Lebanon’s health minister says the death toll from the Israeli airstrike on a Beirut suburb the day before has risen to 31, including seven women and three children.

Israel launched the airstrike in the densely populated southern Beirut neighbourhood on Friday afternoon during rush hour as people returned home from work and students from schools. The Associated Press (AP) reports that on Saturday morning,

Israel’s military claimed it killed Ibrahim Aqil, a senior Hezbollah commander, and “about 10” others in a dramatic airstrike that has raised fears of all-out war.