Hezbollah was reeling Saturday from an Israeli airstrike that killed two of its senior figures and dozens of other people, intensifying fears of all-out war in the Middle East in the wake of the deadly attacks on the group’s communication devices.

At least 14 people were killed, including a top Hezbollah commander and other senior figures in the Lebanese movement, in an air strike on Beirut on Friday, as Israel vows to press on with a new military campaign until it can secure the area around the Lebanese border.

The death toll from an Israeli airstrike on a Beirut suburb has risen to 31, including seven women and three children, Lebanon's health minister said on Saturday.