From the Liveblog of
Friday, July 4, 2025
IDF confirms killing Lebanese Quds Force operative in strike near Beirut
Stav Levaton is a military reporter for The Times of Israel
The IDF and Shin Bet confirm that they killed Qassem Al-Husseini, a Lebanese operative affiliated with Iran’s Quds Force, after he was targeted in a strike yesterday.
Al-Husseini was killed in an Israeli airstrike near the village of Sil, near Beirut, following precise intelligence provided by the Shin Bet, Northern Command and Military Intelligence.
According to the IDF, who was advancing terror plots against Israel along the northern border and played a central role in smuggling weapons from Iran through Syria into Lebanon and the West Bank, working closely with Syrian and Lebanese arms dealers.
His death, the military says, deals a significant blow to Iranian-backed efforts to arm terror groups across the region.
The Times of Israel Community.