2024-02-27 21:18:03
The Israeli military says it has killed a senior officer in the Shiite Hezbollah militia in an airstrike in southern Lebanon. Brigade commander Hussein Salami was deliberately killed on Monday because he led rocket attacks on the northern Israeli town of Kiriat Shmona and a local Israeli military commandsaid the Israeli army. Salami was driving in the village of Madschadel, 20 kilometers east of Tyre, when the guided missile dropped by an Israeli fighter jet hit him.
Hezbollah confirmed Salami’s death in an Israeli attack, but did not provide details of his rank. Since the Gaza war broke out on October 7, the pro-Iranian Hezbollah has attacked northern Israel, often several times a day, with artillery and anti-tank missiles. Israel responds with air and artillery strikes on Hezbollah bases, observation posts and launch sites in southern Lebanon.
Furthermore, the Israeli Air Force repeatedly attacks Hezbollah fighters and commanders with targeted air strikes. On Monday, the Shiite militia shot down an Israeli drone over southern Lebanon. In response, the Israeli Air Force bombed a building near the town of Baalbek in northeast Lebanon. Lebanese security circles said two people were killed, presumably Hezbollah fighters.
Later that followingnoon, Hezbollah fired around 60 rockets into the Israeli-occupied Syrian Golan Heights. There were initially no reports of victims. Israel responded with air strikes on the launch sites, the military said on Monday evening. (sda/dpa)
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