Israeli military confirms it killed senior Hezbollah commander in southern Lebanon

Jerusalem: The Israeli military confirmed on Wednesday that it had killed senior Hezbollah commander Taleb Abdallah as well as three other Hezbollah fighters in a strike on a command and control centre in southeastern Lebanon.

In response to Abdallah's killing, Hezbollah had fired dozens of missiles towards northern Israel in a significant escalation of the conflict which has seen near daily exchanges of fire since the start of the war in Gaza last October.