Well be live with Anna Foster in Beirut And Nick beake whos in northern israel. Mps will get a vote on assisted dying in england and wales. Campaigners in favour welcome the move others remain cautious. Hello. Welcome to todays verified live. We start with the crisis in the Middle East irans supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei has defended his Countrys Missile Attack on israel earlier this week as a minimum punishment in a rare Public Speech as he led Friday Prayers in tehran for the first time in five years. He told a huge crowd of supporters that iran and its allies must prepare for action as He Led Commemorations for the Hezbollah Leader, hassan nasrallah, who was killed by israel last week. Iran fired nearly 200 ballistic missiles into israel on Tuesday Night in retaliation for his assassination, and israel has promised to hit back. Overnight, there were more huge explosions in beirut, close to the main airport. Us officials say israel was targeting the potential successor to nasrallah. There have also been reports of 20 rockets being fired from lebanon into israel. Let me show you the live pictures. You can still see smoke on the skyline there of the lebanese capital, with more israeli strikes. The israeli military is saying in the last hour or so that 200 has bowler fighters have been killed in Southern Lebanon since the start of the ground operations. Those live pictures. We will talk to our correspondent in the Moment. Talk to our correspondent in the Moment.. , the Moment. This was designed as a show the Moment. This was designed as a show of the Moment. This was designed as a show of respect. As a show of respect. Supporters gathered to commemorate the Hezbollah Leader killed in a strike a year ago today. Then, the Supreme Leader appeared. Last friday he was reported to have gone into hiding, today he came out in public to deliver a sermon for the first time since the start of 2020, when irans top Military Commander had just been killed in an american Air Strike. And he came with a message of defiance, saying that Hamass Attack in october had been legitimate. So too had the response on tuesday. What the response on tuesday. What our armed the response on tuesday. What our Armed Forces the response on tuesday. What our Armed Forces did the response on tuesday. What our Armed Forces did was the response on tuesday. What our Armed Forces did was the least our Armed Forces did was the least response in the face of the astonishing crimes. Speaking partly in fussy, sparkly in arabic, it was an attempt to restore irans credibility. 0n Attempt to restore irans credibility. On Tuesday Night, it fired around 200 ballistic missiles at israel, and the world is now bracing for israels retaliation, wondering how iran will respond to that when it comes. And israel is continuing its battery of hezbollah. These explosions Last Night in the suburbs of beirut, close to the airport, are thought to be targeting the next leader of the group. Nothing has been said by Iran Or Israel today, none of it provides much hope beyond anything but destruction. Lets talk to Anna Foster in beirut. We have had more Strikes Today that that huge blast in beirut yesterday, apparently to take hezbollah s next leader. Could you feel that Last Night . It next leader. Could you feel that Last Night . Next leader. Could you feel that Last Night . It was a huge, a really significant, that Last Night . It was a huge, a really significant, blast. That Last Night . It was a huge, a really significant, blast. It. A really significant, blast. It could be felt right across the city and heard right across the city and heard right across the city as well. Interesting, as you say, those reports from the israeli media, saying that the target of that was one of the man who is tipped to become the next leader of hezbollah. It has been a week since he was killed here in Beirut And Hezbollah are yet to name a successor. We also dont know what happened with his funeral. There are some suggestions that his body will be taken to a rack, perhaps buried in the holy city. But everything on that front has gone really quite right to live right in terms of information. It is worth probably taking a Moment to reflect, when we look at the live pictures, the city of beirut, the lebanese capital, with smoke rising up to the skyline. The fact that that is now a constant, daily image. Again, in the last few hours, we have seen strikes around the suburbs which are very close to the airport. We are seeing far fewer flights than were used to. The lebanese nationalflyer still carry are still flying. Governments have been trying to remove their that there arent tickets on commercial flights to be had any more. Some of those Air Strikes are extremely close to the airport. 0ne those Air Strikes are extremely close to the airport. One of them very close to a Sports Stadium this morning. The sounds of sirens, you can possibly hear that on the wind. And the sound of drones, a constant sound in the skies of beirut at the Moment. Notjust here in the capital, that fierce fighting is continuing. I will come back to you in a Moment. I will bring in nick peake, who is in israel. Soldiers killed in combat in northern israel. And i was giving us a sense of what it is like in beirut. Give us a sense of what it is like where you are. Try the idf, have been updating us about what they have been doing over the past four days. They say they have killed 250 hezbollah fighters. They have got quite a detailed breakdown of who they say they have killed. have killed including 20 commanders. Have killed including 20 commanders. The have killed including 20 i commanders. The israelis talking commanders. The israelis talking about hitting more than 2000 talking about hitting more than 2000 targets in all. They say they 2000 targets in all. They say they have gathered weapons as they have gathered weapons as they have gathered weapons as they have gone about their operations. A lot of hezbollah fighters operations. A lot of hezbollah fighters have been fleeing from the fighting. I think, without breaking the fighting. I think, without breaking news, two more israeli soldiers breaking news, two more israeli soldiers have been killed in the fighting. Just over the hills the fighting. Just over the hills behind us, just into the border hills behind us, just into the border with lebanon, hills behind us, just into the borderwith lebanon, is hills behind us, just into the border with lebanon, is a reflection of what is a very tough reflection of what is a very tough fights for the israelis. They tough fights for the israelis. They are tough fights for the israelis. They are operating on land which they are operating on land which hezbollah knows very well indeed which hezbollah knows very well indeed. 0n the fighting itself, the israelis are talking about the israelis are talking about the continuing carrying out of limited the continuing carrying out of limited targeted operations. What limited targeted operations. What we are seeing from these evacuation orders, show that a lot of evacuation orders, show that a lot of civilians clearly, and lebanese civilians, are affected by this. The fact that the israeli military is giving out orders for people to leave, move out orders for people to leave, move north, at very short Notice Move north, at very short notice to move north, at very short notice. To take whatever possessions they can. There are parallels possessions they can. There are parallels with what the israeli military parallels with what the israeli military have been telling families in gaza to do for the best families in gaza to do for the best part families in gaza to do for the best part of a year. Absolutely. Lets go back to anna on that point. More people in villages being ordered to move by the israeli authorities. Tell me more about the movement of people, their numbers displaced, how hospitals are actually coping with the many civilian casualties. In with the many civilian casualties. With the many civilian casualties... casualties. In terms of that geography. Casualties. In terms of that geography. In casualties. In terms of that geography. In very casualties. In terms of that geography, in very simple l geography, in very simple terms, after the war in 2006, the area of south lebanon, south of the weather, was supposed to become a Buffer Zone to prevent a war between lebanon and that. Happening again. It was based take all of the fighters, weapons, out of the fighters, weapons, out of the area. It was supposed to be a Buffer Zone to keep the northern part of it as well say. Its never really happened. Even though there when un keepers there. Peacekeepers. What is interesting in the evacuation orders, they now reach an area actually above that Buffer Zone. As far as the wily river, which is quite a lot further than that area that was covered. It raises question about how far israel intends to go with this. You are right, the displacement, the eternal Displacement Crisis here is to use two. The last we heard was 1. 2 million people out of their homes. Many of them have gone north but of course there are real poverty issues in lebanon. Some of the places in the north, places around tripoli, are some of the poorest places in the region. Tripoli is the poorest city in the mediterranean. So they are not in any position to be able to take the influx of people, offer them shelter and what they need. We have seen, again, coming into day in the airport in beirut. The commercial airlines relieve flying at the Moment, i told you, but some are carrying aid. Another crucial issue which adds to the Displacement Crisis is an Air Strike on the main civilian crossing between lebanon and syria. Most people cannot go out that way, but here are 11 on for several years now, there have been a large number of refugees who fled the Civil War in that country. Many have chosen now to go back, feeling they would be safer. Actually, they would be safer. Actually, the Moment they were back in syria, here in lebanon. They have said that hezbollah were using it to bring in weapons from syria, but that is another route out for people which is now closed. Now closed. Lets go back to nick. Thank now closed. Lets go back to nick. Thank you. Now closed. Lets go back to nick. Thank you. With now closed. Lets go back to nick. Thank you. With all i now closed. Lets go back to nick. Thank you. With all of| nick. Thank you. With all of that, another huge Strike And Loss of life. This time in the west bank. Tell me more about that.. , that. This happened Last Night. The israelis that. This happened Last Night. The israelis used that. This happened Last Night. The israelis used a that. This happened Last Night. The israelis used a jets that. This happened Last Night. The israelis used a jets to the israelis used a jets to carry the israelis used a jets to carry out the israelis used a jets to carry out this Air Strike. We are carry out this Air Strike. We are told carry out this Air Strike. We are told that 18 people were kitted. Are told that 18 people were killed, among the dead. A mum and her killed, among the dead. A mum and her two children. This was and her two children. This was a very. And her two children. This was a very. Very and her two children. This was a very, very densely packed place. A very, very densely packed place. Because it is a Refugee Canto place. Because it is a Refugee Canto the place. Because it is a refugee camp. The place it was either a cafe, camp. The place it was either a cafe, or camp. The place it was either a cafe, orjust next to a cafe. Last cafe, orjust next to a cafe. Last night cafe, orjust next to a cafe. Last night showed a great deal of devastation. Also images of people of devastation. Also images of people being rushed to hospital. A lot of people were injured hospital. A lot of people were injured in hospital. A lot of people were injured in this as well. The israetis injured in this as well. The israelis are saying that they successfully targeted a senior hantes successfully targeted a senior hamas figure. That was the purpose hamas figure. That was the purpose of this Air Strike. It is not purpose of this Air Strike. It is not unprecedented for a jet to he is not unprecedented for a jet to be used in such a situation, where to be used in such a situation, where there are so many people. But it where there are so many people. But it is where there are so many people. But it is unusual. So the israetis but it is unusual. So the israelis say they targeted this hantes israelis say they targeted this hamas leader. As the palestinians, there was some response palestinians, there was some response from the preSident ial Office Response from the preSident ial office. The palestinian authority, a spokesperson, saying authority, a spokesperson, saying that this amounted to a heinous saying that this amounted to a heinous crime and, in fact, it was heinous crime and, in fact, It Wasa heinous crime and, in fact, it was a massacre, in their words. We witi was a massacre, in their words. We will leave it there. Anna foster in beirut, nick in israel. Let me give you more of an idea of what is happening on the ground in addition to what Nick And Anna were telling me there. Our Correspondent Lucy Williamson has been filming on the israeli Side, where there have been more clashes between hezbollah fighters and israeli troops. Were starting to see more signs of resistance to israeli forces on the other Side of the border. Even a year of Air Strikes, intelligence operations, raids by Special Forces have not destroyed Hezbollahs Ability to fight back just a few miles in, spread out. Weve just heard some bursts of small Arms Fire and what sounded like some grenades from the israeli army. And now you can hear the sirens are going off telling us to get out of the area. Explosion we just heard a series of very loud explosions. What seems to be rockets landing nearby . Some small Arms Fire across the border. It seems the israeli army is pushing in to a location. And this was the response. Yeah. Good. Good to go, jojo. Come on. Time to go. Lucy williamson, our correspondent in the border areas, giving us a realfeel, an idea of what it is like theyre on the ground. Breaking news coming on in the last minutes, israeli official saying that two more have been killed in the clashes in those areas. Also saying that more 2000 sites have been hit during those operations in Southern Lebanon. Lets return to what we had a little bit earlier from irans Supreme Leader, giving that speech. Former Uk Ambassador to iran. Ambassador, thank you so much for being on the programme. Start with your assessment of what you heard from irans Supreme Leader today. I from irans Supreme Leader toda. today. I was living in tehran the last time today. I was living in tehran the last time he today. I was living in tehran the last time he led today. I was living in tehran the last time he led to today. I was living in tehran the last time he led to the l the last time he led to the Friday Prayers, after the killing by the us five years ago. The regime fell on the back foot then. I think it probably feels much more on the back foot. I think what khamenei was trying to do today were three things, show defiance to irans enemies, gained the support of other islamic countries. I think he knows there is very limited support among other regional countries for iran. Thats particularly to rally the support of his loyalist supporters, both in the country and in the acts of resistance from across the region. He knows the from across the region. He knows the responses coming from israel. They are being quite clear about that. What you think the calculation currently are in tehran . I think the calculation currently are in tehran . Are in tehran . I think there will be a are in tehran . I think there will be a lot are in tehran . I think there will be a lot of are in tehran . I think there will be a lot of very are in tehran . I think there will be a lot of very difficult j will be a lot of very difficult discussions going on Behind Closed Doors in tehran. Although iran has options of what to do, and when they see what to do, and when they see what israels discount to strike is against them, they are not very attractive options. The Big Deterrent they have had for years now is hezbollah. That is destruction. They have a large arsenal of bitstring missiles that they could fire back at israel again. But they know what that will need to. Then they have the option of going after economic targets in the region, particularly Oil Infrastructure has been speculated as their own infrastructure is hit in an israeli strike. But that brings the risk of bringing the united states into conflict. That is the last Thing Iran will want. How vulnerable do iran is . You have touched on it for years. The proxies give them cover, hezbollah with its huge arsenals. All of that landscape has been so altered. How vulnerable is tehran . That is the calculation that is being made by the israelis. The regime. Made by the israelis. The regime, this made by the israelis. The regime, this is made by the israelis. The regime, this is not made by the israelis. Tie regime, this is not about winning a war. This is about regime survival. They will be calculating the risk from the regime to make to the regime, from feeling too weak, from bringing a very severe military attacks down on it. They are they have many vulnerabilities. They have played their hand well over the years but they have been outplayed over recent months in particular. And they will be feeling weak and vulnerable. At the end of the day, i