Israeli Airstrikes Target Prominent Hezbollah Leader Wissam Tawil in Southern Lebanon
Watan-Hezbollah revealed the killing of one of its military leaders in southern Lebanon due to Israeli shelling.
Hezbollah stated that Wissam Tawil, the prominent leader known as “Hajj Jawad,” was killed in an Israeli shelling.
Wissam Tawil is the most prominent field commander targeted by Israel since the beginning of the confrontations on October 8th.
Wissam Tawil was assassinated in an Israeli airstrike targeting his car in the town of Khirbet Salim in southern Lebanon.
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Details of the assassination of Wissam Tawil
According to a security source cited by the “France Presse” agency, his car was targeted in an Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon.
The source mentioned that the targeted official held a leadership role in the operational management of Hezbollah in the south.
He added that the leader “was killed in an Israeli airstrike that targeted his car in the town of Khirbet Salim.”
In context, Reuters reported that an Israeli strike in southern Lebanon resulted in the killing of a senior commander in the Al-Ridwan Force affiliated with Hezbollah.
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The Israeli army had reported that fighter jets conducted airstrikes on what they claimed were Hezbollah-affiliated infrastructure inside Lebanon.
Tensions between Hezbollah and Israel
Since the outbreak of the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip, the Lebanese-Israeli border has witnessed daily exchanges of shelling between the Israeli occupation army and Hezbollah.
The party announces targeting Israeli military sites and positions, while the Israeli army responds with aerial and artillery bombardment, claiming to target what it calls “infrastructure” and movements of Hezbollah fighters.
Expectations for the war to escalate have increased after the assassination of the Deputy Head of the Political Bureau of Hamas, Saleh al-Arouri, in an Israeli airstrike in the southern suburbs of Beirut, a stronghold of Hezbollah.
Hezbollah responded by launching more than 60 rockets at a military airbase in northern occupied Palestine, stating that this bombardment is part of the “initial response” to the assassination of al-Arouri.
