Good evening. I'm Jeff Bennett.

And I'm Amna Nawaz. On the news hour tonight, Israel kills another top Iranian leader as lawmakers on Capitol Hill question intelligence officials about the reasons for starting the war.

It is not the intelligence community's responsibility to determine what is and is not an imminent threat.

Okay.

That is up to the president based on a volume of information.

No, it is precisely, it is precisely your responsibility.

The nominee to lead the Department of Homeland Security, Senator Mark Wayne Mullen,

testifies in his confirmation hearing.

And migrants in Lebanon are once again caught in limbo as the regional war escalates.

The legal structure here is designed to exploit and to make News Hour.

Tonight, a series of strikes across the Middle East, jolted energy markets and fueled

concerns that the war won't end anytime soon.

Brent crude oil prices, a key benchmark,

are nearing a 52-week high after Israel hit a large gas field in Iran.

And Iranian strikes caused extensive damage to a major Qatari fuel hub.

Our Nick Schifrin starts our coverage.

Today in southern Iran, Israel expanded its effort to collapse the Iranian state.

An Israeli strike targeted South Pars, the world's largest natural gas field.

And Israel continued its decapitation campaign, killing Iranian intelligence minister Esmail

Hatib, sanctioned by the U.S. for human rights abuses and cyber attacks. In response, Iran issued

unprecedented evacuation warnings for energy facilities across the Gulf.

And tonight, there are multiple explosions reported in Saudi Arabia, and Qatar admitted

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