BEIRUT/JERUSALEM, Sept 21 — Israel killed a top Hezbollah commander and other senior figures in the Lebanese movement in an airstrike on Beirut on Friday, vowing to press on with a new military campaign until it is able to secure the area around the Lebanese border.

BEIRUT, Aug 6 — Israeli warplanes broke the sound barrier three times over Beirut in less than 30 minutes today, leading to loud booms that sent people in the city running for cover just ahead of a speech by the head of the powerful Iran-backed group Hezbollah.