Hezbollah introduced on Wednesday the loss of life of a commander, hours after the Israeli military mentioned it had killed him in a strike on Beirut’s southern suburbs which Lebanese authorities mentioned killed six individuals.
In an announcement, the Iran-backed group introduced the loss of life of “commander Ibrahim Mohammed Kobeissi”, who was “martyred on the highway to Jerusalem”, the phrase Hezbollah makes use of to consult with fighters killed by Israeli strikes.
On Tuesday, Israel’s military mentioned it “eradicated Ibrahim Mohammed Kobeissi, the commander of the missile and rocket community of the Hezbollah terrorist organisation”.
Lebanon’s well being ministry mentioned in an announcement that the “Israeli enemy raid on Ghobeiri in Beirut’s southern suburbs killed six individuals and injured 15”.
The Israeli army mentioned Kobeissi commanded a number of rocket items, together with a precision-guided missile unit, and was hit together with different commanders of Hezbollah’s missiles and rockets drive.
“Kobeissi was an necessary supply of data within the area of missiles and had shut ties with senior Hezbollah army leaders,” it mentioned.
Israeli army spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari instructed a media briefing that “a minimum of two” different commanders from Kobeissi’s drive have been additionally “eradicated”.
The raid got here a day after Israel mentioned it had launched one other “focused strike” on Beirut’s southern suburbs.
Hezbollah mentioned Ali Karake, its third-in-command, was alive and had moved to security after a supply near the group instructed AFP the strike on Monday had focused him.
Hezbollah and its arch-foe Israel have been exchanging near-daily cross-border hearth because the Gaza warfare erupted final October.
However violence has spiralled dramatically in latest days, elevating fears of all-out warfare.
