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

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

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

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…

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.

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…

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

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.

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

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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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

The Hezbollah commander killed in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut’s southern suburbs was one of the Lebanese militant group’s top military officials.

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.

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.

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…

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

The IDF confirmed it struck a target 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.

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.

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

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

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.

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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.

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

The airstrikes in Lebanon came just days after Hezbollah was rocked with a series of explosions in devices like pagers, walkie-talkies, and solar power systems. | OpIndia News

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

Israeli fighter jets carried out strikes on Hezbollah infrastructure in southern Lebanon late Thursday, targeting around 30 rocket launchers and associated military facilities. The launchers reportedly contained approximately 150 canisters designed for launching rockets towards Israeli territory.

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.

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

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.