A drone attack on a motorcycle in Jwaya on Wednesday morning killed two people, including Hezbollah commander Hassan Fares Jashi. The pro-Iranian group later mourned him in a statement.
Read more: https://thisisbeirut.com.lb/lebanon/279887
According to the Public Health Emergency Operations Center of the Ministry of Public Health, seven others were wounded in the strike.
The Israeli army announced earlier that “Jashi was the commander of Hezbollah’s anti-tank missile unit.”
The second casuality was Mohammad Hassan Shomer.
Additionally, Israeli warplanes raided Kfar Kila, Kounine and Halta, where a house was completely destroyed with no injuries reported. Mohaybib Square was also targeted by Israeli artillery.
For their part, Hezbollah announced “shelling the Malkiya position and achieving direct hits.” Hezbollah also declared targeting the Jal al-Alam base with artillery.
On the other hand, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant declared that Hezbollah’s Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah “seems to be driving Lebanon to pay a heavy price.”
Gallant, who was on a tour of the northern front with Lebanon, was quoted by Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth saying that “something unimaginable and beyond comprehension could happen,” warning that “it is possible that this battle could escalate into war, and that is realistic, not theoretical.”
