IDF confirms: Commander of Hezbollah’s aerial forces killed in Beirut strike

Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

A damaged building at the site of an Israeli airstrike in Beirut's southern suburbs, September 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
A damaged building at the site of an Israeli airstrike in Beirut's southern suburbs, September 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

The commander of Hezbollah’s aerial forces Muhammad Hussein Srur, was killed in the Israeli airstrike in Beirut, the IDF confirms.

According to the military, Srur directed and commanded numerous aerial attacks on Israel, including explosive-laden drones and cruise missiles.

In recent years, the IDF says he led Hezbollah’s drone manufacturing, and established sites in Lebanon where the terror group would build explosive UAVs, some of which were under civilian buildings in Beirut.

Srur joined Hezbollah in the 1980s and held various positions, including in the terror group’s air defenses, in the Aziz unit in the Radwan Force, and as Hezbollah’s attaché to Yemen where he was involved in the Houthis’ aerial forces, according to the military.

During the war he advanced numerous explosive drone attacks on Israel, as well as surveillance drones, the IDF says.

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