory uh, which is the last war that hezbollah had with israel. Uh, this his his personality also is much more charismatic than any other successor in place and he he is linked to, Uh Hezbollah in the sense that the shia in lebanon, his supporters in lebanon, within the shia community, see him as a Father Figure and a figure that would protect and provide. So today, theyre not just mourning the leader of the party. Theyre mourning a Father Figure, and theyre mourning someone who actually achieved something during his leadership. Whoever succeeds him is going to be linked to the challenges and failures to come so this is really a very important difference between him and his successor. And predecessor. So what would hezbollah be doing now . Presumably assessing who in leadership is still alive, how safe it is to communicate and meet what capabilities it still has as it tries to formulate a response . Where do you think this is all headed, given the events of the last couple of weeks correct. This is a big turn for the leadership. And its not just a question for hezbollah. It is a question also for the iranian regime because today, Hassan Nasrallah not only was the leader of hezbollah, the political leader of hezbollah, he was also the Military Leader of hezbollah. He had two roles the public figure and the Military And Security leader. So he was really the glue that connected the tissue that connected iran and the Iranian Revolutionary Guards to the Hezbollah Leadership. Today, the assassination of nasrallah didnt come out of nothing. He was assassinated yesterday during the strike. But what we have been witnessing for the past two weeks or ten days specifically, is the assassination of hezbollah itself by eliminating all its leadership Military Leadership per se, which is very important in terms of Making Decisions of war and peace. Who is going to decide to launch missiles against Tel Aviv or not to escalate or not . So its a question really for iran. Its not going to be 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. Theyre 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 thats 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 missiles and so on perhaps because theyre seeing their arsenal degraded and might want to use what they have while they can. And what are the risks . Are there in the scale of that response so if iran, iran, Iran And Hezbollah today, the irgc basically the Quds Force and hezbollah have two choices, either deescalate and accept the political Initiative Set earlier this week by the u. S. And the french, which means that Ceasefire And Hezbollah will withdraw away from the border. Thats the most logical choice to have, because it leads to deescalation. It will preserve whatever is left of hezbollahs Military Structure, including these Precision Guided Missiles. But israel might not accept the ceasefire at this point because the momentum is leading to successes in terms of israeli eliminating Hezbollahs Weapon facilities and and leadership. The other option is escalation. As you said, the escalation could take two forms or both. One of the escalation is actually using these Precision Guided Missiles the challenge to using the Precision Guided Missiles is to while israel is bombing hezbollahs facilities they have to move them. Theyre not missiles that can be launched from underground. They have to actually move them on trucks and take them somewhere where they can launch them. And israel can detect them. The idf can easily detect the movement of these missiles and bomb them before they reach they actually get launched and two, it is an actual provocation. So if israel is keeping any any diplomatic initiative on the table as a possibility, it will be gone because the provocation of that sort Precision Guided Missiles are large missiles that hit specific targets and they usually are set to to target certain, uh, structures, civilian infrastructure or military infrastructure. So its a challenge for them to do that. But but but they can what can be done is also, uh, push israel to do more of a land incursion, which is now on the table and possible so i dont think it the iranians and hezbollah, whatever is left of hezbollahs leadership, can actually make decisions easily. I think the most logical decision is option is to actually deescalate or if not, use the missiles themselves, they can use other proxies, missiles from yemen, for example, the or the drones from iraq or other militias proxies in the region that can cause trouble instead of provoking israel from lebanon itself. Fascinating analysis. Well have to talk again. Haneen khater, thank you so much thank you very much for having me. Well be right back after the break people were watching then our world changed. Tv on the edge. Tomorrow at nine on Cnn Invitation introducing biometric cooling automatically detects your temperature and cools you down. And the all new three Row Infiniti Qx80 youre moving across town or across the country, you can count on pods to deliver. When we say we will, which is why we were voted Americas Number one container moving company. Book your Move Today pods. Com. Did you shave, one third of what you remove is skin new dove helps Repair It. 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