Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
WASHINGTON DC, 11th Jan. Israel Defense Forces on Wednesday has said that it has killed a senior commander of Hezbollah responsible for several drone attacks on Israel.
IDF spokesman Daniel Hagari in a press statement confirmed that the Hezbollah commander Ali Hussein Barji was killed by an Israeli air strike on Tuesday evening.
Israel said that the slain commander was in charge of the drone unit of Hezbollah in southern Lebanon and was instrumental in several drone attacks on Israel, including the one on the IDF base in northern Israel on Tuesday morning.
Arab and Hebrew media reported that the attack took place in the town of Khirbet Selm, shortly before the funeral of another senior Hezbollah commander, Wissam Hassan Tawil, who was killed in an alleged Israeli strike on Monday.
Hezbollah has formally announced the death of Barji, stated that he was killed “on the road to Jerusalem,” a euphemism it uses to eulogize its fighters.
IDF added that the killings of the Sr. Hezbollah commanders Wissam Hassan Tawil and Ali Hussein Barji, has given severe blow to Hezbollah.
They were killed as the US State Secretary Antony Blinken is on a visit in the Middle East region including Israel.
Blinken held a series of meetings with Israeli leaders, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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