So an explosion struck an

area called Dahe, which is an area right outside, right on the edge of the city,

quite residential, very densely populated.

It hits part of a building, just one floor of a building

that had the Hamas leader called Salah al-Aruri,

who Hamas later said was killed by the strike along with six others who are all in the

organization.

Sarah Dadeush is our correspondent in Beirut and she's been reporting on this attack and how it's connected to the war

between Israel and Hamas. So far no one has claimed responsibility for the strike but

it very much you know followed the pattern that we've usually seen from Israeli assassinations abroad.

This sparked fears that the war could be spilling into Lebanon and beyond.

Carrying out a strike like this, kind of spread this fear, this panic across the Middle East

that this is going to elicit a very big response from Hezbollah because Hezbollah is the

largest force in Lebanon. And so this is very much seen

as an infringement not only on Lebanon's sovereignty but also on Hezbollah's

sovereignty and ability to keep the country safe and be in control of what's

happening and so everyone after the strike happened the country safe and be in control of what's happening.

And so everyone after the strike happened on Tuesday night, on Wednesday, there was this kind of

of suspense and anticipation across the Middle East.

Even in Rousse, there were were people everyone was waiting to tune into the

speech by Hassan Nasrallah, who's the head of Hezbollah, who was expected to address the

attack.

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