Pakistan, Nov. 24 -- Israel conducted an airstrike on a southern suburb of Beirut on Sunday, killing Hezbollah's acting chief of staff, Ali Tabtabai, in what the Israeli military described as a preemptive move against the group's military capabilities. The attack came despite a U.S.-brokered truce between Israel and Hezbollah a year ago.

The strike targeted a multi-storey building in the Haret Hreik suburb, a Hezbollah stronghold, killing five people and injuring 28, according to Lebanon's health ministry. Debris from the destroyed building crashed onto nearby cars, and residents fled their homes fearing additional attacks.

Hezbollah confirmed Tabtabai's death, calling him "the great jihadist commander" who had "worked to confront Israe...