IDF says Hezbollah artillery commander killed after ‘blatant violation’ of ceasefire

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

The commander of Hezbollah’s artillery forces in the coastal sector of southern Lebanon was killed in an Israeli airstrike earlier today, the IDF announces.

Muhammad Jamal Murad, the Hezbollah commander, was killed in the Mansouri area, south of Tyre.

During the war, the IDF says Murad was responsible for numerous rocket attacks on Israel, and in recent months was involved in efforts to restore Hezbollah’s artillery capabilities in the coastal sector.

“Murad’s activity posed a threat to the State of Israel and constituted a blatant violation of the understandings between Israel and Lebanon,” the IDF adds.

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