Israel says it killed Hezbollah missile unit commander
The Israeli military announced it had killed Muhammad Ali Ismail, the commander of Hezbollah's missile unit, along with his deputy, Hossein Ahmed Ismail, in southern Lebanon.
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Over thirty air strikes hit the southern suburbs of Beirut in the early hours of Saturday Lebanese time, Al Jazeera reported citing its correspondent.
The attacks left several buildings in flames in the area, the correspondent added.
Displaced people gather at Beirut's central Martyrs' Square as Israel strikes Beirut's southern suburbs
Israeli air strikes resumed on Beirut's southern suburb in the early hours of Saturday Lebanese time, Hezbollah's al-Manar media outlet said citing a correspondent.
Hours earlier huge blasts there leveled buildings and targeted the Iran-backed group's leader Hassan Nasrallah, according the Israeli officials.
The New York Times on Friday evening cited five Israeli officials saying intelligence agencies' initial assessment was that Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah had been killed.
The indications were preliminary and might change, the officials said.
Israel's increasingly larger attacks on Iran and its proxies have been met with smaller or no responses from Tehran, said Ghassan Ashour, a Middle East analyst, adding that this has, in turn, motivated Israel to escalate its assaults.
“In case the Islamic Republic decides to retaliate against Israel, it would inevitably draw in the United States and other countries into the war, which is undesirable for Iran. Even if Hassan Nasrallah were killed, Tehran would refrain from retaliation,” Ashour told Iran International.
