Israel’s military claimed it killed Ibrahim Aqil, a senior Hezbollah commander, and “about 10” others in a dramatic airstrike that has raised fears of all-out war.

A key Hezbollah commander and his chain of command were killed in an Israeli strike in Beirut on Friday, according to the Israel Defense Forces, as tensions continue to rise along the Israel-Lebanon border.

Hizbollah’s special operations commander Ibrahim Aqil was killed along with the “senior chain of command of the Radwan Force”, an elite unit within the group, the Israel Defense Forces said.

Israel’s military claimed it killed Ibrahim Aqil, a senior Hezbollah commander, and “about 10” others in a dramatic airstrike that has raised fears of all-out war.

About 10 senior Hezbollah commanders were killed along with Ibrahim Aqil, leader of the movement's Radwan special forces unit who was attacked in an Israeli air strike in Beirut on Friday, Israel's military spokesperson said.

Israel’s military targeted a senior Hezbollah commander in an airstrike in a Beirut suburb Friday, Israeli officials said, escalating a days-long assault on the group’s communications and logistics infrastructure and shocking an already traumatized nation fearful of an all-out war.