IDF says it killed member of Hezbollah-allied militia in southern Lebanon strike

A member of the Imam Hossein Division, an Iranian militia which operates alongside Hezbollah, was killed in an airstrike in southern Lebanon earlier today, the IDF announces.

According to the military, the operative, Wasim Saeed Jaba’i, was targeted in the town of Ain Baal, near Tyre.

Jaba’i was both a member of Imam Hossein and Hezbollah, and was considered a “central figure” in the Iranian militia’s force build-up efforts, the IDF says.

As part of his role, the IDF says Jaba’i advanced weapon procurement deals, assisted in carrying out rocket attacks against northern Israel during the conflict in Lebanon last year, and led efforts to rehabilitate the militia following the fighting.

The army says that the operative’s activities “constitute a violation of the understanding between Israel and Lebanon.”

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