As per a Reuters report, a senior Lebanese security source confirmed the attack, adding that the commander’s fate remained unclear.
According to the Israeli military, the strike targeted a Hezbollah commander who was allegedly behind the deadly rocket in the contested Golan Heights in which around 12 youths were killed.
A loud blast was heard and a plume of smoke could be seen rising above the southern suburbs – a stronghold of Lebanese armed group Hezbollah – at around 1640 GMT, a Reuters witness said.
Lebanon’s state-run national news agency said an Israeli strike had targeted the area around Hezbollah’s Shura Council in the Haret Hreik neighbourhood of the capital.
Beirut has been on edge for days ahead of an anticipated Israeli attack in retaliation for a strike on the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights that killed a dozen youngsters.
Israel and the United States have blamed Hezbollah for the attack. Hezbollah has denied responsibility.