Lebanon's health ministry says 14 people were killed and dozens injured in the strike, as cross-border exchanges escalate.

Israel carried out one of the most intense bombardments of the past year, as warplanes launched 70 airstrikes, Lebanese security officials said. The barrage came shortly after Hezbollah’s leader vowed to respond after explosions of pagers and walkie-talkies killed at least 37 people.

People gather at the scene of an Israeli missile strike in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Friday, Sept. 20, 2024.  BEIRUT — Israel launched a rare airstrike that killed a senior Hezbollah military official in a densely populated neighborhood of southern Beirut on Friday,

Israel’s military said the strike targeted a senior Hezbollah member wanted by the U.S. for a series of bombings in the 1980s.

Ibrahim Aqil, aka Tahsin, was wanted by the United States for his involvement in the kidnapping and slaying of Americans in Beirut.

Remotely-operated attacks using exploding pagers and walkie-talkies have given way to direct air strikes as fears of all-out war between the two neighbouring countries keep rising. View on euronews