Prime minister, najib mikati, as well as the un Security Coordinator for lebanon, as well as the un Security Coordinatorfor lebanon, have coordinator for lebanon, have launched coordinatorfor lebanon, have launched a 426 Million appeal to help civilians affected by the escalating conflict. Another development, now we are hearing that Air Raid sirens have been sounding across Central Israel as well. We can go through some of the main developments in this report from chi chi izundu. Explosion. A dangerous and pivotal moment in the Middle East. Escalation amid fresh missile strikes overnight. A Ground Offensive launched by israel into lebanon. In southern beirut, less than 30 minutes after israel told residents to leave three neighbourhoods, a huge blast was heard. Explosion. Then the confirmation came. Israel began its Ground Operation in Southern Lebanon. Military chiefs said limited, localised and targeted raids against hezbollah are being carried out something the idf says is based on
Attack into Southern Lebanon. Theyve got to take out that Ballistic Missile firing capability. Now we know theres about 120,000 other types of rockets and missiles that theyve been using to essentially harassed of the people in israel. And thats why some 60,000 people have had to dislocate. But theyve got to take out all the ballistic Missile Capability and Southern Lebanon and they need to do it now or brigadier general Steve Anderson plead akerman thanks to both of you, a brand new hour of cnn, new central starts right now live from New York . No, not snl, but still must see political tv, the Vice President ial candidates getting ready heading to face off for their first and only debate and possibly the final debate of the entire Election Cycle the devastation caused by Hurricane Helene has left thousands of people in Western North Carolina stranded and growing desperate for supplies. New details on the rush now to get to them and get supplies to them im Kate Bolduan with Sara Sidner
That will be highlighted today. I mentioned those private events that are going to be held here. The beginning, just about five minutes or im sorry, about an hour from now . 10 00 a. M. With a Naturalization Naturalization Ceremony for 100 newly minted american citizens. Kate, i remember celebrating my grandmothers to 100th birthday. She actually there to be 107, if you can believe it. And just marveling at her stories that she can tell as they can. Its just a beautiful day to mark for Carter Family and everyone. Thank you so much, nick, really appreciate it. Im going to tell you. My grandma turned 104yearsold. So when i told my daughter i was on my way here to celebrate the former president turning 100. She thought it was no big deal, but i tell them, look, it is a huge deal. Your great grandma was an exception at 104. This is a very cold day two here for the former president im sure every year i kept having be like nuno, she really she really 100 him whatever, like it doesnt make it
Using sabotaged pagers and Walkie Talkies a campaign widely believed to have been carried about by israels spy agency, mossad. 12 people were killed and nearly 3,000 injured On Tuesday. Yesterday, 25 people were killed and 600 people injured in a second wave of blasts. Hezbollah, which is backed by iran and is proscribed as a terrorist group, by the us and uk and western governments, has promised to retaliate. Fears of an all out warare mounting, israel announced yesterday that they have moved to a new phase in the war, the stakes could not be much higher. 0n todays programme, well hear exactly how the Hezbollah Leader responds. 0ur Teams in the Bbc Newsroom are monitoring that. 0ur Specialist correspondents will provide context and analysis. Frank gardner, our Security Correspondent, is with me. So is our diplomatic correspondent, james landale. Daniel de simone is our correspondent injerusalem. Bronwen maddox from Chatham House is with us. Shes just back from israels northern border.
Devices somehow set to detonate at the same time, the people wearing those pagers were members of the iranian back backed Group Hezbollah, which the u. S. Considers to be a Terrorist Group. Hezbollah now blames israel for the attack we have Reporting And Analysis on all the latest developments from Tel Aviv to washington. First, we go to cnns Jeremy Diamond Standing by for us in israel. Jeremy, were learning more about how hezbollah communicates, opting for pagers over smartphones why and where are these pagers being well, jake, this appears to have been a low effort to avoid israels high tech surveillance, but it appears to have backfired on hezbollah becoming a vulnerability as a hundreds of these pagers to have exploded simultaneously. Today, you can see in the video from multiple security cameras, including an a free store for example where these pagers appear to have exploded. One of them in a bag that was being carried by a man. The result of this is that we now see that a 2,800