President donald trump at the time who had. we may see some developments over the coming days abroad because there is always in concern when something happens in air travel, concern when something happens in airtravel, not least concern when something happens in air travel, not least with the 737 max. the powerful iranian backed lebanese group, hezbollah, says it s launched a barrage of rockets at northern israel, in response to an explosion in beirut that killed a top hamas official earlier this week. a statement said they hit an air traffic control base in meron with 62 rockets. the israeli military said it had identified about forty launches from lebanon, and that it had responded, without giving details. these are live pictures from the lebanese israel border. we will keep across those and bring you any developments from there over the course of the hour. from beirut, our middle east correspondent hugo bachega has been monitoring hezbollah s reaction following the killing of a hamas leader. it is interesting because this is happening a day after the influential leader of hezbollah, hassan nasrallah, gave a speech and he said this attack that happened here in beirut on tuesday,
Influential leader of hezbollah, hassan nasrallah, gave a speech and he said this attack that happened here in beirut on tuesday, that killed the deputy hamas leader would not go unpunished. and this suspected israeli attack killed saleh al arouri, was a blow for hamas, but it also hit hezbollah because it was an attack that happened in a suburb of beirut that is a stronghold of hezbollah, so yesterday again hassan nasrallah vowing to retaliate and the group saying that these attacks that happened this morning were its initial response following this attack. what we ve seen is that since the beginning of this war between israel and hamas in gaza, hezbollah has been carrying out attacks, targeting israeli positions almost every day, but so far most of this violence has been contained to areas along the lebanon israel border because israeli authorities have been warning hezbollah against escalating the situation, saying this could lead to a catastrophic response, not only for hezbollah, which is this powerful organisation supported
The powerful iranian backed lebanese group, hezbollah, says it s launched a barrage of rockets at northern israel, in response to an explosion in beirut that killed a top hamas official earlier this week. a statement said they hit an air traffic control base in meron with sixty two rockets. the israeli military said it had identified about forty launches from lebanon, and that it had responded, without giving details. these are live pictures from the lebanese israel border we will keep across those and bring you any developments from there over the course of the hour. the eu s top diplomat. josep borrell is in lebanon for talks on the situatoion in the middle east. live now to our correspondent hugo bachega in beirut. this is what hezbollah said is the response to the killing of the hamas leader but how calibrated is it? it is interesting because this is happening one day after the influential leader of hezbollah gave a speech and said this attack that happened here in beirut on tuesday
The course of the hour. i spoke earlier with our correspondent hugo bachega who is in beirut about hezbollah s reaction following the killing of a hamas leader. it is interesting because this is happening a day after the influential leader of hezbollah, hassan nasrallah, gave a speech and he said this attack that happened here in beirut on tuesday, that killed the deputy hamas leader, would not go unpunished. and this suspected israeli attack killed saleh al arouri, was a blow for hamas, but it also hit hezbollah because it was an attack that happened in a suburb of beirut that is a stronghold of hezbollah, so yesterday again hassan nasrallah vowing to retaliate and the group saying that these attacks that happened this morning were its initial response following this attack. what we ve seen is that since the beginning of this war
Crowds gathered in beirut for the funeral of saleh al arouri, the deputy hamas leader who was assassinated in an attack here in beirut on tuesday. some people were carrying placards with his face, some were waving hamas and palestinian flags. and this assassination was a blow for hamas, but it also hit its lebanese allies, hezbollah, because it happened in an area of beirut that is a stronghold of hezbollah. so this has raised fears of a wider regional conflict, but there have been some indications that both hezbollah and israel are willing to take steps to avoid an escalation in their confrontation. we heard from the israeli defense minister, yoav gallant, who said the israeli authorities were determined to change the security situation in northern israel
The deputy hamas leader who was assassinated in an attack here in beirut on tuesday. many were carrying placards with his face and also waving hamas and palestinian flags. now, this assassination was a blow for hamas, but it also hit its allies here in lebanon, hezbollah, because this attack happened in an area of beirut that is a stronghold of hezbollah. so this has raised fears of a wider conflict in the region. but there have been some indications that both hezbollah and israel could be trying to avoid a major escalation in the crisis here. the israeli defense minister, yoav gallant, reaffirmed israel s commitment to resolve the situation along the border with lebanon so that thousands of residents have been evacuated because of these constant hezbollah attacks could return to their homes.
Crowds gathered in beirut for the funeral of saleh al arouri, the deputy hamas leader who was assassinated in an attack here in beirut on tuesday. many were carrying placards with his face and also waving hamas and palestinian flags. now, this assassination was a blow for hamas, but it also hit its allies here in lebanon, hezbollah, because this attack happened in an area of beirut that is a stronghold of hezbollah. so this has raised fears of a wider conflict in the region. but there have been some indications that both hezbollah and israel could be trying to avoid a major escalation in the crisis here. the israeli defense minister, yoav gallant, reaffirmed israel s commitment to resolve the situation along the border with lebanon