Israel Defense Forces conducted an airstrike in Beirut on Monday targeting Hezbollah's southern front commander Ali Karaki, two Israeli officials said. Why it matters: Karaki is the most senior Hezbollah military commander after Israel assassinated Fuad Shukr in July and the group's head of military operations,

Israel’s Air Force attempted on Monday evening to kill Ali Karaki, Hezbollah’s top commander in southern Lebanon, with an airstrike in the capital, Beirut, according to two current Israeli officials and one former Israeli official with knowledge of the operation.

JERUSALEM/BEIRUT -- The death toll from the largest Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon since the onset of the Israel-Palestine conflict has risen to 492, with injuries reported at 1,645, the Lebanese Health Ministry said on Monday night.