The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) released footage of a drone strike that killed a senior Hezbollah official Friday in southern Lebanon.
The IDF named the man they killed as Ali Naim who was “the deputy commander of Hezbollah’s rocket unit,” according to Emanuel Fabian, a Times of Israel military correspondent.
The IDF claimed Naim was “considered to be a significant source of knowledge in the terror group, and leader in the field of rockets” and “one of the leaders for heavy-warhead rocket fire and responsible for conducting and planning attacks against Israeli civilians,” according to Fabian’s tweet.
The tweet noted that Hezbollah acknowledged that Naim was killed but did not refer to his rank in their declaration.
The IDF says it eliminated the deputy commander of Hezbollah’s rocket unit in a drone strike in southern Lebanon earlier today.
Ali Naim was struck while in a car in the town of Bazouriye, close to Tyre this morning.
According to the IDF, Naim is “considered to be a significant… pic.twitter.com/CzXqiHxFVl
— Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian (@manniefabian) March 29, 2024
The footage released by the IDF showed a car suddenly bursting into flames and debris being scattered from the impact site.
Hezbollah, a Lebanese-based terrorist organization, acknowledged that they had suffered six other losses in the course of “the last 12 hours,” according to Joe Truzman, a Foundation for Defense of Democracies senior analyst.
Hebzollah suffering losses in Israeli airstrikes, including Deputy Commander of the Rocket and Missiles Unit Ali Na’aim. While the group did not offer details about their deaths, airstrikes in southern Lebanon and Syria over the course of the last 12 hours likely caused their… pic.twitter.com/VFrU0G1ScA
— Joe Truzman (@JoeTruzman) March 29, 2024
The tweet incorporated the images of the Hezbollah officials who were killed. Overall, Hezbollah has suffered around 270 dead by Israeli strikes, according to Deutsche Welle, since the terror organization opened fire on Israel on Oct. 8 out of solidarity with Hamas. The Israelis have suffered about a dozen military losses and a half dozen civilian deaths from Hezbollah’s attacks, the outlet noted.
