IDF says it killed chief of Hezbollah logistics unit in southern Lebanon strike

The chief of Hezbollah’s logistics unit in southern Lebanon was killed in an Israeli drone strike earlier today, the IDF announces.

According to the military, Abbas Hassan Karaki was the head of logistics in the terror group’s so-called Southern Front. He held other senior roles in Hezbollah in recent years, the IDF says.

The IDF says Karaki “led and advanced efforts to rebuild” Hezbollah’s capabilities in southern Lebanon, along with restoring infrastructure that had been destroyed during the fighting last year.

Karaki was also responsible for “rebuilding the organization’s force structure and managing the transfer and storage of weapons in southern Lebanon,” the army says.

His actions “constituted a violation of the understandings between Israel and Lebanon,” the IDF adds.

Karaki was targeted while driving in the southern Lebanon town of Toul, near Nabatieh, earlier today.

צה"ל חיסל את מפקד הלוגיסטיקה של מפקדת 'חזית הדרום' בארגון הטרור חיזבאללה

צה"ל תקף מוקדם יותר היום, בהובלת פיקוד הצפון, באמצעות כלי טיס של חיל האוויר במרחב נבטיה שבדרום לבנון, וחיסל את המחבל עבאס חסן כרכי, מפקד הלוגיסטיקה של מפקדת 'חזית הדרום' בארגון הטרור חיזבאללה.

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