Israel claims to have assassinated Hezbollah military official in strike on southern Lebanon

Israel claims to have assassinated Hezbollah military official in strike on southern Lebanon

The Israeli military claimed Wednesday that it had assassinated a senior Hezbollah military figure in a drone strike in southern Lebanon. A military statement said that it had targeted the town of Babliyeh in southern Lebanon on Tuesday, 鈥渆liminating the Head of Firepower of the Zahrani sector in Hezbollah’s Badr Unit, Hussein Ali Muzhir.鈥 The army claimed that Muzhir 鈥渉ad been involved in coordinating rocket fire toward Israeli territory and had recently worked to rebuild Hezbollah鈥檚 artillery capabilities in southern Lebanon.鈥 Hezbollah has not yet commented on the Israeli claim. Lebanon鈥檚 Health Ministry confirmed that one person was killed in the Babliyeh drone strike on Tuesday. READ:聽Lebanon, US discuss linking Hezbollah鈥檚 disarmament to Israeli withdrawal Cross-border warfare between Israel and […]

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