Israel says long-sought Hezbollah figure killed in deadly Beirut strike [Video]

An Israeli airstrike hit a neighbourhood in Beirut on Friday, killing at least nine people and wounding nearly 60 others, Lebanese health officials said, the first such Israeli attack on Lebanon’s capital in months.

The Israeli military said Ibrahim Aqil, a senior Hezbollah military official, was killed in the strike. There was no immediate confirmation of his death from Hezbollah, but the militant group confirmed Aqil was supposed to be in the building when it was hit.

The Israeli strike on Beirut’s crowded southern suburbs hit during rush hour as people headed home from work and children left school. Local networks broadcast footage that showed at least two buildings completely flattened and the main street ravaged in Dahiyeh, …