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.

The Israeli military says it's carried out a "targeted strike" on the Lebanese capital Beirut, after Hezbollah fired dozens of rockets into Israel It comes after more than 30 people were killed in a series of exploding device attacks on Hezbollah members earlier in the week,

Hizbollah’s special operations commander Ibrahim Aqil was killed along with the “senior chain of command of the Radwan Force”, an elite unit within the group, the Israel Defense Forces said.