The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said that the commander of the rocket forces of the terrorist group Hezbollah, Ibrahim Qubaisi, was killed as a result of an air strike on Beirut. Along with him, according to the Israeli military, other key leaders of the missile units of the Lebanese Shiite movement were attacked.
According to the IDF, Qubaisi commanded several Hezbollah missile units, including precision-guided missiles. In addition, he was an “important source of knowledge” in the field of air weapons and had “close relations” with the terrorist group’s top military leaders, was noted in the Israel Defense Forces.
He said Ibrahim Qubaisi joined Hezbollah in the 1980s and since then has held a number of “important positions”, including a senior official in the group’s operational unit in southern Lebanon and commander Badr unit on the “southern front” of “Hezbollah”. The IDF confirmed that Qubaisi was responsible for “planning and carrying out numerous terrorist attacks against Israeli civilians and soldiers.”
The airstrike on the suburb of Dahiya, a known Hezbollah stronghold, was Israel’s fifth attack on Beirut during the war. Lebanon’s Ministry of Health said the attack killed at least 6 people and wounded 15 more. drawn local edition of The Times of Israel. At the same time, IDF Commander-in-Chief Herzi Halevi said that Israel would continue to increase its operations against Hezbollah.
Hezbollah cannot rest. We must continue to work as hard as we can. Today we will speed up offensive operations and strengthen all groups. The situation requires continuous intensive action in all directions,” said Herzi Halevi.
Meanwhile, Hezbollah fired more than 270 rockets toward Israel in response throughout Tuesday. Missile sirens sounded in Haifa, Nazareth, Safed and other cities. No damage was reported, but several people were injured.
Earlier, Telegraf.news wrote that the day before the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched a “preemptive offensive operation” and fired hundreds of rockets into southern Lebanon. On the morning of September 24, according to official information from Beirut, it is known that at least 492 people were killed and more than 1,645 wounded as a result of Israeli shelling.
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