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Hezbollah confirms death of operative in Israeli drone strike
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
The Hezbollah terror group confirms the death of Hussein Ali Hussein Suleiman in an IDF drone strike in southern Lebanon’s Deir Qanoun earlier this evening.
His death brings the terror group’s toll in IDF strikes since October to at least 415.
The IDF said Suleiman was a prominent member of Hezbollah’s rocket and missile unit.