Hezbollah confirms death of top military official in Israeli airstrike in Beirut

The strike killed at least 14 people and wounded dozens more, according to Lebanon’s health ministry

People gather at the scene of an Israeli missile strike in the southern suburbs of Beirut (Bilal Hussein/AP)

Hezbollah has announced the death of a top military official in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut.

Israeli officials had earlier said the rare strike on Beirut’s southern suburbs killed Ibrahim Akil, a commander of the Lebanese militant group’s elite Radwan Force.