Loud blast heard in Hezbollah stronghold of southern Beirut - witness

The Israeli military targeted a senior Hezbollah commander in retaliatory strikes in the Lebanese capital, Beirut.

In a statement, the Israel Defence Forces claimed the commander of the armed group was "responsible for the murder of the children in Majdal Shams" - referring to the strike on a football pitch in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights that killed a dozen children on Saturday.

Israel has blamed Hezbollah but the group denied being responsible for the attack.

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Sky News' special correspondent Alex Crawford said the images coming out from the scene on Tuesday shows that a "very large area had been hit, that centres around one building".

"There is a fair amount of fire and a fair number of other buildings that have been impacted," Crawford said, while travelling to the site.

"It is a very densely populated area, it is a Hezbollah stronghold."

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