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, the first on the outskirts of the Lebanese capital in months, targeted Iran-backed Hezbollah’s acting chief of staff, Ali Tabtabai, the military said in a statement.