Block of flats in the lebanese capital beirut on friday. Ibrahim aqil is considered the most high profile member of the group to be killed in the current conflict with the us having had a multimillion dollar bounty on his head. Israel says the targeted strikes killed around ten hezbollah military commanders. The lebanese health ministry says 14 people were killed and more than 60 injured. In response to the attack, hezbollah has called the killing of mr aqil a crime, and said israel will pay the price. From beirut, our senior international correspondent orla guerin has been reporting on the attack. Explosion. This footage captures the moment of the attack, in the heartland of hezbollah. Explosion. The skyline looks like a city at war. Israel hit hard, without warning, in the densely populated residential district of dahiya. Calling this a precision strike, the target was the veteran hezbollah military leader ibrahim aqil. Israel said he had been eliminated, along with about ten comma
we are back monitoring the fragile truce in gaza. you are watching cnn news central. i m briana keilar in washington with wolf blitzer in tel aviv. another hostage release is under way as we speak. the idf says the latest group of women and children freed by hamas is with the red cross, and it s en route to israel after which more palestinian prisoners and detainees will be released from israeli custody. this is the fourth day of these exch exchanges. and now israel and hamas have agreed to extend this arrangement for two more days. wolf? very critical developments. very important developments, indeed. it s a critical two days right now for the families of the remaining 198 hostages. and for the residents of gaza who have seen a surge of badly needed aid enter during this entire temporary pause. president biden just released a statement on the extension thanking the leaders of israel, qatar, and egypt for getting it all done. cnn s oren liebermann is with me in tel aviv,
rescue which took, as we said, seven hours. back to you. unbelievable. tom costello, thank you so much. meanwhile in georgia, the senate runoff race between rafael warnock and republican herschel walker is heating up. with eight days until election day, more than 165,000 voters have already voted in person. joining us now is nbc news senior political editor mark murray and lisa rayem, host of morning edition of wabe radio in georgia. lisa, good morning. what are you hearing about how early voting is going so far? oh, my. i witnessed it firsthand. saturday 60,000 people flocked to the polls. and almost as many on sunday. there is a grand interest in this race still. this morning reverend rafael warnock granted us an interview. he said his game has changed.