The airstrikes are believed to have targeted Hashem Safieddine, the rumored successor of Hezbollah’s assassinated leader Hassan Nasrallah.
Israel carried out air strikes in the Lebanese capital of Beirut on Friday as it stepped up its efforts to dismantle Hezbollah’s leadership.
According to The New York Times, citing Israeli officials, Israel targeted Hashem Safieddine, the rumored successor of Hezbollah’s assassinated leader, Hassan Nasrallah.
Safieddine is Nasrallah’s cousin and reportedly one of Hezbollah’s earliest members. It is not known whether he has been killed.
Israeli forces also said they had killed Mohammad Rashid Sakafi, Hezbollah’s communications chief, in Beirut.
Meanwhile, Israel blocked a major road near Lebanon’s Masnaa border crossing with Syria that has been used by hundreds of thousands of people to escape Israeli air attacks, according to Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency.
Israel Defence Forces (IDF) believed the route was being used to transport weapons into Lebanon.
“The IDF will not allow the smuggling of these weapons and will not hesitate to act if forced to do so, as it has done throughout this war”, Avichay Adraee, IDF spokesman Avichay Adraee, said on X.
