High Hezbollah commander Ibrahim Mohammed Kobeissi died in an Israeli strike on South Beriut, the Iran-backed group introduced on Wednesday. This got here hours after Israel had claimed that it had “eradicated” Kobeissi in a strike that killed six and injured 15, in accordance with Lebanon.
“Kobeissi was an necessary supply of information within the discipline of missiles and had shut ties with senior Hezbollah army leaders,” Hezbollah mentioned in an announcement including that he was “martyred on the street to Jerusalem.”
Earlier, the Israeli military had mentioned that it “eradicated Ibrahim Mohammed Kobeissi, the commander of the missile and rocket community of the Hezbollah terrorist organisation.”
Israeli army spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari introduced at a media briefing that “not less than two” different commanders from Kobeissi’s unit have been additionally “eradicated” in a latest raid.
This operation adopted Israel’s reported “focused strike” within the southern suburbs of Beirut. Hezbollah later said that its third-in-command, Ali Karake, was alive and had moved to security after being focused within the strike on Monday.
“Israeli enemy raid on Ghobeiri in Beirut’s southern suburbs killed six individuals and injured 15,” Lebanon’s well being ministry mentioned.
For the reason that onset of the Gaza warfare final October, Hezbollah and Israel have engaged in cross-border exchanges of fireplace, with latest escalations elevating issues of an all-out warfare.
Israel mentioned that its warplanes focused 1,600 Hezbollah websites on Monday (native time), destroying cruise missiles, long- and short-range rockets, and assault drones, together with weaponry hidden in non-public properties.
This escalation adopted a big alternate of fireplace on Sunday, throughout which Hezbollah fired roughly 150 rockets, missiles, and drones into northern Israel.
Final week, quite a few communications units, primarily utilized by Hezbollah, exploded in numerous areas throughout Lebanon, leading to 39 deaths and almost 3,000 accidents, lots of whom have been civilians. Whereas Lebanon attributed the explosions to Israel, the Israeli authorities neither confirmed nor denied involvement.
