Israeli forces killed a commander of Hezbollah’s elite Radwan unit in a drone strike over southern Lebanon on Monday, officials say.
Video of the attack shows the moment the Israel Defense Force drone focuses on the car carrying Ali Jamal al-Din Jawad on a dirt road in the village of Aabba, with a missile fired within seconds to blow up the vehicle.
The car erupts into fire and smoke, leaving only debris in its wake as the blast manages to avoid the vehicles driving in front of Jawad’s.
The IDF touted his death as a “significant blow” to Hezbollah’s abilities to carry out more attacks on northern Israel after drone strikes from the terror group Monday morning.
One of the attacks left two IDF soldiers wounded and caused a blaze in northern Israel, while another was intercepted by Israel’s aerial defense system.
Along with the strike that killed Jawad, the IDF also deployed fighter jets that destroyed a Hezbollah facility in Kafr Kila.
Hezbollah confirmed Jawad’s death shortly after. The terror group has lost nearly 400 operatives since it began attacking Israel on Oct. 8 in solidarity with Hamas, which Israel has been at war with since Hamas launched its massacre against the Jewish state Oct. 7.
Hezbollah has vowed to retaliate against Israel for the death of a senior commander last week, with the threat compounding after Iran promised to do the same over the assassination of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran.
The near-daily skirmishes between the IDF and Hezbollah have left tens of thousands of civilians displaced in northern Israel and southern Lebanon, with no signs of when the residents can return home as fears continue to grow over the start of a multifront war.
