Israel has confirmed the death of senior Hezbollah commander Ali Ahmed Hassin.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) killed the commander in a successful strike on Monday in southern Lebanon.
Hassin held a position equivalent to a brigade commander was reportedly responsible for attacks on northern Israel’s Ramin Ridge during the ongoing war with Hamas.
The IDF said: “As part of his role, he was responsible for the planning and execution of terror attacks in the Ramim Ridge area against the Israeli home front.”
They also claimed to have killed two other Hezbollah members in the strike on as-Sultaniyah, Lebanon. Hassin was killed “on the road to Jerusalem,” according to Hezbollah, who use this phrase to denote being killed by Israel.
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Hassin was part of the Radwan force within Hezbollah, believed to have infiltrated into Israel, according to Israeli officials.
His death marks the fifth Hezbollah officer of the same rank to be killed by Israel, with the IDF reporting more than 30 commanders’ deaths in the past six months.
The same day, Hezbollah launched an attack on Rosh Hanikra in northern Israel. They took responsibility for the strike, specifically targeting an Israeli naval base.
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The IDF reported a small fire as a result of the attack, but there were no injuries. It caused drone infiltration sirens to go off in several areas in the Western Galilee.
Hezbollah has reported the deaths of 273 of its members in Lebanon and Syria since October 8. The majority of deaths have occurred in Lebanon, which has also seen the death of 53 other operatives from different terror groups.
The group are funded by Iran, and its leader, Hassan Nasrallah, recently publicly claimed the group would retaliate for Israeli strikes in the country.
