Israeli army spokesman Daniel Hagari said in a brief statement that army fighter jets bombed the central headquarters of the Lebanese Hezbollah group in the southern suburb of Beirut.

He continued that Hezbollah established its main center under the civilian buildings in the southern suburb, underground, to protect them.

Haghari did not indicate whether Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah was targeted in this raid or not.

The military spokesman said that there had been no change in the directives of the Home Front Command.

Israeli Channel 12 said that the raid that targeted the southern suburb destroyed 4 residential buildings, indicating the use of heavy bombs capable of penetrating underground fortifications.

Agence France-Presse quoted a source close to Hezbollah as saying that 6 buildings were razed to the ground as a result of the Israeli raids on the southern suburb.

Israeli media said that Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah was the targeted person, without mentioning the results of the operation.

The Israeli Broadcasting Authority said that the army confirmed the presence of Hassan Nasrallah at Hezbollah’s central headquarters in the southern suburbs before bombing it.

Violent explosions occurred in the southern suburb of the Lebanese capital, Beirut, today, Friday, in an unprecedented manner.

Columns of smoke rise in the southern suburb

Israel launches raids on the southern suburb, targeting prominent figures in the Lebanese Hezbollah, but today's raid on Friday was the most violent in the suburb, which is Hezbollah's stronghold, amid reports of buildings being leveled to the ground.

 Eyewitnesses said that about 10 very violent and unprecedented explosions occurred in the southern suburb as a result of what appeared to be an aerial bombardment.

Thick clouds of smoke rose from the suburb, unlike previous strikes that precisely targeted specific buildings to assassinate a leading figure in the party.

Israeli media said that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urgently left a press briefing at the United Nations, due to developments in the southern suburb.