Israel launched airstrikes on Beirut for the first time since agreeing to the ceasefire with Lebanon in mid-April, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.

BEIRUT, May 6 (Reuters) - Israel struck Beirut on Wednesday for the first time since agreeing to a ceasefire with Hezbollah last month, with Israel saying it targeted a commander of the militant group's elite Radwan force in the city's southern suburbs.

Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon have killed at least five people. Lebanon’s Health Ministry reported that the strikes Friday targeted the village of Toura near Tyre, wounding eight others.

The strike was the first near the Lebanese capital since a cease-fire that has curbed fighting but not halted it. Washington is pushing for a lasting peace, hoping it will ease diplomacy with Iran.

At the doors of Beirut’s Rafik Hariri University Hospital, the human cost of Israel’s weeks-long assault on Lebanon was etched onto the faces of desperate families waiting for news of their loved ones.

As concerns mount that Israel’s parallel war with Lebanon could jeopardize progress in U.S.-Iran negotiations, here’s what to know about the conflict, its key players, and the steeped history behind the clashes.

Israel says it targeted a senior Hezbollah figure in the capital, the first strike of its kind since mid-April.