At least 31 were killed in Israeli strike on Beirut

At least 31 people, including three children and seven women, were killed in an Israeli airstrike on Beirut's suburbs on Friday, the Lebanese health ministry confirmed in a televised press conference on Saturday.
Israel on Friday conducted "a targeted strike" on Hezbollah stronghold in southern Beirut killing eight and leaving 17 injured. The head of Hezbollah's elite Radwan unit, Ibrahim Aqil, has also been reportedly killed in the strikes, according to news agency AFP sources.
Hezbollah reported that 16 of its operatives, including two senior commanders, were among the casualties from the strike, which took place on Friday.
A thick cloud of smoke was seen rising over the Lebanese capital after residents in the southern suburbs said they heard a loud blast."Israel conducted an air strike on the Beirut southern suburbs near Al-Qaem mosque," a Lebanese security official told news agency AFP.
The United States had offered a $7 million reward for information on Aqil. It has described him as a "principal member" of Hezbollah that claimed the bombing of the US embassy in Beirut in 1983 that killed 63 people.
Additionally, the White House national security spokesman, John Kirby, said that he had no knowledge of Israel notification United States about the strikes in Beirut on Friday. He also requested the Americans to refrain from travelling to Lebanon and to leave as soon as possible if they are there.