A thick cloud of smoke was seen climbing over the Lebanese capital on Friday after a large blast in city’s southern suburbs according to local media reports.
According to unconfirmed reports, the strike hit a meeting between Palestinian and Hezbollah officials.
Israeli media reports named the primary target of the strike as Radwan Force commander and head of Hezbollah Operations, Ibrahim Aqil.
“We are in a new phase of the war and continue to pursue Hezbollah,” an Israeli official told Ynet after the strike. “We are preparing for a response. Everything is on the table.”
The Hezbollah-owned Al-Manar claimed that more than one strike targeted an area in southern Beirut.
Lebanese media placed the site of the strike, or strikes, at the Al-Qaim neighborhood of Beirut.
The strike follows massive Hezbollah rocket attacks on northern Israel overnight on Thursday and Friday.
Throughout the rocket attacks fired by the Iranian Lebanese proxy, some 50 homes in the Israeli border community of Metulla were reportedly damaged.
These strikes come only days after the far-reaching Hezbollah communications explosion, spanning two days, wounding thousands and killing at least 30 people.
Meanwhile, IDF fighter jets struck hundreds of rockets that were ready for immediate launch into Israeli territory, the IDF announced on Thursday night.
Starting on Thursday afternoon, a total of about 100 rocket launchers and other military infrastructure were attacked, including about 1,000 rockets that were ready for immediate launch, the IDF said.