Wednesday at eight on Hgtv Cnn breaking News Welcome to for our viewers in the united states and Around The World, im Jim Sciutto in Tel Aviv, the Chris Wallace Show will start in just a few minutes, but we do want to get you the latest on our Breaking News we have been following all morning. The Middle East on edge after the killing of hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in an israeli airstrike Friday Today night. Nasrallah, one of the founders of hezbollah, oversaw its transformation into a powerful Paramilitary Force in the Middle East responsible for numerous terrorist attacks the strike that killed us rela happened in a densely populated area, killed at least six people, wounded, dozens more thats according to lebanese officials in all israel targeted more than 140 sites. The idf says those targets included Weapons Storage facilities, production sites, as well as other infrastructure embedded inside residential neighborhoods in beirut there are concerns about a possible response. Hezbollah has fired rockets into israel as it has so often these last several months, iran Supreme Leader says its forces are standing alongside hezbollah. This morning, an Idf Spokesperson defended the targeting of nasrallah claimed israel did not see a wider conflict in the Region Israel does not seek a wider escalation we seek to things two simple things to bring our Hostages Home for almost a year in hamas captivity. In all means and to make sure that our borders are safe and secure for our citizens senior international correspondent Ben Wedeman joins us now from beirut. And ben, as youve been describing in recent days many in lebanon were bracing themselves for a wider war. I wonder if today they imagined there already in it theres no question about it that theyre in a gym starting with last fridays Israeli Shakanos strikes on South Lebanon they left more than 500 people dead, many civilians among them, and taken into account the series of strikes that have killed most of the senior Military Terry Commanders of his butler. The overnight strikes in beirut where we saw more than that perhaps as many as two dozen strikes on the southern suburbs behind me where we still see that smoke is still rising from those strikes that continued hi into the day. And of course, with the killing of Hassan Nasrallah yesterday, definitely this is yet another war between israel and hezbollah. And the concern is that with a gun who it might be some difficult for some people to realize this, but nasrallah was a pragmatist. He was somebody who could keep the young hot heads of hezbollah under Control Back in 19, children, 2019, i was at a demonstration in Central Beirut where it looked like there was going to be a massive fight between supporters and opponents. Opponents of hezbollah, nasrallah was giving a speech and told his supporters to leave now and just like that snap of a finger, they left. Hes a man who was able to control the hotheads of the group. Now, its believed that perhaps his successor will be naim qassem, somebody i saw just the other day where he was giving the eulogy for one of the assassinated hezbollah military commanders. Hes considered a Hardliner Somebody who isnt willing to compromise in the messy arena of lebanese politics . But he who perhaps is even closer to the line of iran. The worry is that in a sense, a decapitated his butler may be more dangerous, much more volatile and much more difficult to control wedeman in beirut thanks so much. I want to turn now to see it international Diplomatic Editor, Nic Robertson, and nick certainly from the perspective of israelis who have had to evacuate the entire northern part of their country, the northernmost tip, due to Hezbollah Rocket Attack because as well as to the families of victims of terror attacks carried out by hezbollah through the years, even going all the way back to 1983, killing those us marines there. This was not a pragmatists. This was a Terror Leader in the region responsible for violence yeah, fair for them. He was a devout enemy and the views that he espoused were a completely antithetical to the life that they wanted to leave. But they also will not be confused by the fact that when you when you kill one has well, i commander, that you dont get another and its not predictable what shape or form. The next one will be. In fact that they conversation with some senior officials here speculating about the possibility of this happening, though they gave me no indication that this sort of targeting of nasrallah was coming, but there are question to me was well if you do that, then you dont know what youre going to get. And at least with nasrallah, you knew what youre going to get. So i think there has been also a pragmatic calculation of the Leadership Level in israel that this was because in the short term, it partakes israel is the, is there though . Independent hezbollah or is the israeli description as we heard from the idf a short time ago on this broadcast, that they essentially follow irans directions to a tee they have their own domestic constituency within lebanon and a political will in a political dispensation in lebanon and and they, they act in accordance with their interests inside of lebanon. But their support and what makes them stronger that the kind of immediacy with which they came to Power And Influence in the very early 1980s was off the back of that iranian support. They would not be where they are today without iran Support And Iran needs them as as a projection of force and of protection of iran, right on israels borders. So no, they cannot act independently, particularly an the international arena, particularly on the issue of visceral yes, they confer a few rockets here on there, but theyre going to be working in listening to What Tehran has to say i wonder now as israel is at least considering and laying some groundwork for a Ground Operation in lebanon remains to be seen if they ordered one or the size of anyone, they might order. But it has beloved arose to some degree out of the israeli occupation and from 80 to 2000 do we know the diffiies of eliminating hezbollah, which are not dissimilar from the Difficulties Israel has faced from eliminating hamas from gaza. Depleting certainly killing thousands its perhaps more. But eliminated is that, is that a goal that israel believes it could accomplish i dont believe that the military assesses that they can eliminate hezbollah, but what you, what the threat this is, how amas evaluate thread, its Ability Sort of times by willingness to exercise that ability. That is, they have the weapons, but will they have the desire to use them a moment that perhaps ability to use them isnt that look the reality of crossing the border youre going to have a different flight and entirely different fights. The one that you are having right now, The One you having right now is from the air, you have dominance, its intelligence are you can strike targets, you reach over their heads. The one going across the border as youre walking into an area of booby traps, youre walking into an area of mind, youre walking into an area where the enemy knows the terrain. You dont know the terrain. But the limit of going into that terrain will it just be a couple of miles to destroy, create a Buffer Zone . And how that with bonds with use of artillery, all of that, but its, you troops going over are obviously much more vulnerable because youre sitting there in the enemy is right at your elbow, so to speak, in the sky, you have a level of safety and we saw that with so israeli forces and the losses in the 2006 wars as those israeli forces went into lebanon Nic Robertson, thanks so much but of course there is a Human Cost to all this and the humanitarian situation is deepening in lebanonas the Health Minister says it is likely that israeli strikes have displaced up to half 1 Million people inside the country. As a result, not just to the strike that killed, killed the hezbollah leader, but others that have gone after Weapons Storage sites and other sites throughout the city, sometimes israel has issued warnings to civilians what the hezbollah leaders strike it. Did not seen an international reporter, Nada Bashir is in london. She has been following those humanitarian costs. What are you hearing from those on the ground now . Relation is only getting more desperate for civilians on the ground as we continue to see what ive seen multiple strikes are targeting areas which as you mentioned, are densely populated with civilians. We saw several rounds of strikes targeting the southern suburb of Dahiyeh Yesterday and overnight, an area that is crammed, filled with apartment buildings, residential so buildings are filled with families and civilians. And what we have also seen as a result of the fear that this has caused is a huge number of civilians taking to the streets, sleeping on the streets overnight. Our teams on the ground witnessed this last side many gathering around the coastal area in the west of both theyre all sleeping on the streets with their children, with their families have fear that their residential buildings could also be struck or maybe impacted by nearby strikes. That as you mentioned, we have heard that there have been some Evacuation Orders in some Cases Issue to civilians, which the israeli military claims are located near hezbollah targets but what weve also been hearing is that oftentimes there were simply not enough time, not enough warning to give civilians and ample amount of time to actually get out and get to safety. And of course, this is a country which has already been through so much in recent years. This is a hugely distressing and difficult situation for the civilians of lebanon and i imagined like the residents of gaza, there must be some question as to whether the safe areas are indeed entirely safe. Nada bashir. Thanks so much for thanks so much to all of you for joining us as we give you these updates from Tel Aviv and the region, ill see you back at the top of the hour. The Chris Wallace Show starts right after a quick break every weekday morning. Here are the five things you need to know to start your day, get the news, you need about this for an Earnings Call Headline in five minutes or less cnns five things with kate bolduan, Streaming Weekdays On Cnn. Com and max Say Hello to let a robot. This solution following a Litter Box problems, remove the Chorev Scooping and trap the smell. 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Wade, rolling back the federal right to abortion. But trump has a defender. Maybe some you know strong tweets. But everything else great for this country. Melania trump in a rare interview, praising her husbands record, as weve doubled down with religious voters. First, telling catholics they are literally really being persecuted by the Biden Harris Administration and just as blunt with jewish voters, any jewish person that votes for her should have their head examined kara yeah, wow. Thank you for that. Well trumps protector comments, win over some women no. I dont know who it would be. It was very creepy and a lot of women reacted that way like, we dont want you as their protector or somewhat of a predator is what actually were. And so i just know it was creepy. It was creepy. Its felt very margaret atwood. It felt strange. Was the screen Handmaids Tale . That is correct. It felt very i will protect you. Women dont need to be protected that way. 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