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Hour, huge clouds of smoke has been seen rising from beirut after a series of explosions. Huge plumes of smoke 2530 minutes ago. The israeli defense forces have claimed to attack hezbollah s central headquarters in beirut saying the headquarters is under residential buildings in the suburb of the cities south. It would not stop until its objectives were met. Air strikes have continued throughout the course of the day with thousands of people being killed in lebanon. Hezbollah has been Firing Rockets into israeli cities including. Just in the last Half Hour, as i was saying, these huge blasts in beirut with the israelis giving details about their operations. More about that in a moment. Anna foster is there for us. Shes been describing what it actually felt like when those blasts went off, notjust seeing those plumes of smoke, but physically what that felt like that so many differe ....
And coming up in sportsday later in the hour on Bbc News. England are tring to force a decider against australia in their one day series, they are batting first at lords. Good evening. Welcome to beirut. Within the past few hours, multiple blasts have reverberated through beirut. The israeli Defence Force says it is targeting hezbollah s Central Headquarters in dahieh. And potentially their leader. Its a built up, Densely Populated area, and the images were seeing suggest widespread destruction. In a moment well talk to Hugo Bachega in south beirut. And well hearfrom Jeremy Bowen injerusalem. But with the latest on this fast moving story, heres orla guerin. ....
And he wasnt answering it in the hall, either. Instead, this was defiant and a vow for hezbollah s backers. I have a message for the tyrants of tehran, if you strike us, we will strike you. There is no place in iran that the long arm of Israel Cannot reach, and that is true of the entire Middle East. Watching were some relatives of israeli hostages held in gaza. Mr netanyahu didnt mention diplomacy, saying only, surrender by hamas would be enough to stop israels offensive. And he made no mention of the us call for a truce with lebanon, instead saying Hezbollah Rocket Fire had to stop. Yet israel has been tolerating this intolerable situation for nearly a year. Well, ive come here today to say enough is enough chanting palestine will be free and where Mr Netanyahu g ....