IP - On Friday afternoon an Israeli airstrike targeted a residential building in the densely populated Dhahiyah in the Southern suburb of Beirut.

Iran Press/West Asia: Lebanon's Health Ministry in a statement announced that 3 people were martyred and 17 others injured in the Israeli airstrike at a residential building in the southern Dhahiyah suburb of Beirut.

Early reports indicated that up to 5 people were martyred in the attack including children.

Al-Manar correspondent reported that one people martyred and 14 others were injured.

Other sources' reports indicated that between 3 to five people were martyred in the attack and up to 17 people were injured.

The Zionist regime took responsibility for that attack and announced that it was a targeted airstrike to assassinate a senior Hezbollah commander, "Times of Israel" reported.

Hebrew Media reports indicated that the Zionist military confirmed that the airstrike in Beirut’s Dahiyeh suburb targeted 'Ibrahim Aqil', a senior commander in the elite Radwan unit of Hezbollah.

There is no confirmation or rejection from Hezbollah yet.

Minutes earlier Hezbollah in a statement said that it would announce the details of the attack after the rescue operation.

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