IDF says it killed 2 Hezbollah commanders, including chief of elite anti-tank missile unit

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

Two Hezbollah commanders, including a member of the terror group’s elite Radwan Force, were killed in recent airstrikes in southern Lebanon, the IDF says.

A strike carried out by fighter jets in as-Sultaniyah killed Riyad Reda Ghazzawi, whom the IDF identifies as a commander in the Radwan Force’s anti-tank missile unit.

The IDF says he was behind numerous anti-tank attacks on Israel and troops operating in southern Lebanon.

Additional strikes targeted several buildings in Safad al-Battikh where the IDF says Hezbollah members were operating.

The IDF says that a commander at Hezbollah’s headquarters was killed in the strikes. He was responsible for transferring weapons to Hezbollah cells, as well as recruitment, according to the military.

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