Israel announced the killing of another senior Hezbollah commander in a Lebanese airstrike

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have announced the killing of another senior Hezbollah official in an airstrike in the Lebanese capital Beirut, two days after the killing of the militant group’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah.

Making the announcement on Sunday, the IDF said Nabil Qaouq, a member of Hezbollah’s central council was killed in an airstrike on Saturday, adding that its air force continued to strike dozens of targets around Lebanon on Sunday after carrying out “hundreds” of strikes. attack on Friday and Saturday.

According to reports in Israeli media, IDF airstrikes in recent months have destroyed Hezbollah’s senior command structure, with Nasrallah’s right-hand man Fuad Shukr, elite force chief Radwan Ibrahim Aqil and others among those killed.

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It was later announced that Qaouq was “hit and eliminated” in an attack in southern Beirut on Saturday.

“A wave of attacks over the past week on Hezbollah strongholds around Lebanon has also left Mediterranean countries and the wider region fearful of more violence,” one of the reports said.

Although Hezbollah has not officially announced Qaouq’s death, Lebanon’s National News Agency has reported a series of raids in and around the eastern town of Baalbek, saying at least six people were killed in an attack on a house in the northeastern region of Hermel. .

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