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.

As a reminder, this comes after Israel launched intensive overnight airstrikes in southern Lebanon, with the military saying its warplanes targeting Hezbollah rocket launchers. A barrage of rockets has been fired from Lebanon into northern Israel, the Israeli military says.

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.

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.

As tensions remained high Friday between Hezbollah and Israel, international leaders called for both sides to seek paths to de-escalate the conflict.

The Israeli attack followed others on Hezbollah infrastructure in southern Lebanon, after Hezbollah vowed to retaliate for detonations of pagers and radios.

The strike on Hezbollah’s stronghold in Lebanon's capital is a major escalation adding to fears of an all-out war.

The Israeli military targeted a top Hezbollah military commander in an airstrike on Beirut's southern suburbs on Friday, two security sources in Lebanon said, sharply escalating the year-long conflict between Israel and the Iran-backed group.