TEHRAN -- Iran has strongly condemned an Israeli strike near Beirut, calling it a blatant violation of Lebanon’s sovereignty.
An Israeli attack on a residential building in the south of the Lebanese capital, Beirut, left at least three people martyred and over 70 others injured.
According to the Lebanese media, the attack on the Al-Dahiyeh area of Beirut destroyed two floors of the building. The casualties included two children.
Hezbollah said Wednesday that senior military commander Fuad Shukr was inside the building in Beirut’s southern suburbs hit by Israel the previous day and that he had been martyred in the terrorist attack. 
“The great jihadist commander brother Fuad Shukr (Hajj Mohsen) was present” in the building targeted by “the Zionist enemy”, Hezbollah said in a statement.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kana’ni said Iran considered the attack by the Israeli regime “a clear violation of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Lebanon and a flagrant violation of international laws and regulations and the United Nations Charter.”
The spokesman said the criminal act certainly cannot stop “the proud resistance of Lebanon from continuing the honorable path of supporting the oppressed Palestinians and standing against the aggression of the Israeli apartheid regime.”
He emphasized the legitimate right of the Lebanese government, army and resistance to take action in response to the Israeli aggressive actions.
Kana’ni blamed the regime of Israel and the U.S. government for escalating tensions and crisis in the region.
He also called on the international community as well as the United Nations Security Council to take action against the Israeli regime’s threats against Lebanon’s security and regional peace and stability.
The spokesman expressed his condolences to the families of the victims of the aggression and his solidarity with the Lebanese government and nation.