Lebanese militants fired 140 rockets before attack but most intercepted by Iron DomeIsrael kills top operations commander in southern BeirutHezbollah confirms commander dead, gives no detailsStrike kills around 10 other commanders, Israel military says‘War is not inevitable,’ White House says
Civilians and soldiers at the site of an Israeli air strike in Beirut, Lebanon, yesterday evening. Photo: Reuters
Israel killed a top Hezbollah commander and other senior figures in the Lebanese movement in an airstrike on Beirut on Friday, vowing to press on with a new military campaign until it is able to secure the area around the Lebanese border.
The Israeli military and a security source in Lebanon said Ibrahim Aqil had been killed with other senior members of an elite Hezbollah unit in the airstrike, sharply escalating the year-long conflict between Israel and the Iran-backed group.
