Israeli air strikes killed two people in southern Lebanon on Friday, state media and the ministry of health reported, with Israel’s military saying it had targeted
members of Hezbollah.
According to Lebanon’s official National News Agency (NNA), one man “was targeted by an Israeli drone with a guided missile while he was driving” along the road to the village of Toul, not far from Nabatieh.
It identified the slain man as Abbas Hassan Karky.
In a statement, the Israeli army said it “struck and eliminated” Karky, calling him “the logistics commander of Hezbollah’s Southern Front headquarters”.
The military said Karky had “led efforts to rebuild Hezbollah’s combat capabilities” following last year’s war with Israel, and that he had also been responsible “for managing the transfer and storage of weapons in southern Lebanon”.
