Hezbollah praises Ibrahim Akil as ‘one of its great leaders’ following his deatg in Israeli airstrike. At least 31 people were killed, including three children, in Beirut attack on Friday, says health ministry 09:48 At least 31 people were killed,

A deadly Israeli airstrike on Hezbollah’s stronghold in southern Beirut on Friday has left over a dozen people dead, including a high-ranking Hezbollah commander, sharply escalating the conflict between the two sides and raising fears of all-out war.

BEIRUT -- 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.