
Israel killed a high-ranking Hezbollah commander and several other senior members of the Lebanese group in an airstrike on Beirut, pledging to continue its military offensive until it secures the area near the Lebanese border.
According to Reuters, at least 31 people, including the senior Hezbollah commander, were killed in the capital of Lebanon. Ibrahim Aqil, Hezbollah's operations commander, died in the strike on an apartment block in the city's southern suburbs on Friday afternoon. Lebanese authorities reported that 68 others were also injured in the attack.