Hezbollah has said one of its senior commanders was killed in an Israeli air strike in southern Lebanon, with the Iranbacked armed group retaliating with a barrage of rockets against Israel.

Mohammed Nimah Nasser is the latest senior member of Hezbollah to be targeted by Israel during almost nine months of crossborder violence which have raised fears of an allout war.

Hezbollah said it had launched 100 rockets and missiles at Israeli military positions “as part of the response to the assassination”. The Israeli military said a number of projectiles which fell in open areas sparked fires, but no injuries were reported.

The military said Nasser commanded Hezbollah’s Aziz Unit, which is responsible for launching rockets from southwestern Lebanon, and accused him of directing a “large number of terror attacks”.

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