The Israel Defense Forces on Friday killed the commander of Hezbollah’s firepower array in the Litani sector, in the Chabriha area north of Tyre in southwestern Lebanon, the military said.
During the war with the Iranian-backed group, terrorist Mohammad Khadr al-Husseini “advanced numerous attacks toward Nahariya, Haifa and additional cities within Israeli territory,” the IDF said.
Al-Husseini was recently involved in efforts to rebuild Hezbollah’s artillery forces, the army added.
“His actions constituted a blatant violation of the understandings between Israel and Lebanon. The IDF will continue to operate to remove any threat to the State of Israel,” the Israeli military said.
Earlier on Friday, Defense Minister Israel Katz warned Hezbollah against joining Iran’s aerial war against the Jewish state.
“The Hezbollah Secretary-General [Naim Qassem] has not learned the lessons of his predecessors and is threatening to act against Israel at the direction of the Iranian dictator,” Katz tweeted, referring to past chiefs of the terrorist organization who were slain by the Israeli Air Force in September and October 2024.
“I advise the Lebanese proxy to be cautious and understand that Israel has lost patience with terrorists who threaten it. If there is terrorism—there will be no Hezbollah,” the minister wrote.
Qassem declared on Thursday his group’s support for Iran, in the wake of the severe blows it was dealt by Israel’s military over the past week, saying Hezbollah “will act as we see fit in confronting this brutal Israeli-American aggression.”
Overnight on Wednesday, the IDF killed two Hezbollah terrorist commanders in Southern Lebanon, including Mohammad Ahmad Khreiss, commander of the anti-tank unit at the Iranian proxy’s Chebaa outpost in the Nabatieh area.
“During the war, the terrorist advanced numerous attacks against the State of Israel and led the anti-tank missile attack on Mount Dov, which resulted in the death of Sharif Suad on April 26, 2024,” the military said.
Suad was a military contractor for the IDF.