The Israeli army said the commander was responsible for the murder of the children in Majdal Shams.
Israel has carried out an attack in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, that targeted a senior Hezbollah commander, the Israeli military said.
A loud blast was heard and a plume of smoke could be seen rising above the southern suburbs – a stronghold of Lebanese armed group Hezbollah – just on Tuesday evening.
Lebanon’s state-run national news agency said an Israeli air strike had targeted the area around Hezbollah’s Shura Council in the Haret Hreik neighbourhood of the capital.
The Israeli military said it conducted “a targeted strike in Beirut on the commander responsible for the murder of the children in Majdal Shams and the killing of numerous additional Israeli civilians”.
At least 12 people including children were killed in a rocket strike on Majdal Shams in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights last week, but Hezbollah has denied responsibility for the attack.
Israel and the United States have blamed the Lebanese armed group.
Reporting from Beirut, Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr said that Tuesday’s strike appears to be the promised response by the Israeli military against Hezbollah.
“Lebanon was bracing for this response, but earlier today, a high-ranking Hezbollah official said that no matter what kind of strike Israel carries out, Hezbollah will respond,” Khodr said.
