Israeli Army kills two senior Hezbollah members in Lebanon

Two top Hezbollah operatives were killed in Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon this morning and overnight, the military says, Report informs, citing the Times of Israel.

The target of this morning’s drone strike in Aadloun, near the coastal city of Tyre, was Hussein Azqul, who the IDF says was a central terrorist in Hezbollah’s air defense unit.

Azqul, according to the IDF, was heavily involved in the activities of the [air defense unit] and took part in the planning and execution of a variety of terror activities.The military says his death is a significant blow to Hezbollah’s air defense unit.

The overnight strike in southern Lebanon killed Muhammad Attiya, who the IDF says is a member of the aerial unit of Hezbollah’s elite Radwan force.

Attiya was involved in the preparation and execution of terrorist attacks against Israel, the IDF says.

Hezbollah confirmed the deaths of both Azqul and Attiya, saying they were killed on the road to Jerusalem, its term for operatives slain in Israeli strikes. Their deaths bring the terror group’s toll amid the war in Gaza to 287.