A hezbollah stronghold. The Israel Defense forces said it targeted locations including Weapons Production facilities and storage sites that, it said, were under civilian housing. Simonjones has the latest. Explosions, screaming. New strikes overnight on Southern Beirut. Israels military said it was targeting buildings storing hezbollah weapons underneath them. Hezbollah denied they were arms depots. Explosions. Earlier, a series of massive explosions. It is thought the target here was the hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah. It is unclear whether he was in any of the buildings that were hit. Iran, which backs hezbollah, has called the attack a dangerous, game changing escalation. In the aftermath of the blasts, Bbc Correspondent Hugo bachega on the ground in Southern Beirut faced hostility from angry crowds. This is one of the roads leading to dahieh. We tried to get out of the car but we were stopped by a group of men. There is chaos, there is tension, we have seen crowds gathered by th
Leaders to co ordinate a united diplomatic response to irans brazen attack. Heres what we know about the situation in israel at the moment. Israels military says some restrictions have been lifted. Forces have told the bbc that some restrictions have been lifted on movement inside israel, but did not provide futher detail. Israeli media says israelis nationwide no longer need to stay near shelters. Air sirens sounded in multiple locations in israel earlier. There were explosions over jerusalem, according to witnesses. Israeli media say they are from aerial interceptions. Israels Defence Forces say one 10 Year Old Girl has been injured so far and that light damage was caused to a Military Base. We do not have details of which base. The idf s Spokesman Says the injured girl is being treated by paramedics. And this is the view right now ofjerusalem. There are reports from witnesses on the ground there of explosions and sirens sounding. Explosions. Sirens wail. Multiple sirens wail. As you
And that light damage was caused to a Military Base. We do not have details of which are based. The ideas Spokesman Says the ten Year Old Girl injured from falling debris has been treated by paramedics. We can take a look at the International Response to the attack. Israel calling for a United Nations Security Council meeting tomorrow, sunday, in new york. The ambassador to the un says that these attacks are part of a dangerous trend of deterioration, the gravity and volume of the attacks are unprecedented and a fragrant violation of israels sovereignty, International Law and resolutions. Antonio and resolutions. Antonio guterres and resolutions. Antonio guterres released a statement as well saying i condemn this retaliation from the Islamic Republic of a run. I call for a cessation of this hostility and i am alarmed about the very real danger of a devastating regionwide escalation. Real danger of a devastating regionwide escalation. I real danger of a devastating regionwide escalation
Hello, im Lewis Vaughanjones. A crucial couple of hours coming up as International Diplomacy as the world looks to israel to ask what happens next . What response, if any, there will be from israel. We will keep you across the diplomacy. Lets take a quick look at exactly what happened overnight. The explosions overjerusalem, overthe happened overnight. The explosions overjerusalem, over the skies as israel. Some 300 drones and missiles launched towards israel. Israel say 99 of them were intercepted and destroyed. Notjust over the skies of israel. This isjordan, the allies helped us, uk, france, also involved in shooting down objects from the sky that as well. These are the skies over syria, damascus. Israel says, as to the damage, a Military Base was hit, there was damage there, no deaths or casualties. 0ne Young Girl in hospital, though. This picture shows the iron dome, one of the ways in which israel was defending itself. These pictures are from iran and tehran, some supporters that