IDF kills Hezbollah commander in southern Lebanon's Baraachit

Israeli Air Force jets have struck and killed Abu Ali Rida, the Hezbollah commander of the Baraachit area in southern Lebanon, the IDF says, adding that he was responsible for planning and carrying out rocket and anti-tank missile attacks on IDF troops and commanded terror activities by Hezbollah operatives in that area.

Forces from the 91st Division are continuing to destroy terror infrastructure and confront terror operatives in southern Lebanon, the military adds.

It says that in the past day, forces from the 228th Brigade spotted a gunman in a building near the border with Israel, and opened fire at the building. Aftershocks were then observed.