Israel launched airstrikes yesterday on a residential building in the Syrian capital, Damascus, according to two Israeli officials who spoke anonymously. The attack, which landed near the Iranian Embassy, was an attempt by the Israeli military to assassinate a ranking Hezbollah official involved in weapons smuggling, they said.

Israel carried out a large strike on Beirut’s southern suburbs late on Thursday that Axios cited three Israeli officials as saying targeted Hashem Safieddine in an underground bunker.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday Israeli airstrikes had killed two successors to Hezbollah's slain leader, as Israel expanded its ground offensive against the Iran-backed group with a fourth army division deployed into south Lebanon.