Israeli army says killed Hezbollah commander in S. Lebanon

22/5/2025 6:23

The Israeli military said it launched a drone strike in southern Lebanon on Wednesday, killing a commander in Hezbollah's elite Radwan force.

The military issued a statement stating that the strike was carried out in the Yater area, without specifying the commander's name.

Meanwhile, Lebanon's official National News Agency (NNA), citing Khalil Kourani, head of Yater Municipality, said the dead was a citizen identified as Ali Hassan Abdel Latif Sweidan, who was targeted when he was clearing the rubble from his home using his excavator.

Earlier in the day, the Israeli military claimed to have killed Hussein Nazih Barji, a Hezbollah operative involved in the group's weapons development program, during an Israeli drone strike in the Tyre area in southern Lebanon.

The NNA confirmed the attack, but did not say if the dead was a member of Hezbollah.

The incidents were the latest in a series of Israeli attacks despite a ceasefire reached in November 2024 that ended 14 months of cross-border fighting between Israel and Hezbollah.