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

The Israeli military on Friday said its air strike in the southern suburbs of Beirut killed top Hezbollah commander Ibrahim Aqil and other senior commanders of the movement's Radwan special forces. Hezbollah…

There was no immediate confirmation of Ibrahim Akil’s death from Hezbollah.

Israel says it has carried out an airstrike that killed a senior Hezbollah military official in a densely populated southern neighborhood of the Lebanese capital.

Israel hit a Beirut suburb with an airstrike on Friday. The strike came after Hezbollah pounded northern Israel with 140 rockets.

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.

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

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

Israeli strike on Beirut kills 3, wounds 17; Hezbollah retaliates with rockets; escalating tensions in the region.

Israeli public broadcaster Kan said on Friday around 150 rockets were fired from Lebanon across the border. Israeli ambulance service said there were no immediate reports of casualties.

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.

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.

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.

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Sept. 20 (UPI) -- Israeli jets carried out a strike Friday targeting a building in Beirut's southern suburbs, the main stronghold of Iran-backed Hezbollah, killing and wounding several people and causing considerable damage, according to witnesses and media reports.

Extensive Israeli air strikes come after Hezbollah vowed to retaliate over deadly exploding device attacks blamed on Israel.

Israel claimed its strike in Lebanon's capital took the life of Ibrahim Aqil, wanted over his alleged role in the 1983 US embassy attack in Beirut which killed dozens.

The IDF confirmed it struck a target in Beirut.

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.

JERUSALEM: The Israeli military said dozens of rockets were fired into Israeli territory from Lebanon on Friday (Sep 20), as Hezbollah said it targeted Israeli military bases. "Some 140 rockets were fired from Lebanon within an hour starting at 1.02pm (10.02am GMT)," a military spokeswoman told AFP.

Israeli fighter jets pounded Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon late on Thursday, striking hundreds of rocket launcher barrels that were set to be used to immediately fire toward Israeli territory, the military said.

Israel said Hezbollah fired dozens of rockets from Lebanon on Friday following overnight air strikes which destroyed dozens of launchers after its leader vowed retribution for deadly sabotage attacks on its communications.

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.

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The Israeli army say the launchers were to be used ‘in the immediate future’.

Israel is attempting a risky strategy, increasing the intensity of its attacks in an attempt to force Hezbollah to back down, while raising the chances of an aggressive response that devolves into a land war.

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

Radio and pager explosions in Lebanon injured thousands of people. Some, who were unharmed, donated blood to help the injured.Anadolu/Getty ImagesPager

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

The Chinese Foreign Ministry condemned a string of explosions throughout Lebanon, apparently targeting Hezbollah terrorists, on Friday.