Hezbollah commander Ali Karaki killed and Nasrallah’s body recovered

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The body of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has been recovered in southern Beirut.  Senior commander Ali Karaki has also been killed as Israel continues its strikes across Lebanon  #israel #lebanon #beirut #nasrallah

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00:00Well, the discussion here in Beirut for the past 24 hours, after the announcement of Hassan

00:07Nasrallah's death, is what did he die from and when is his funeral?

00:12We don't know the second part, when his funeral is going to be, but today we have information

00:16about his body.

00:18His body has been recovered by paramedics and what they have said was that it wasn't

00:22blown up as usual, as from other strikes.

00:26He was actually, he died from the shock of the explosion that took place in Dahiya, in

00:32the southern part of Beirut.

00:34His body, according to paramedics, of course, his body was intact, there was visible injuries

00:39on him, but it wasn't, there weren't any parts that have been significant damages.

00:44So there were some injuries on his body, some visible injuries, but the reason why he died,

00:50the paramedics are saying, is because of the strong shock wave of the explosion that took

00:55place in Dahiya.

00:56Now what else we do know is that Ali Karaki, who was another prominent figure in the Hezbollah

01:02organization, who is a commander, actually for the south command, responsible for doing

01:07operations in the south of Lebanon, was also killed in that airstrike.

01:11And Nabil Kaouk, who is another prominent figure in the Hezbollah Central Committee

01:17Council, who was also pronounced dead yesterday, on Saturday, from the airstrike, from another

01:24airstrike that took place in Dahiya.

01:25So you can understand right now, it's been a significant blow in the hierarchy of Hezbollah.

01:30A lot of them, in the past week, have lost their lives, like Ibrahim Akil, on another

01:34strike in Dahiya.

01:35So the question now is, after all these people who have been killed, who will replace Hassan

01:40Nasrallah and be number one in the hierarchy?

01:42There's been a lot of names that have been around, there's been a lot of rumors, but

01:45we don't know who is going to be the next head of Hezbollah, since the organization

01:50actually has not revealed its papers yet.

01:53Yeah, eventually Hezbollah has experienced some defeats over the past week, and Lebanon's

01:57Prime Minister, as we heard from the clip just now, is saying this could trigger the

02:02largest wave of displacement the country has ever seen.

02:05And what is complicating the situation right now, is there are also some Syrian refugees.

02:10So where are these people going?

02:16Correct.

02:17We know during the civil war in Syria, a lot of families, a lot of people fled and came

02:21to Lebanon to find a shelter, to find refuge.

02:24Now those same people are actually fleeing back, because of what's taking place here

02:30in Lebanon.

02:31But not only in the southern part, all over the country.

02:34Because we have to remind here that the escalation that has taken place is not only in the southern

02:39part of Lebanon, but a number of places, especially here in Beirut as well.

02:43Thousands have fled their homes, from the south especially, it's been over 100,000 that

02:48have left their houses, finding refuge in schools, in gymnasiums, in hospitals, in anywhere

02:54actually they can be accommodated, provided with first aid and whatever they need.

03:00But Syrians, 50,000 Syrians are returning back to Syria because of this conflict.

03:04So we're talking about right now a large number of people fleeing.

03:07And as the Prime Minister here in Lebanon said, it is very possible that we can see

03:13up to 1 million people displaced, the worst humanitarian crisis that the country has

03:17seen since 2006, during another war between Israel and Lebanon.

03:21So you understand right now it's very much of a problem that we could lead into another

03:25humanitarian crisis.

03:27And I want to point out a little bit here that Lebanon relies heavily on foreign aid.

03:32So if more people are displaced, there's going to be more foreign aid needed.

03:37And we don't know right now if the Lebanese government could be able to provide that to

03:41the people or if the international community could be able to provide that.

03:44So we're definitely, if things escalate the way they're going, we're definitely looking

03:47at another large humanitarian crisis here in the country, larger than that of 2006.

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