Over the past day, Israel has carried out several strikes on southern Lebanon, one of which resulted in the death of a top Hezbollah commander.
According to the Israel Defence Forces (IDF), Mohammed Qassem Al-Shaer, a commander of Hezbollah’s elite Radwan Force, was killed on Tuesday in an attack on the village of Qaraoun in the western Beqaa district.
Al-Shaer had “advanced numerous terrorist activities against the state of Israel,” according to the IDF, and his “elimination” would make it more difficult for the militant group backed by Iran to attack Israel from southern Lebanon. Hezbollah acknowledged that Al-Shaer had been slain and declared that it had fired “dozens” of Katyusha rockets and multiple drones at two points in northern Israel in retaliation.
The IDF said that some of the “projectiles” were intercepted and that others fell in an open area, but no casualties were reported. According to the IDF, in retaliation, it attacked Hezbollah launchers that were utilised in the attacks “in the areas of Mansouri and At Tiri.” The IDF said on Wednesday that it had targeted 30 Hezbollah launchers and “terrorist infrastructure sites” in southern Lebanon throughout the night because they “posed a threat to Israeli civilians.”
Multiple Israeli strikes were reported by the state media in Lebanon, NNA, throughout the night. Some of these strikes resulted in “extensive damage” to buildings, crops, and property in the town of Al-Qlaileh.
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