Lebanon's Hezbollah confirmed on Wednesday that senior commander Fouad Shukr was killed in an Israeli strike on the outskirts of the Lebanese capital, making him the most senior figure from the group to be killed in nearly 10 months of conflict with Israel.

The strike hit the southern suburbs of Beirut, a Hezbollah stronghold, at dusk on Tuesday. It was the second time that the area had been struck since October when Hezbollah and Israel began trading fire in parallel with the Gaza War.

Israel's military announced late on Tuesday it had killed Shukr, whom it named as

Hezbollah's most senior commander whom it blamed for an attack on July 27 that left a dozen youngsters dead in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.

Hezbollah said that its Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah would speak on Thursday on the occasion of Shukr's funeral.

Shukr was an adviser to Nasrallah, according to Hezbollah sources and the Israeli military's announcement of his killing.

Shukr's body was found under the rubble on Wednesday evening, two Lebanese security sources said, nearly 24 hours after the strike.