Israel has killed a senior Hezbollah commander in one of the most significant assassinations since the war began.
Wissam Hassan al-Tawil, of the Iran-backed group’s elite Radwan Forces, was Hezbollah’s first senior military leader to be eliminated in three months of cross-border clashes with Israeli forces, adding to fears of a wider conflict in the region.
He was reportedly killed alongside another Hezbollah fighter when their car was hit by a strike on the Lebanese village of Majdal Selm, some 3.7 miles from the Israel border.
“This is a very painful strike,” an unnamed security official told Reuters. “Things will flare up now.”
Footage posted on Telegram by an Iranian news agency with ties to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed to show the burnt-out car in which he was killed.
Tawil, known by his nickname Al-Hajj Jawad, was said to have played a leading role in managing Hezbollah’s operations in the south.
