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Monday, February 2, 2026
IDF says Lebanon strikes killed senior Hezbollah air defense operative, another member of terror group
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEmanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
The IDF says an airstrike it conducted in southern Lebanon yesterday killed a senior Hezbollah air defense operative, and a separate strike this morning killed another member of the terror group.
The strike yesterday in the town of Harouf killed Ali al-Hadi Mustafa al-Haqqani, who the military identifies as a “senior operative” in Hezbollah’s air defense unit.
“In recent months, al-Haqqani had been involved in attempts to rehabilitate military infrastructure belonging to Hezbollah’s air defense array,” the military says.
Meanwhile, a strike this morning in Ansariyeh killed a Hezbollah operative who the IDF says was also involved in efforts to restore the terror group’s infrastructure.
“The terrorists’ activities constituted a violation of the understandings between Israel and Lebanon,” the military says.
צה"ל חיסל מחבל מרכזי במערך ההגנה האווירית של ארגון הטרור חיזבאללה
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