Lebanon's Iran-aligned Hezbollah group confirmed in the early hours of Saturday that its top military commander Ibrahim Aqil was killed, calling him "one of its top leaders", without providing further details on his killing.

The Israeli military said today that it had bombed an apartment building in Beirut’s southern suburbs and killed a major figure in Hezbollah’s military command. The strike stoked fears that Israel is driving toward a full-blown war against Hezbollah.