of Iran-backed terrorist organization Hezbollah announced on Monday that one of its top commanders had been killed in an airstrike.
The attack on Jawad al-Tawil, who led the group's Radwan forces, israeli army, The Jerusalem Post reports, citing information from Hezbollah and other media outlets. The extremist group later confirmed his death on Telegram.
Security sources told Reuters that al-Tawil was traveling in a car with another Hezbollah fighter in the village of Majdal Serum in southern Lebanon when he was attacked.
“This is a very painful attack,” one official said, while another added: “The situation is only going to get worse.”
Hezbollah leader says Lebanon will be 'exposed' to Israeli attack if it does not respond to Hamas leader's death
Fighters from the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah train in the village of Ahramta in southern Lebanon in May 2023. (AP/Hassan Ammar)
More than 130 of the militant group's fighters have been killed in cross-border skirmishes between Israeli forces and Hezbollah since Hamas launched its war against Israel on October 7, the news agency said. .
Last week, Hezbollah-affiliated news outlets reported that Hamas's deputy leader, Saleh Allouri, had been killed in an Israeli airstrike.
Al-Mayadeen, a publication linked to Hezbollah, reported that a senior Hamas official said: killed on the outskirts of Beirut Dahie's on Tuesday.
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Al-Tawil is responsible for training Hezbollah fighters and was seen in southern Lebanon in May 2023. (AP/Hassan Ammar)
Israeli officials have denied involvement in the attack, but have noted the “surgical” precision of the attack.
Mark Regev, a senior adviser to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, told MSNBC following the attack, “Israel does not take responsibility for this attack, but whoever did it, it was not an attack on the Lebanese state.'' Obviously not,” he told MSNBC.
Allouri is one of the founders of Hamas' military wing and has overseen the terrorist group's operations in the West Bank.
Days later, Hezbollah chief Said Hassan Nasrallah said Lebanon would be “exposed” to Israeli attack if the terrorist group did not respond to Alouli's death.
Firefighters are extinguishing a fire inside an apartment building following a massive explosion in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, on Tuesday, January 2nd. Hamas and Hezbollah have condemned the Israeli airstrike that killed a top Hamas leader in Beirut. (AP/Hussein Mara)
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Prime Minister Nasrallah said in a televised address that Hezbollah “cannot remain silent about this level of violation.”
Fox News' Yonat Friling, Timothy HJ Nerozzi and Chris Pandolfo contributed to this report.
