The Israeli military said it killed Suhail Hussein Husseini, the commander of Hezbollah’s logistical headquarters, in a strike on Beirut on Monday.
“Yesterday, under the precise direction of the intelligence wing, air force fighter jets targeted the Beirut area and eliminated Suhail Hussein Husseini, the head of the headquarters of the terrorist organisation Hezbollah,” the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said.
The IDF said Husseini helped to smuggle weapons from Iran to various units within Hezbollah and accused him of co-ordinating terror attacks against Israel.
It added that he was “responsible for the budgeting and logistical management of Hezbollah’s most sensitive projects, including the organization’s war plans and other special operations, such as coordinating terrorist attacks against the State of Israel from Lebanon and Syria”.
He was also a member of Hezbollah’s Jihad Council, the terror group’s top military body.
The IDF said the headquarters hit in the strike was also home to Hezbollah’s research and development unit, responsible for manufacturing the group’s precision-guided missiles.