The Israeli military announced on Tuesday that it carried out an airstrike in Beirut targeting and killing a senior Hezbollah commander accused of being behind a rocket attack that killed 12 children and teens in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights over the weekend.
A Hezbollah official and the group's TV station reported that the Israeli airstrike hit Hezbollah's stronghold in Haret Hreik, a suburb south of Beirut, causing damage to several buildings.
NNA, a Lebanese state news agency, said the attack was conducted by a drone, and three missiles were fired.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reported the death of a senior Hezbollah commander, Fuad Shukr, who was responsible for the drone strike that resulted in the deaths of 12 children and teenagers over the weekend. He was killed in the IDF strike on Tuesday in southern Beirut.
Also known as Hajj Mohsin, Shukr joined Hezbollah in 1985 while wanted by the U.S. government for his involvement in the 1983 Beirut barracks bombing targeting U.S. Marines. At the time of his death, Shukr was a senior adviser to Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.
The IDF confirmed the operation in a press release, stating that its fighter jets “eliminated the Hezbollah terrorist organization's most senior military commander [Shukr].”
Hezbollah has not verified Shukr's death.
