Israeli army claims assassination of senior Hezbollah commander in Beirut strike
ANKARA (AA) — The Israeli army has claimed that Mohammad Rashid Sakafi, the commander of Hezbollah’s communications unit, was “assassinated in a targeted airstrike” on Beirut on Thursday.
In a statement, the Israeli army claimed that Sakafi, a senior figure in the Lebanese group, was killed in a “precise, intelligence-based strike.”
Sakafi had reportedly played a critical role in maintaining and upgrading the communication infrastructure that connects Hezbollah’s various military wings, enhancing the group’s operational capabilities over the past two decades.
His death represents a significant blow to Hezbollah’s organizational and tactical communication systems.
Hezbollah has been under relentless attacks by Israel from across the border since the start last year of Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza, which has killed nearly 41,800 people, most of them women and children.
In Israeli attacks in Lebanon, at least 1,947 people have since been killed, nearly 9,400 injured, and 1.2 million others displaced, according to Lebanese authorities.
The international community has warned that Israeli attacks in Lebanon could escalate the ongoing war on Gaza into a wider regional conflagration.
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