Iran has said it expects Lebanon’s Hezbollah group to hit deeper inside Israel and no longer be confined to military targets after Israel killed the Hezbollah military commander, AFP reports.

A strike claimed by Israel in an overcrowded residential area of South Beirut changed the calculus, Iran’s mission to the United Nations said.

“We expect… Hezbollah to choose more targets and (strike) deeper in its response,” said the mission quoted by the official IRNA news agency. “Secondly, that it will not limit its response to military targets.”

The strike on Tuesday killed Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr, who Israel held responsible for the deadly attack on Israel-occupied Golan Heights. According to Lebanon’s health ministry, five civilians — three women and two children — also died.

“Hezbollah and the (Israeli) regime had observed certain lines”, including limiting strikes to border areas and military targets, Iran’s mission said. The Beirut strike crossed that line, it added.

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