IDF spokesperson Avichay Adraee says Israeli forces killed Ibrahim Muhammad al-Qubasi today.
Al-Qubaisi was a commander of Hezbollah’s missile and rocket system, Adraee says in a post on X.
His statement adds that the Hezbollah member was with a number of other senior officials from the group at the time of the strike.
Earlier, we reported that the IDF confirmed they had launched a “targeted” strike on Lebanon’s capital, Beirut. Before that they said they had hit “dozens” of Hezbollah targets in overnight strikes.
The Lebanese health ministry confirmed the killing as it said six people were killed after an Israeli air strike on Hezbollah’s stronghold in southern Beirut.
A further 15 people were injured in the strike, the health ministry adds.
The death toll comes after Israel’s military confirmed that it had carried out a “targeted” strike in the Lebanese capita
Meanwhile, Joe Biden has warned that full-scale war is not in anyone’s interest.
He said a diplomatic solution to stop the conflict in the Middle East from becoming a full-scale war is still possible.
Speaking at the UN General Assembly in New York, Biden says that, since the 7 October attacks, his administration had been “determined to prevent a wider war that engulfs the entire region”.
“Almost a year later, too many on each side of the Israeli-Lebanon border remain displaced,” he says.
“A full-scale war is not in anyone’s interest. Even as the situation has escalated, a diplomatic solution is still possible.”
