The Israel Defense Forces on Thursday carried out a precision airstrike in the Dahiyeh district of Beirut, a Hezbollah stronghold in the Lebanese capital’s southern suburbs.
The strike targeted the commander of the Iranian-backed terror group’s aerial forces, according to Israeli reports.
Lebanon’s Al Mayadeen TV channel, which is affiliated with Hezbollah, reported that at least four people were killed in the Israeli airstrike.
On Tuesday, Israeli Air Force jets carried out another strike in Dahiyeh, killing Ibrahim Qubaisi, the commander of Hezbollah’s missile and rocket array.
That strike came less than 24 hours after the attempted assassination of Hezbollah’s No. 3 terrorist commander, Ali Karaki, in the same area.
On Friday, the IDF took credit for a targeted airstrike in Dahiyeh that killed more than a dozen senior Hezbollah terrorist officials, including Ibrahim Aqil, who was also wanted by Washington over his involvement in the 1983 bombing of the U.S. embassy in Beirut.
Jerusalem has escalated attacks on Hezbollah since adding the return of evacuated Israeli civilians to the north as an official war goal on Sept. 17.
Hezbollah has attacked Israel nearly daily since Oct. 8, 2023, firing thousands of rockets, missiles and drones. The attacks have killed more than 40 people and caused widespread damage. Tens of thousands of Israeli civilians remain internally displaced due to the violence.
(JNS)