The Israeli military says it killed Hezbollah’s second most senior figure in the first air strikes in months on southern Beirut.

The Israeli military said it assassinated a top Hezbollah commander in an airstrike near the Lebanese capital of Beirut on Sunday, further escalating its attacks on the Iran-backed militant group desp...

The strike hit a main road in Beirut’s southern suburbs, where residents told Reuters they heard the roar of warplanes before the blast.