Senior Hezbollah commander in anti-tank unit killed last night, says IDF

By Emanuel Fabian

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26 March 2026, 7:52 pm

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Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

Smoke rises from an Israeli airstrike targeting Hezbollah that hit Zibbikin village as seen from Tyre, Lebanon, March 26, 2026. (AP/Hussein Malla)

A senior Hezbollah commander in the terror group’s anti-tank missile unit was killed in an Israeli Air Force strike in Lebanon last night, the military announces.

The IDF says Hassan Mohammad Bashir was killed in the Hajir area.

Bashir had commanded and advanced hundreds of anti-tank missile attacks against Israeli troops and civilians in the past two years, the military says.

The IDF says that in recent months, Bashir had begun to work with Hezbollah’s anti-tank forces that are based north of the Litani River, “and has since been involved in training many operatives.”