Start of the gaza war and we will bring you more information on both stories as that comes into us but turning back to lebanon because early in the day israel carried out air raids against what it called hezbollah s intelligence headquarters in southern beirut. Our middle east correspondence sent us this report. Another night in beirut and more israeli air strikes. War returns to this city. And this attack came with no warning. We went to inspect the damage. A residential building near the lebanese parliament. Beirut appears increasingly under threat. This is where an emergency response group linked to hezbollah operated, now gone. There were just emergency service workers. This is the truth. We only saw them helping people out, says mustafa, who lives on the tenth floor of the building hit. The damage in this building gives you a sense of the power of this attack, and they ve been cleaning up the rubble here, but we can still see some surgical masks and gloves and bandages as well. An
As chaos, with ambulances rushing to the scene through roads packed with people trying to flee. Our correspondent hugo bachega has the latest from beirut. Explosions scenes of war in beirut. Hezbollah s conflict with israel returning to its stronghold of dahieh, with a series of massive explosions and an escalation with unpredictable consequences. Explosion. An attack so powerful that it was seen and heard across the city. Lebanon now on the brink of another war. Chaos on the streets and here is what they are running from. Dahieh, in southern beirut, now looking like gaza. But amid so much destruction, jubilation. Two children rescued from the rubble alive. Hezbollah s backers, iran, say this strike marks a dangerous game changing escalation in the conflict. For israel, it s a strike targeting the heart of hezbollah s operations. Moments ago, the israel defense forces carried out a precise strike on the central headquarter of the hezbollah terror organisation that serves as the epice
Her president ial campaign. Thanks for being here, im ana cabrera with Special Coverage alongside my colleagues, jose diazbalart and andrea mitch el. Nikki haley is expected to speak from South Carolina. Shes going to announce her exit from the president ial race according to two sources familiar. And those remarks coming after haleys disappointing Super Tuesday showing, netting her just one victory, the state of vermont. Lets get right to nbc use Vaughn Hillyard in west palm beach, florida, and Steve Kornacki is with us at the big board. Also joining us, Symone Sanders townsend, and mark murray, nbc news senior political editor. Thank you all for joining us. So vaughn, haley kicked off her campaign 385 days ago. What are you anticipating as we wait for her remarks to begin . Reporter right, more than a year ago nikki haley has been running this campaign against donald trump. Donald trump much to his chagrin, had noted multiple times that she had once promised that she would never chal
It comes as israel continues to expand its Ground Offensive in gaza, with the Hamas Run Health Ministry there saying almost 200 palestinians have been killed in the past two days, bringing the total to over 21,000. Hamas is designated a Terrorist Organisation by the uk government. Shamaa khalil reports. No funeral, no dignified burial, no tombstone. A bulldozer carries their bodies into a mass grave. Their final resting place. Israeli forces are expanding their Ground Offensive into the Densely Populated Urban Refugee Camps in central gaza. And this is the scene at the neighbouring al aqsa hospital. 0verwhelmed, they have had to treat the injured on the floor and in hallways. Across gaza at the moment, Health Capacity is at about 20 of what it was 80 or so days ago. So almost all of the hospital beds, almost all of the hospital services, have stopped functioning. 0n foot, donkey carts or crammed onto the back of trucks, those who fled from Northern Gaza Have come here for safety, but t
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