A senior Hezbollah commander has been killed in an Israeli airstrike in Lebanon.
Mohammed Qassem Al-Shaer, a commander of Hezbollah’s elite Radwan Force, was killed in a strike on the village of Qaraoun in the western Beqaa district on Tuesday, according to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).
The IDF said Al-Shaer had “advanced numerous terrorist activities against the state of Israel” and his “elimination” would impair the Iran-backed militant group’s ability to launch attacks against Israel from southern Lebanon.
Hezbollah confirmed Al-Shaer had been killed and said it responded to his killing by launching “dozens” of Katyusha rockets and several drones toward two locations in northern Israel.
The IDF said those attacks caused no casualties, with some of the “projectiles” being intercepted and others falling in an open area.
The Israeli military added that it had responded by striking Hezbollah launchers “in the areas of Mansouri and At Tiri,” which …