JERUSALEM, Israel.— This Sunday, the Israeli army reported that it killed another high-level Hezbollah officer in an airstrike, following the death of its top leader, Hassan Nasrallah.
The army said he died Nabil Kaouknumber two of the Hezbollah Central Councilin a bombing yesterday Saturday. Hezbollah confirmed his death on Sunday, making him the group’s seventh senior leader killed in Israeli strikes in just over a week. Among them are founding members who evaded death or arrest for decades.
Hezbollah also confirmed the death of another commander, Ali Garakiin the attack that killed Nasrallah, on Friday in Beirut.
The Israeli military said Karaki was killed in the bombing, which targeted an underground complex in Beirut where Nasrallah and other senior Hezbollah figures were meeting.
Israel says at least 20 other Hezbollah militants were killed in the attack, including two associates of Nasrallah, one of whom was in charge of his security team.
Kaouk was a veteran member of Hezbollah since the 1980s, and was the group’s military commander in southern Lebanon. The United States approved sanctions against him in 2020.
The rubble of the attack was still burning more than two days later. On Sunday, some people came to the site, some to see what was left of their homes and others to pay their respects, pray or simply to see the destruction.
Separately, the Israeli military indicated that dozens of aircraft have attacked Houthi targets in Yemen in response to the recent attack on Israel.
The military said it had attacked power plants and port facilities in the city of Hodeida.
The Houthis launched a ballistic missile attack on Ben Gurion Airport on Saturday as the prime minister arrived Benjamin Netanyahu.
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2024-10-07 01:45:15
