Israel has struck Lebanon’s capital for the first time since June, saying it killed Hezbollah’s chief of staff and warning the Iran-backed militant group not to rearm and rebuild.

Israel targeted the chief of staff of Lebanon's Iran-aligned Hezbollah group in a strike in the capital Beirut's southern suburbs.

Pope Leo XIV arrives in Beirut in bid to ease Mideast tensions.

Smoke could be seen in the busy Haret Hreik neighborhood, with one video that circulated on social media showing dozens of people crowded around the area of the strike.

Israel carried out a rare airstrike on Beirut, describing the target as Hezbollah’s military chief, as an almost year-old ceasefire deal with the Lebanese government wavers.

Israel struck Lebanon’s capital on Sunday, killing at least five people and wounding more than two dozen others.

Israeli strike kills Hezbollah chief of staff Haytham Ali Tabatabai in Beirut as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu calls him a "mass murderer" with $5 million bounty on his head.

Israel said it killed Hezbollah’s de facto chief of staff in an airstrike outside of Lebanon’s capital, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warning that more attacks would come as necessary. The airstrike in Beirut’s southern suburbs,

A powerful American-made bomb called the GBU-39 has gone missing in Beirut after it reportedly failed to explode during an airstrike. A Missing Bomb Sparks a Major Search The weapon fell into a crowded part of the city but did not detonate,