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Friday, June 5, 2026
Hezbollah’s chief engineer killed in Israeli strike in Lebanon last week, IDF says
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
Hezbollah’s chief engineer was killed in an Israeli strike in Lebanon last week, the IDF announces.
The IDF says it struck Abed Harb, the commander of Hezbollah’s engineering unit, after he “attempted to harm” Israeli soldiers.
“Harb commanded the engineering unit that was responsible for assembling and deploying explosives intended to harm IDF soldiers in southern Lebanon,” the military says.
The IDF says Harb was a veteran commander in Hezbollah and was responsible for “numerous attacks against IDF soldiers” over the decades.
Additionally, the military says the Israeli Air Force struck last night a launcher used by Hezbollah to fire rockets at troops in southern Lebanon. It publishes footage of the strike.
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