NBC News has learned that Israel has killed a senior Hezbollah commander who planned a deadly attack on American soldiers during the Iraq war.

Lebanon said Israeli strikes Thursday on the country's east and south killed 52 people, as raids also hit south Beirut and Hezbollah claimed its deepest attack on Israel in over

Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon’s east and south killed 52 people on Thursday, marking one of the deadliest days in the ongoing war between Israel and Hezbollah, Lebanon’s Health Ministry said. The strikes targeted multiple locations,

The Lebanese militant group captured an advanced Israeli anti-tank missile in the 2006 war, and its ally, Iran, reverse-engineered it, Israeli officials say.

For years, Israelis were told that in the next war with Hezbollah, the Lebanese militia would fire thousands of rockets and missiles a day, overwhelming their air defenses, causing blackouts, death and destruction.

Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah traded deadly blows on Thursday as their war raged on despite signs of progress in U.S. ceasefire efforts, with airstrikes pounding Beirut's southern suburbs and rockets flying into northern Israel.