A senior Hezbollah operative was killed by an Israeli drone strike in Southern Lebanon on Saturday morning, according to the Israel Defense Forces.
Ali Nazih Abed Ali was a “significant terrorist” who planned and carried out various terrorist activities, according to the Israeli military. Lebanese media reported that two other people were wounded in the strike, which according to the IDF occurred near Bazourieh.
Ali’s elimination “represents a significant blow to the capabilities of the Southern Front and to the Hezbollah terrorist organization in the area,” the IDF said.
IDF takes out Hezbollah launcher following rocket barrage
The IDF struck a Hezbollah launcher overnight Saturday shortly after it was used by Iran’s Lebanese terror proxy to fire 30 projectiles at the Galilee panhandle.
Most of the rockets were intercepted by the Iron Dome aerial defense system, according to the IDF, although one fell in the area of Beit Hillel and several more landed in open areas.
No injuries were reported.
Israeli forces also struck terrorist infrastructure in the area of Marjayoun in Southern Lebanon, and IDF artillery targeted threats in the area of Odaisseh.
IDF hits Hezbollah targets over the weekend
The IDF struck numerous Hezbollah terror targets on Friday night and during the day on Saturday, including in Tayr Harfa, Kafr Kila, Rab El Thalatheen and Odaisseh.
An Israel Air Force aircraft eliminated a terrorist in the area of Deir Seryan on Saturday.
Also on Saturday, Hezbollah continued to fire projectiles into the upper and western Galilee region, with a hit identified in the Avivim area. No injuries were reported.
Hezbollah evacuates Beirut headquarters
Hezbollah is evacuating its headquarters in Beirut’s majority Shi’ite Dahieh neighborhood and moving military equipment in preparation for an escalation with Israel, Saudi news outlet Al-Hadath reported on Friday.
The terrorist group also advised residents living in buildings housing senior terrorist chiefs as well as those in nearby buildings to relocate to “safer locales.”
Hezbollah has vowed revenge for the targeted killing of senior member Fuad Shukr in Beirut on July 30.
Israel took responsibility for the Shukr killing after Hezbollah murdered 12 children on a soccer field in the Druze Golan town of Majdal Shams.
Iran, which is also planning to attack Israel with its terror proxies in response to the targeted killing last week of Hamas terror leader Ismail Haniyeh (Jerusalem has not commented on the assassination), said on Saturday that it expects Hezbollah to expand its scope beyond just military targets.
“We expect … Hezbollah to choose more targets and [strike] deeper in its response,” Iran’s mission to the United Nations said, as quoted by the official IRNA news agency.
“Secondly, that it will not limit its response to military targets.”
