Ammon News - Israel said on Thursday it had killed a commander of Hezbollah’s elite Radwan force in an airstrike on Beirut a day earlier, the first Israeli attack on the Lebanese capital since a ceasefire agreed last month.

The Israeli military said the commander was ​killed when Israel struck the southern suburbs of Beirut.

There was no immediate confirmation from Hezbollah.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ‌and Defence Minister Israel Katz announced the attack in a joint statement on Wednesday.

Reuters