A senior Hezbollah commander responsible for rocket fire on Israel was killed in a recent airstrike in southern Lebanon, the IDF announces.
According to the military, Jaafar Khader Faour was the head of the rocket and missile array in Hezbollah’s Nasr regional division. The division is responsible for the region between Mount Dov and the Bint Jbeil area.
The IDF says Faour was killed in a strike in southern Lebanon’s Jouaiyya, along with the commander of Hezbollah’s drone unit in the regional division.
Faour was behind numerous rocket attacks on Israel from the eastern sector of southern Lebanon, the IDF says, including July’s deadly attacks on Majdal Shams, killing 12 children, and Golan Heights, killing a couple.
An undated photo of Hezbollah commander Jaafar Khader Faour, who was killed in an IDF strike in south Lebanon, in a photo released on November 2, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
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