From the Liveblog of
Sunday, January 25, 2026
IDF says Hezbollah artillery commander killed in earlier airstrike in south Lebanon
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEmanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
A Hezbollah artillery commander who moonlighted as a school teacher was killed in an Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon earlier today, the military says.
The strike in the town of Bazouriye, close to Tyre, killed Muhammad al-Husseini, who the IDF identifies as the chief of Hezbollah’s artillery forces in the village of Arzoun.
“At the same time as his activity in the Hezbollah terror organization, the terrorist worked as a teacher at a Lebanese school in the village,” the army says.
According to the IDF, Husseini was involved in advancing numerous attacks on Israel during the war, and recently attempted to restore Hezbollah’s rocket capabilities in southern Lebanon.
בתקיפה מדויקת בדרום לבנון: צה"ל חיסל את אחראי הארטילריה של ארגון הטרור חיזבאללה בכפר ארזון
צה"ל תקף מוקדם יותר היום במרחב אל בזוריה וחיסל את המחבל מוחמד אלחסיני, אחראי הארטילריה של ארגון הטרור חיזבאללה בכפר ארזון שבדרום לבנון. במקביל לפעילותו בארגון הטרור חיזבאללה, עבד המחבל… pic.twitter.com/T1JnOomO00
— צבא ההגנה לישראל (@idfonline) January 25, 2026
Additionally, the IDF confirms that its strike earlier today against a Hezbollah weapons manufacturing site in the southern Lebanese village of Bir el-Sanasel killed one operative, named Jawad Basma.
The Times of Israel Community.