Dhaka, Nov. 11 -- An Israeli airstrike on Monday killed a Hezbollah commander on the Sarafand-Baysarieh highway in southern Lebanon, according to Lebanese security and official sources.

A Lebanese army intelligence official identified the victim as Samir Ali Faqih, a Hezbollah commander, without providing further details. Lebanon's National News Agency (NNA) reported that Faqih was killed when an Israeli drone targeted his car. According to security sources, Israeli warplanes conducted around 20 air raids on Hezbollah positions in eastern and southern Lebanon on Monday, firing about 40 air-to-ground missiles.

The wave of strikes came amid mounting Israeli threats and renewed demands for Hezbollah to disarm - a call the group has repeate...