The Israeli Air Force carried out an airstrike on Wednesday on the Lebanese-Syrian border targeting a key terrorist in Hezbollah’s Unit 4400, who is said to be responsible for arms smuggling, the Israel Defense Forces said.
“Mahran Ali Nasser Al-Din played a significant role in Hezbollah’s weapons smuggling operations, and he was directly involved in coordinating with smugglers operating along the Syria-Lebanon border,” according to the statement.
The IDF said the terrorist was attacked after “repeatedly violating the [truce] understandings between Israel and Lebanon, including his involvement in the transfer of arms to the Hezbollah terror group.
Unit 4400 continues to transfer weapons to Hezbollah “in a manner that poses a threat to the security of the State of Israel, in blatant violation of the understandings between Israel and Lebanon,” the statement added.
On Tuesday, the IDF struck a Hezbollah production and storage facility for “strategic weapons” in Lebanon’s Beqaa Valley, 30 miles east of Beirut.
The strike was conducted after Hezbollah terrorists were identified as operating within the facility, according to the IDF.
“The activity in these sites constitutes a blatant violation of the ceasefire understandings between Israel and Lebanon,” the military stated.
The IDF on Sunday struck several rocket launchers in Southern Lebanon that it said posed an imminent threat to Israeli civilians.
Additionally, the IDF targeted Hezbollah military sites in the Baalbek region and multiple locations in Southern Lebanon, attacking rocket launchers and weapons depots.
Tuesday’s strike came hours before Hezbollah buried its former leader, Hassan Nasrallah, in Beirut’s southern suburb of Dahiyeh. Nasrallah, who led the Iranian proxy for more than three decades, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Sept. 27.
IAF fighter jets flew low over the Lebanese capital as the funeral procession got underway, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz confirmed in a statement.
“The IAF jets that are now circling in the skies over Beirut over Hassan Nasrallah’s funeral are conveying a clear message: Whoever threatens to destroy Israel and attacks Israel—that will be their end,” he said.
“You will specialize in funerals—and we will specialize in victories,” he added.
The IDF on Saturday night struck a Syria-Lebanon border crossing through which the military said Hezbollah was attempting to smuggle weapons.
The IDF called these attempts a “blatant violation” of the ceasefire and vowed to “prevent any attempt by the Hezbollah terrorist organization to rebuild its forces.”
