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IDF says it killed Hezbollah intelligence chief in overnight strike

By Emanuel Fabian 2 March 2026, 2:21 pm
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Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

People inspect a damaged building after an Israeli airstrike in Beirut's southern suburb neighborhood of Haret Hreik on March 2, 2026. (Photo by IBRAHIM AMRO / AFP)
People inspect a damaged building after an Israeli airstrike in Beirut's southern suburb neighborhood of Haret Hreik on March 2, 2026. (Photo by IBRAHIM AMRO / AFP)

Hezbollah’s intelligence chief was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut overnight, the IDF announces.

The IDF says it can now confirm that its overnight strike in the Lebanese capital killed Hussein Makled, “who served as the head of Hezbollah’s intelligence headquarters.”

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