Hezbollah is mourning its leader Muhammad Hussein Sorour after an attack on the southern bank

He mourned Hezbollah The head of the Lebanese army of the party, Muhammad Hussein Sorour, said after his announcement Israel’s army He was murdered in an attack on him South bank To Beirut on Thursday.

The party said in a statement released on Thursday evening, “With greater pride and honor, the Islamic resistance celebrates the Martyr, Mujahid Leader Muhammad Hussein Surur (Hajj Abu Saleh), born in 1973 from the town of Aita al-Shaab in… . South Lebanon“, affirming that “he rose as a martyr on the road to Jerusalem after the Israeli massacre in the southern suburb of Beirut.

He said that Sorour “participated in many anti-Islamic actions against the Israeli occupation,” and that he was “one of the leading officers in the fight against Takfiri attacks on Lebanon’s eastern borders and in several Syrian governments,” according to the party’s statement.

The statement indicated that Sorour moved between several military specialties and assumed responsibility for the Air Force in the Resistance from 2020, “and led the Air Force’s military operations in the Islamic Resistance on the Lebanese support front since the start of the battle.” Al-Aqsa flood“.

An Al Jazeera journalist said that the Israeli army carried out an airstrike F-35 In the district of Al-Qaim in the southern suburbs of Beirut, while the Ministry of Health of Lebanon announced two dead and 15 wounded in an initial charge.

Destruction due to the Israeli attack on the south bank of Beirut (Anatolia)

For its part, the Israeli army announced that Muhammad Hussein Sorour had been freed in this raid, describing him as the head of Hezbollah’s air unit, and also broadcasting footage that it said recorded his ‘ process to aim at.

The killing came amid the most violent and widespread attack launched by Israel on Lebanon since the start of the conflict with Hezbollah about a year ago. As a result of the intense raids more than 700 people were killed in Lebanon, including children, women, and paramedics, and about 2,600 others were injured and tens of thousands of residents were displaced.

In the last few days, Israel has murdered several high-ranking people Leaders of Hezbollah In their introduction Ibrahim AqeelBut they failed to assassinate the leader Ali Karaki Who was described by the Israeli media as the third man in the party.