Israel’s military targeted a senior Hezbollah commander in an airstrike in a Beirut suburb Friday, Israeli officials said, escalating a days-long assault on the group’s communications and logistics infrastructure and shocking an already traumatized nation fearful of an all-out war.

Iran's U.N. envoy warned the country had the "right to take all necessary measures to respond to this egregious violation."

The Israel Defense Forces took responsibility for a targeted strike on the Lebanese capital of Beirut on Friday morning, killing high-ranking Hezbollah leader Ibrahim Aqil.