The strike in Lebanon's capital, which killed at least 14 people, adds to fears of an all-out war.

Israel announced it had killed the commander of Hezbollah's elite unit in a strike Friday that Lebanese officials said left 12 dead and dozens wounded in the movement's Beirut stronghold.

Assault comes despite international calls for restraint

In a brief statement carried by Israeli media, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel's goals were clear and its actions spoke for themselves.

An Israeli strike on Lebanon's capital has killed a senior Hezbollah commander as tensions in the Middle East continue to rise.

Lebanon's health ministry says the attack killed 12 people and wounded 66 more

Hezbollah pounded northern Israel with 150 rockets Friday, a day after the militant group’s leader Hassan Nasrallah vowed to retaliate against Israel for a mass bombing attack.

The strike in the city’s crowded southern suburbs on Friday reportedly targeted a senior Hezbollah commander.

The Israel Defense Forces took responsibility for a targeted strike on the Lebanese capital of Beirut on Friday morning, killing high-ranking Hezbollah leader Ibrahim Aqil.

Israel reports Lebanon fired 150 rockets; Lebanon reports wave of Israeli strikes

A spokesman for the Israel Defence Forces confirmed on X that Ibrahim Aqil, the Head of Hezbollah's Operations Unit, was 'eliminated' in a 'targeted intelligence-based strike' in Beirut earlier today.

An Israeli airstrike killed one of the top Hezbollah commanders, Ibrahim Aqil, in Beirut on Friday. Earlier, Israel confirmed that it had conducted a "targeted strike" in Beirut.

Friday’s airstrike — apparently the deadliest such attack on a neighborhood of Beirut since Israel and Hezbollah fought a bloody, monthlong war in 2006 — hit during rush hour.

Friday brought further escalation in the Middle East after a week of explosive events.

U.S., U.K. and United Nations officials have urged restraint as tensions escalate in the region.

Ibrahim Aqil, the Hezbollah operations commander killed in an Israeli strike on Friday, had a $7 million bounty on his head for two 1983 Beirut truck bombings that killed more than 300 people at the American embassy and a U.S. Marines barracks.

Israel has launched airstrikes on Hezbollah positions in Lebanon, hours after Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah vowed retaliation for deadly explosions that tar

A strike on a suburb of Lebanon’s capital killed Ibrahim Aqil, a prominent Hezbollah leader, Hezbollah and Israel’s military said Friday. The rare airstrike on Lebanon’s capital left at least 14 people dead, and destroyed one residential building while also damaging another, Lebanese health and civil defense officials said, escalating a days-long Israeli assault on Hezbollah amid fears of all-out war. Hezbollah leader Hasan Nasrallah vowed retaliation Thursday against Israel for detonations of electronic devices that killed at least 37 people this week and left thousands injured. Aqil is a Hezbollah leader who sits on the group’s military council and has led Hezbollah’s Operations Unit for two decades, the IDF said. The State Department said Aqil was a “principal member” of the Hezbollah terrorist Islamic Jihad Organization that claimed the bombings of the U.S. Embassy in Beirut in April 1983 that killed 63 people, including 17 Americans, as well as the U.S. Marine Corps barracks bombing in October 1983, which…

A source close to Hezbollah said the strike killed the group’s elite Radwan unit chief.

Jerusalem/Beirut: The conflict between Israel and Hezbollah has sharply escalated, with both sides exchanging deadly attacks and vowing further

Hezbollah has sent a wave of 140 rockets into northern Israel as an IDF strike on Beirut reportedly killed eight people in a targeted strike.

Hezbollah commander Ibrahim Aqil was reportedly killed in an Israeli airstrike on Beirut, escalating tensions between Hezbollah and Israel. Aqil, a key figure in Hezbollah's military operations, marks a significant loss for the group.

Israel’s military said the strike targeted a senior Hezbollah member wanted by the U.S. for a series of bombings in the 1980s.

The military said Aqil was part of Hezbollah's elite Radwan Force.

Israel launched a rare airstrike that killed a senior Hezbollah military official in a densely populated southern Beirut neighborhood on Friday, the Israeli army said. It was the deadliest such attack on Lebanon’s capital in years, with Lebanese health authorities reporting at least 12 people killed and dozens more wounded…

BEIRUT: Ibrahim Aqil, the Hezbollah operations commander killed in an Israeli strike on Friday (Sep 20), had a US$7 million bounty on his head for two 1983 Beirut truck bombings that killed more tha

BEIRUT: Ibrahim Aqil, the Hezbollah operations commander killed in an Israeli strike on Friday (Sep 20), had a US$7 million bounty on his head for two 1983 Beiru

Hezbollah launched around 170 rockets towards northern Israel, following a vow made by the group's leader, Hassan Nasrallah, to respond to Israel's intelligence operation involving the detonation of pager and radio devices in Beirut

The senior leader, who survived multiple assassination attempts, has been sought by the United States for bombings in the 1980s. Here is a closer look.

The world is watching on as the simmering 11-month conflict between Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah continues to threaten to break out into an all out war in the region

The IDF confirmed it struck a target in Beirut.

If Israel were to embark on a ground incursion of Lebanon, it is highly likely that remaining support for the country would further erode, says international security expert Stefan Wolff.

Israel launched a rare airstrike that killed a senior Hezbollah military official in a densely populated southern Beirut neighborhood on Friday. It was the deadliest such strike on Lebanon’s capital in decades, with Lebanese authorities reporting at least 14 people killed and dozens more wounded in the attack.

The IDF has also warned residents in northern Israel near the Lebanese border to avoid large gatherings, stay close to bomb shelters, and be vigilant in their neighbourhoods

Israel killed Ibrahim Aqil, a senior Hezbollah terrorist partly responsible for the 1983 bombing of a Marines barracks in Beirut, on Friday.

Israel’s military stated that the rockets came in three waves on Friday afternoon, targeting sites along the Lebanon border. It also said that Hezbollah targeted a children's playground.

It is being said that the Israeli strike was 'targeted' at eliminating a senior Hezbollah military official Ibrahim Aqil, which Israel claims has been killed.

An Israeli airstrike in Beirut killed at least 14 people and wounded dozens more, Lebanese health officials said. It was the first such Israeli attack on Lebanon’s capital in months and came shortly after Hezbollah pounded northern Israel with 140 rockets.The Israeli military said its airstrike killed Ibrahim Akil, a senior Hezbollah military official. There was no immediate confirmation of his death from Hezbollah. Hezbollah said that its attacks had targeted several Israeli military sites along the border with Katyusha rockets, including multiple air defense bases as well as the headquarters of an Israeli armored brigade they said they’d struck for the first time.In Gaza, Palestinian authorities said 15 people were killed overnight in Israeli attacks.Israel maintains it targets only militants and accuses Hamas and other armed groups of endangering civilians by operating in residential areas. The military had no immediate comment.Gaza’s Health Ministry says more than 41,000 Palestinians have been killed in the…

A day after Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah vowed to retaliate against Israel for a mass bombing attack, the militant group fired 140 rockets at northern Israel on Friday.