Israel and Lebanon have exchanged strikes since the start of the war in the Middle East and the IDF has reportedly killed one of Hezbollah leaders. The Israeli army announced this Friday that it had eliminated a leader of the missile unit of the Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah in an airstrike in the Bazouriyé region, in southern Lebanon.
“Earlier Friday, an Israeli Air Force plane shot and killed Ali Abdel Hassan Naïm, deputy commander of Hezbollah's rocket and missile unit, in the Bazouriyeh region,” said the army in a press release. The man was notably “responsible for carrying out and planning attacks against Israeli civilians,” she said.
42 Syrian soldiers and Hezbollah fighters killed
According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (OSDH), at least 42 Syrian soldiers and Lebanese Hezbollah fighters were killed in Israeli strikes this Friday in Aleppo, in northern Syria. Israel has intensified its strikes in Syria since the start of the war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, notably targeting positions of Hezbollah, an ally of the Palestinian movement, the Syrian regime and Iran, all sworn enemies of Israel .
At the same time, Israel and the Lebanese movement have engaged in daily exchanges of fire along the Israeli-Lebanese border since the start of the war in Gaza, triggered by the Hamas attack carried out on October 7 in Israel.