Israeli military confirms death of Hezbollah missile and Qubaisi rocket commander

Death confirmed in Lebanon airstrike on 24th

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed on the 24th (local time) that Ibrahim Muhammad Qubaisi, the head of Hezbollah’s missile and rocket unit, was killed in an airstrike in Lebanon. The photo shows rescue workers inspecting a building damaged by an Israeli airstrike in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, on the 24th. 2024.09.25.[베이루트=AP/뉴시스]
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed on the 24th (local time) that Ibrahim Muhammad Qubaisi, the head of Hezbollah’s missile and rocket unit, was killed in an airstrike in Lebanon.

According to the Times of Israel (TOI) and CNN, the Israeli military released a video of the airstrike on Lebanon that day and made this statement.

The Israeli military said Kubaisi was “responsible for launching missiles against Israel for many years and during the war,” and “was a key source of knowledge in the field of missiles and was close to Hezbollah’s military supremacy. ”

According to the Israeli military, Qubaisi planned kidnapping attacks and other attacks on Dob Mountain in the 2000s. In the attack, Israeli soldiers Sergeant Benjamin Abraham, Sergeant Adi Avitan, and Sergeant Omar Sawad were killed and kidnapped. Their bodies were returned in a prisoner exchange in 2004.

Qubaisi, who joined Hezbollah in 1908, held several important positions, including senior positions in the counter-terrorist operations department, the Israeli military said.

At the same time, the Lebanese Ministry of Health announced that 6 people were killed and 15 wounded in an Israeli airstrike on Lebanon.

Pictures from the scene showed smoke rising from the top two floors of the apartment.

As Israel continued heavy airstrikes in Lebanon on the 24th after the previous day, the death toll rose to 558, the Lebanese Ministry of Health said.

The Ministry of Health said that 50 of them were children and 94 were women.

Health Minister Firas Abyad said another 1,835 people were injured and that those injured were being treated in 54 hospitals across Lebanon.

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