Israel stepped up airstrikes aimed at Hezbollah in Lebanon while continuing to deliberate how to retaliate against Iran for last week’s missile attack.

The Iranian official said Iran and Hezbollah had not been able to contact Qaani, named by Tehran as the head of Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps' overseas military-intelligence service, or Quds Force, after the United States assassinated his predecessor Qassem Soleimani in a drone strike in Baghdad in 2020.

A top Iranian military leader who oversees dealings between Tehran and groups like Hezbollah has not been heard from since an attack that killed a Hezbollah official last week.

Israel’s government has yet to decide how to retaliate against Iran for a missile attack last week, according to an Israeli official familiar with the matter.

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Gaza Iran's Quds Force Commander Esmail Qaani has not been heard from since Israeli strikes on Beirut's southern suburbs last week, according to reports. Mr Qaani, 67, reportedly travelled to Lebanon after the assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in an Israeli air strike.

The commander of Iran's Quds Force, Esmail Qaani, has gone missing following his trip to Beirut, which has been targeted by Israeli strikes, according to The Times of Israel. After Israel eliminated Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in strikes in Beirut,