The IDF on Tuesday announced it had assassinated a senior Hezbollah commander for the Lebanon coastal region, equivalent to the rank of an Israeli brigade commander.
According to the IDF, Ismail Yusef Baz had served for decades with Hezbollah in a variety of posts before becoming coastal commander.
Among his various roles was managing both rocket and anti-tank missile attacks from the coastal region into Israel.
In addition, Baz masterminded various terror operations against Israel.
Baz continues the list of close to a dozen senior Hezbollah officials whom Israel has killed during the war, with a smaller number of those being as high as the rank of brigade commander.
The attack also comes following Iran’s failed attempt to strike Israel with around 350 aerial threats and as Jerusalem contemplates the severity of its expected response.
Two explosive drones from Lebanon fall in Israeli territory
Earlier on Tuesday, residents of northern Israel said that two explosive drones had crossed from Lebanese territory and fell in Beit Hillel in the Galilee on Tuesday, which lightly wounded three people, Israeli media reported.
No alarm had sounded in the area, and the incident is under investigation.
Israel’s northern National Fire and Rescue Authority spokesperson said in response that three fire crews had been extinguishing a fire that had erupted as a result of the drones falling in the area.
