Israel kills Hezbollah drone chief in Beirut, rockets fly at north as truce rebuffed

An airstrike killed a senior Hezbollah leader in a strike on Beirut’s southern suburbs on Thursday afternoon, the military said, with fighting between Israel and the Iran-backed terror group showing little sign of slowing as an international bid to secure a ceasefire appeared to fall apart.

Sources said the strike in the Hezbollah stronghold of Dahiyeh targeted the head of Hezbollah’s aerial forces, largely responsible for the terror group’s drone fleet along with cruise missiles and aerial defenses.

A Lebanese security source close to the group confirmed that the attack had been aimed at a Hezbollah commander, AFP reported.

An “Israeli strike targeted the commander of Hezbollah’s drone unit, Mohammed Srur, known as Abu Saleh, whose fate is still unclear,” the source said, requesting anonymity as they were not authorized to speak to the media.