READ HERE: Lebanese group Hezbollah has confirmed in a statement that its senior commander Fuad Shukr was killed in an Israeli attack in southern Beirut.

On Tuesday, the Israeli military said it carried out a “precision strike” in Beirut that killed Shukr.  According to Israeli military planners, he had been responsible for the missile strike that killed twelve children playing football in Majdal Shams in the occupied Golan Heights on Saturday.