Israel says Hezbollah commanders killed in strikes near coast Sunday

The Israeli military says two senior commanders of Hezbollah fighting forces near the Mediterranean coast were killed in a Sunday night airstrike.

In a statement, the army says the two, an operations commander and the head of the unit’s anti-tank missile network, “were responsible for promoting many terror plots in which fire was directed at Israeli towns and the forces, including anti-tank missiles and short-range fire at the western Galilee and along Israel’s seaboard.

The Israel Defense Forces says it carried out over 100 strikes on Hezbollah sites over the past day, including attacks on rocket launchers, arms depots, command centers and more.

Israel’s top commander in the north, Maj. Gen. Uri Gordin, told troops Tuesday that Hezbollah’s ability to carry out attacks on Israel had been “dramatically reduced,” according to an army statement published today.