Jerusalem. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Tuesday announced the killing of Hezbollah headquarters commander Suheil Hussein Husseini. The Israeli Air Force carried out a precision strike based on intelligence in the Beirut area, killing Husseini, the IDF said in a statement. The headquarters oversees logistics within the organization and is in charge of the budget and management of various units in the organization, reports Xinhua news agency. The IDF said in a statement that Husseini played a key role in arms transfers between Iran and Hezbollah and was responsible for the distribution of weapons between Hezbollah units. According to the statement, Husseini was also a member of the Jihad Council, Hezbollah’s Senior Military Leadership Council. According to the IDF, Husseini was responsible for managing the budget and logistics of Hezbollah’s most special projects, including the organization’s war plans and other special operations. Hezbollah declined to immediately comment on the attack. However, according to local media, it claimed responsibility for firing rockets at a military base near the headquarters of Israel’s foreign intelligence agency Mossad at night.
From September 23, Israel intensified air strikes in Lebanon. He says that this action is being taken to eliminate the Lebanese organization Hezbollah. On 27 September, a key attack in the southern suburbs of Beirut killed Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah and several of his associates. At the same time, Israel also started ground military operations in southern Lebanon. On October 8, 2023, Hezbollah started firing rockets at Israel in solidarity with Hamas in Gaza. The latest developments are an extension of this conflict. Meanwhile, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Filippo Grandi visited the Jdedet Yabous crossing on the border between Syria and Lebanon. Millions of people have fled from Lebanon to Syria since the Israeli attacks began. “I’m at the Syrian/Lebanese border, where 2.5 million people have arrived since September 23 following an increase in Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon,” Grandi wrote on Twitter on Monday. Syria’s government news agency SANA quoted it as saying that currently more than 1.2 million people have been displaced in Lebanon.