TEHRAN: Iran said on Saturday it hoped Lebanon's Tehran-backed Hezbollah group would shoot deeper into Israel and stop targeting military targets after Israel killed its military commander. Hezbollah. Hezbollah has exchanged fire almost daily with the Israeli army, saying it is targeting military positions on the border, since its Palestinian ally Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, sparking war in Gaza. But Israel's announced strikes in the heavily populated South Beirut area have changed their calculations, Iran's UN envoy said.