Friday's strike on Beirut resulted in the deaths of 12 people, and wounded at least 60 others. The attack was also a sign of the conflict escalating between Hezbollah and Israel, after the terrorist group accused Israel of killing dozens of people and wounding thousands of others in the pager and walkie-talkie attacks earlier this week.

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.

The Israeli military says its airstrike on a neighborhood of Beirut killed Ibrahim Akil, a senior Hezbollah military official.