Hezbollah confirms commander died in Israeli strike
Hezbollah circulated a picture confirming Shukr's death
Hezbollah has confirmed one of its senior military commanders was killed in an Israeli air strike in Beirut, the capital of Lebanon.
Late on Wednesday, the Iran-backed group said Fuad Shukr's body had been found in the rubble of a building that was hit on Tuesday.
Four other people were killed in the strike, including two children. Earlier, the Israeli military said Shukr had been the target of an "intelligence-based elimination".
It said the strike was a response to a rocket attack that killed 12 people in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights on Saturday, which Israel says the commander helped plan.
Hezbollah has denied having any involvement.
Fuad Shukr, who was in his early sixties, is believed to be a key military adviser to Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.
The strike targeted a building in Haret Hreik, a part of the Dahiyeh suburb of Beirut.
It is a fortified, densely populated area. Dahiyeh itself is surrounded by checkpoints.
The children killed in the air strike were a 10-year-old boy and a his six-year-old sister. Shukr will be buried on Thursday, the statement said.
Lebanon's Prime Minister Najib Mikati called the attack a "criminal act".
An Israeli reaction to Saturday's rocket attack on the Golan had been widely expected. The country's security cabinet had authorised Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to decide how to retaliate.
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