Israel says it targeted a senior Hezbollah figure in the capital, the first strike of its kind since mid-April.

Israel says it targeted a senior Hezbollah figure in the capital, the first strike of its kind since mid-April.

Israel says it targeted a senior Hezbollah figure in the capital, the first strike of its kind since mid-April.

Israel struck Beirut on Wednesday for the first time since agreeing to a ceasefire with Hezbollah last month, with Israel saying it targeted a commander of the militant group's elite Radwan force ‌in the city's southern suburbs. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz announced the action…

Israel has struck Beirut for the first time since agreeing to a ceasefire with Hezbollah last month, with Israel saying it targeted a ⁠commander of the militant group's elite Radwan force in the city's southern suburbs.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said a strike targeted a senior commander in Hezbollah’s Radwan Force.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said a strike targeted a senior commander in Hezbollah’s Radwan Force.

Israel said it targeted a commander of Hezbollah's elite Radwan force in the city’s southern suburbs. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

BEIRUT, Lebanon, May 6 (UPI) -- Israel carried out a strike Wednesday on a residential building in Beirut's southern suburbs for the first time since the April 17 cease-fire, reportedly killing the commander of Hezbollah's elite Radwan force and others, Lebanese and Israeli reports said.

It marks the first time Israel has struck the city since its tentative ceasefire with Lebanon came into place on 17 April.

At least 11 other people were killed in strikes across the south and east. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Israel on Wednesday unleashed the first air strikes in weeks on Beirut’s southern suburbs. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed the attack, saying a top commander of the Iran-backed Hezbollah…