Hezbollah on Wednesday announced the death of a commander, a day after Israel launched its biggest aerial offensive against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon that killed 558 people, including 50 children, and wounded more than 1,800.
In a statement, the Iran-backed group announced the death of “commander Ibrahim Mohammed Kobeissi”, describing him as a martyr “on the road to Jerusalem,” a term they use for fighters killed by Israeli forces.
Israel’s new offensive against Hezbollah has invoked fears of massively escalating the nearly year-long conflict between Israel and Hamas and destabilising the Middle East.
In addition to Kobeissi, the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) claimed that at least two other high-ranking Hezbollah commanders were killed in the strike. These leaders were involved in Hezbollah’s missile operations, which have increasingly posed a threat to Israel.
