DescrIbIng It as an open ended battle of reckonIng. NaIm qassem was speakIng durIng the funeral of a senIor Hezbollah Commander kIlled In frIdays IsraelI AIr StrIke on beIrut. That 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. 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. We start wIth thIs report from our dIplomatIc correspondent, paul adams, from jerusalem. Northern Israel under attack thIs mornIng. Houses hIt far from the lebanese border. Hezbollah are seekIng revenge after days of devastatIng setbacks. Israels 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 g
Becoming another gaza. Antonio guterres also voiced his pessimism about the chances of a Ceasefire Deal in the gaza strip. His comments came as the Deputy Leader of the armed Group Hezbollah said its confrontation with israel had entered a new phase, describing it as an open ended battle of reckoning. Naim qassem was speaking during the funeral of a senior hezbollah commander, killed in fridays israeli airstrike on beirut. Fridays 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 reside
Us and brItIsh operatIons. You are watchIng bbc lets return to our top story. A senIor Un OffIcIal has told a SecurIty CouncIl MeetIng populated resIdentIal dIstrIct of dahIeh. CallIng thIs a precIsIon strIke, the target was the Veteran Hezbollah mIlItary leader IbrahIm aqIl. Israel saId he had been elImInated, along wIth about ten commanders of an elIte unIt. At the tIme of the strIke, aqIl and the commanders of the radwan forces were gathered underground under a resIdentIal buIldIng In the heart of the dahIeh In BeIrut, hIdIng among lebanese cIvIlIans, usIng them as human shIelds. They were In the mIddle of plannIng more Terror Attacks agaInst IsraelI cIvIlIans. AqIl had plenty of enemIes. The us had put a 7 MIllIon bounty on hIs head, accusIng hIm of Involvement In the kIllIng of amerIcans In BeIrut In the 1980s. SIren waIls day after day now, hezbollah Is beIng hIt and beIng weakened by warfare from a dIstance. We were repeatedly prevented from reachIng the scene by locals and the
The iranian backed Group Hezbollah has confirmed that its senior military commander, Ibrahim Aqil, was among those killed in the attack on a building in the southern suburbs of beirut. Addressing the un security council, the israeli envoy Danny Danon didnt mention the attacks in lebanon but said his country would do whatever it took to defend itself. These are some of the latest pictures from beirut where Rescue Workers are continuing to search through the rubble of the suburban building destroyed by israel. Its military says it was targeting hezbollah s elite radwan forces. It was israels third attack on the lebanese capital this year. Live to our correspondent injerusalem, daniel de simone. Bring us up to date with what we know on that Recovery Operation in beirut. The lebanese operation in beirut. The lebanese authorities i operation in beirut. Tue lebanese authorities say theyve been working through theyve been working through the rubble of this southern suburb of beirut to try and
The number of identified russian fighters killed on the frontline in ukraine has hit 70,000 thats according to bbc research. While official statistics may be hard to come by, an investigation by Bbc Russia and the independent russian media outlet, mediazona, has been collating data and identifying dead russian soldiers since the beginning of the war with ukraine. Our analysis reveals volunteers are increasingly older men with lower incomes and are not surviving long in battle. 0lga Ivshina reports. The faces of russian fighters killed in ukraine are changed. Now, more and more men in their 40s, 50s and even 60s are volunteering for the frontline. 62 year old Rinat Khusniyarov was one of them. Before he volunteered, he had two jobs. Fighting for russia, he earned seven times what he did before. Russian authorities have repeatedly increased sign up bonuses to attract men like rinat. He died in february this year. We dont know where exactly, but thousands of kilometres away from his home