The Israeli army bombed Beirut’s southern suburbs, colloquially known as Dahiyeh, on Sunday as rescuers recovered the body of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah from the area.

The military confirmed it had carried out an assassination of a Hezbollah commander but did not specify the individual’s name or fate.

Hours earlier, it announced the killing of senior Hezbollah figure Nabil Kaouk in Beirut on Saturday, marking the latest in a series of targeted attacks on the group’s leaders over the past few weeks.

Hezbollah has confirmed Kaouk’s death and also announced the killing of commander Ali Karaki alongside Nasrallah on Friday evening.

Israel has carried out a relentless bombing campaign across Lebanon in recent days, targeting areas in Beirut as well as the south and the east of the country. 

Border regions in Syria, including al-Qusayr, were also targeted by Israeli strikes.

The continued bombings have raised concerns that the Israeli army may be preparing for a ground invasion of Lebanon.

Israeli tanks have been seen amassing near the Lebanese border, with ABC News quoting a US official who said that Israel may conduct a limited ground operation in southern Lebanon.

Lebanon’s caretaker prime minister, Najib Mikati, said Israeli attacks have displaced up to 1 million people in Lebanon, calling it “the largest displacement movement that may have happened” in the country’s history.

Sunday’s attacks were particularly severe in northeastern Lebanon’s Beqaa Valley, where at least 17 members of the same family were killed in an Israeli strike on a home in the town of Zboud.

Beirut’s streets remain filled with people who fled this week’s attacks on Dahiyeh as they search for temporary shelter.