The chief of Hezbollah’s logistics unit in southern Lebanon was killed in an Israeli drone strike earlier today, the IDF announces, APA reports, citing The Times of Israel.
According to the military, Abbas Hassan Karki was the head of logistics. He held other senior roles in Hezbollah in recent years, the IDF says.
The IDF says Karki “led and advanced efforts to rebuild” Hezbollah’s capabilities in southern Lebanon, along with restoring infrastructure that had been destroyed during the fighting last year.
Karki was also responsible for “rebuilding the organization’s force structure and managing the transfer and storage of weapons in southern Lebanon,” the army says.
His actions “constituted a violation of the understandings between Israel and Lebanon,” the IDF adds.
Karki was targeted while driving in the southern Lebanon town of Toul, near Nabatieh, earlier today.
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14:13
A Hezbollah member was killed as a result of a drone strike by Israel on a car in Lebanon, APA reports, citing Lebanese media.
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13:58
An Israeli drone has hit a car in the Tul region of southern Lebanon, APA reports, citing Lebanese sources.
One person was killed in the attack.
The Israeli side has not yet officially commented on the incident.
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