A Hezbollah terrorist was killed on Friday in an Israeli drone strike in the southern Lebanese town of Kounine, the Israel Defense Forces said.
The military identified the target as Ibrahim Raslan, a Hezbollah maintenance officer involved in restoring the terror group’s infrastructure in southern Lebanon.
“The terrorist’s activities constituted a threat to the State of Israel and its civilians, and a violation of the understandings between Israel and Lebanon,” the IDF said in a statement.
צה"ל חיסל מחבל בארגון הטרור חיזבאללה בדרום לבנון
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צה"ל תקף וחיסל מוקדם יותר היום, בהובלת פיקוד הצפון ובאמצעות חיל האוויר את המחבל אברהים מחמד ראסלן, קצין תחזוקה בארגון הטרור חיזבאללה, במרחב כונין שבדרום לבנון.
המחבל עסק בנסיונות שיקום תשתיות טרור של חיזבאללה.
פעולותיו של המחבל… pic.twitter.com/XJ5RmgIggj
It was the third consecutive day that the IDF hit Hezbollah targets in Southern Lebanon. On Thursday, it struck a launcher and tunnel shaft in the area of Mahmudiyah.
“The presence of the infrastructure in the area constitutes a violation of the understandings between Israel and Lebanon,” the IDF said, adding that it will “continue to operate to remove any threat posed to the State of Israel.”
On Wednesday night, IDF troops struck a suspect during a raid in the village of Blida as part of its operations to destroy Hezbollah terror infrastructure.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened the Security Cabinet and the heads of Israel’s security agencies on Thursday to discuss reports that Hezbollah was regrouping in Southern Lebanon.
