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Israeli strike kills senior Hezbollah commander in south Lebanon, prompting retaliatory rocket fire
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An Israeli strike has killed one of Hezbollah’s top commanders in south Lebanon, prompting retaliatory rocket fire by the Iran-backed group into Israel as the dangerously poised conflict rumbles on.
The Israeli military said it had struck and eliminated Hezbollah’s Mohammed Nasser, calling him commander of a unit responsible for firing from south-western Lebanon at Israel.
Sparked by the Gaza war, the hostilities have raised concerns about a wider and ruinous conflict between the heavily armed adversaries, prompting US diplomatic efforts aimed at de-escalation.
Nasser was of the same rank and importance as Taleb Abdallah, a top commander who was killed by an Israeli strike in June, prompting Hezbollah to fire its largest barrages of drones and rockets yet in retaliation, the sources said.
The Israeli military statement said Nasser and Abdallah “served as two of the most significant Hezbollah terrorists in southern Lebanon”.
The hostilities have inflicted a heavy toll on both sides of the frontier, forcing tens of thousands of people to flee their homes.
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