Mohammad Raad, head of Hezbollah’s parliamentary bloc ‚The Loyality for the Resistance,“ was killed in recent Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon, Israeli and Arab media reported on Monday, marking a sharp escalation in the ongoing confrontation along the Lebanese-Israeli border.

According to the Lebanese Health Ministry, the death toll since Israel launched its strikes at dawn on Monday has risen to 31 people across southern Lebanon and Beirut’s southern suburbs, with 149 others injured.