The Israeli Air Force carried out a targeted strike in the Beirut area on Thursday, the first attack on the capital in three weeks, the IDF announced.

According to a security source quoted by Ynet, the strike was an attempted elimination of Ali al-Husseini, the commander of a missile operation unit in the Imam Hussein Division, an Iranian militia that works with Hezbollah.

The strike hit an apartment in Shuweifat, about 15 kilometers south of the capital.

It is not yet known whether the elimination was successful.

This is a developing story.

(YWN Israel Desk-Jerusalem)