Israel targets Hezbollah southern front commander in Dahieh

A source close to Hezbollah said an Israeli strike on Beirut's southern suburbs on Monday targeted the group's commander for south Lebanon, where the movement has clashed with Israel for nearly a year.

"The target of the Israeli strike was Ali Karake, the current commander of the southern front and the third-in-command after" two top commanders who were both killed in Israeli strikes in the southern suburbs in recent weeks, said the source requesting anonymity to discuss sensitive matters.

It was unclear whether he had been killed, the source said. The area was cordoned and journalists were not allowed to get close to the building that was hit.

Hezbollah's al-Manar TV said six people were wounded in the strike on the Bir al-Abed neighborhood and were rushed to hospital.

The National News Agency said the neighborhood in southern Beirut was hit with three missiles, while al-Jadeed TV said the airstrike targeted a bomb shelter with four missiles, of which two didn't explode, and that the targeted building did not collapse.