Gaza Iran's Quds Force Commander Esmail Qaani, who is believed to have been targeted by an Israeli strike on Beirut's southern suburbs, has faced the difficult task of guiding and uniting Tehran-backed militant groups in the Middle East during the ongoing brutal conflict with arch-enemy Israel.

Israeli military warns airstrikes will continue after it reported eight of its soldiers dead fighting in south Lebanon.

A blast in the Cola neighborhood was the first known Israeli strike in the central part of the city since a war with Hezbollah in 2006.

Israel is working to confirm if it killed the new presumed leader of the Iranian-backed terrorist organization Hezbollah after a series of strikes at Beirut. The strikes hit the southern suburbs of Beirut, and Israeli officials told multiple news outlets the target was Hashem Safieddine, who was seen as the likely successor to Hassan Nasrallah.

An Israeli strike on a mosque in the Gaza Strip early on Sunday killed at least 19 people, Palestinian officials said.

Iran's Quds Force commander, Esmail Qaani, has reportedly gone missing in Lebanon. The top Iranian commander reportedly travelled to Lebanon after Hezbollah Chief Nasrallah's killing. Qaani has been missing since an Israeli airstrike on the Lebanese capital last week.

Iran's Quds Force commander Esmail Qaani has not been heard from since Israeli strikes on Beirut late last week, two senior Iranian security officials told Reuters.

Qaani was reportedly in Beirut to provide support to Hezbollah, following a string of Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) airstrikes that killed many Hezbollah fighters. Qaani has not been seen after Israeli attacks in Beirut last Friday,

According to reports, the Israeli airstrikes in Beirut's southern suburb Dahiyeh were targeted at Hashem Safieddine, the successor to slain Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah. Esmail Qaani was also reportedly present in Dahiyeh at the time.