Beirut:
Hezbollah introduced on Wednesday the demise of a commander, hours after the Israeli military stated it had killed him in a strike on Beirut’s southern suburbs which Lebanese authorities stated killed six individuals.
In a press release, the Iran-backed group introduced the demise of “commander Ibrahim Mohammed Kobeissi”, who was “martyred on the street to Jerusalem”, the phrase Hezbollah makes use of to seek advice from fighters killed by Israeli strikes.
On Tuesday, Israel’s military stated it “eradicated Ibrahim Mohammed Kobeissi, the commander of the missile and rocket community of the Hezbollah terrorist organisation”.
Lebanon’s well being ministry stated in a press release that the “Israeli enemy raid on Ghobeiri in Beirut’s southern suburbs killed six individuals and injured 15”.
The Israeli navy stated Kobeissi commanded a number of rocket models, together with a precision-guided missile unit, and was hit together with different commanders of Hezbollah’s missiles and rockets power.
“Kobeissi was an essential supply of data within the discipline of missiles and had shut ties with senior Hezbollah navy leaders,” it stated.
Israeli navy spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari informed a media briefing that “not less than two” different commanders from Kobeissi’s power have been additionally “eradicated”.
The raid got here a day after Israel stated it had launched one other “focused strike” on Beirut’s southern suburbs.
Hezbollah stated Ali Karake, its third-in-command, was alive and had moved to security after a supply near the group informed AFP the strike on Monday had focused him.
Hezbollah and its arch-foe Israel have been exchanging near-daily cross-border hearth for the reason that Gaza struggle erupted final October.
However violence has spiralled dramatically in latest days, elevating fears of all-out struggle.
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