Israel Hits Hezbollah Command Centres In Beirut, Hamas Official Killed

Last Updated:March 05, 2026, 12:27 IST

Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said the operation was carried out as “a wave of intelligence-based strikes”. One of the sites hit had been used by Hezbollah’s aerial unit.

Israel said its overnight strikes into Wednesday targeted several command centres belonging to the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah in Lebanon’s capital, Beirut.

According to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), the operation was carried out as “a wave of intelligence-based strikes". The military said one of the sites hit had been used by Hezbollah’s aerial unit.

Escalation after cross-border attacks

Israel has carried out heavy strikes across parts of Lebanon throughout the week after Hezbollah fired projectiles from Lebanese territory into Israel.

The IDF has also issued evacuation orders covering dozens of villages and settlements in southern Lebanon, as well as areas near Beirut.

Outside Iran, Lebanon has recorded the highest death toll since the latest Middle East conflict expanded across the region.

Hamas official killed in separate strike

Lebanese state media reported that an Israeli strike on Thursday killed a Hamas official, marking the first reported targeted killing of a member of the Palestinian militant group since US-Israeli strikes on Iran triggered the wider regional war.

The National News Agency (NNA) said Wassim Atallah al-Ali and his wife were killed when an “enemy drone targeted their home" in Beddawi, a Palestinian refugee camp near Tripoli, in a pre-dawn attack. The agency described al-Ali as a senior Hamas official.

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