Israeli army says killed several Hezbollah commanders in southern Lebanon
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People and rescuers gather near the smouldering rubble of a building destroyed in an Israeli air strike in Beirut's southern suburbs on Sept 27.
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JERUSALEM - The Israeli army said on Sept 28 it killed the commander of Hezbollah’s missile unit in southern Lebanon in an air strike, along with his deputy and several other leaders of the Iran-backed movement.
Israeli fighter jets killed “Muhammad Ali Ismail, the commander of Hezbollah’s missile unit in southern Lebanon, and his deputy,” the military said in a statement on Telegram, adding that “other Hezbollah commanders and terrorists were eliminated”.
The statement said Mr Ismail was “responsible for many acts of terrorism...including rocket launches towards the territory of the State of Israel and the launch of a surface-to-surface missile towards the centre of the country last Wednesday”.
The Israeli military said it also killed Mr Ibrahim Muhammad Kabisi and “other senior officials in Hezbollah’s missile and rocket array”.
Hezbollah has not confirmed or denied Israel’s announcement about the commanders. AFP
