Israel killed a top Hezbollah commander in an airstrike on Beirut's southern suburbs on Friday, the Israeli military and security sources in Lebanon said, escalating a year-long conflict between Israel and the Iran-backed group.

Hezbollah has pounded northern Israel with 140 rockets, a day after the militant group’s leader vowed to retaliate against Israel for a mass bombing attack, the Israeli military and the militant group said.

In the year-long conflict between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah, Tel Aviv’s forces have taken down multiple top leaders of not only Hezbollah, but Hamas, too