Israeli attacks on Beirut, Iran to hold funeral for security officials

0:00Al-Jazeera Podcasts Iran is waging a war on two fronts. The military has stepped up its offensive on Lebanon, targeting his bollah, an ally of Iran. At a series of airstrikes on Beirut has killed at least six people, wounding dozens more. Israeli forces in the U.S. have also continued to bombard Iran. In the coming hours, funerals will be held there for two senior security officials killed in Israeli strikes on Tuesday. Iran has responded to the killing of Ali Larinjani and Gollamreza Soleimani by launching a wave of attacks against Israel. At least two people have been killed in Tel Aviv. Strikes have continued across the Gulf, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates have all reported intercepting drones at missiles. In Tehran, where funeralers are expected later on Wednesday for two senior officials who were killed by Israeli airstrikes.

1:02Iranian security chief Ali Larinjani is among the dead. He's been a leading figure in Iranian politics for decades, and has been speaking out against the U.S. and Israel since the start of the war. Also killed was Gollamreza Soleimani, the commander of the internal security force, or Basidj, in an exclusive interview with Al-Jazeera Zali Hashem Iran's foreign minister insists that their deaths will not weaken the government. I do not know why the Americans and the Israelis still have not understood this point. The Islamic Republic of Iran has a strong political structure with established political, economic, and social institutions. The presence or absence of a single individual does not affect the structure. Of course, individuals are influential, and each person plays their role. Some better, some worse, some less. But what matters is that the political system in Iran is a very solid structure.

2:05Oil prices have risen as the straight-of-all news remains largely closed. The waterway is a transit route carrying around 20 percent of the global oil trade. Iran's threatened to target tankers linked to the U.S. and Israel. In that exclusive interview with Al-Jazeera, Iran's foreign minister Abbas Al-Akchi said that his government wants to help draft a new protocol for the straight, allowing ships to pass through safely. Cutting up on the take, how calls to hold the U.S. accountable for the strike on a children's school in Iran are growing from within? That's the take by Al-Jazeera. Find it wherever you get your podcasts.