The Israeli military said Saturday it killed Jaafar Khader Faour, the top commander of Hezbollah’s Nasser Brigade rocket unit, in the Jawiya area of southern Lebanon. According to the IDF, Faour is accused of carrying out several attacks against Israel since then. October 2023. However, there has been no comment or confirmation from Hezbollah regarding the death of Jafar Khadr Faour.
The IDF said: ‘Jafar Khadr was involved in at least four rocket attacks in different areas of Israel. This includes the deaths of several Israeli civilians in Kibbutz Ortel, 12 children on a soccer field in Majdal Shams, as well as the deaths of five civilians in Metula. Faour’s command also oversaw rocket attacks against Israel from eastern Lebanon. Fighter jets from the Israeli Air Force, with the support of the Northern Command, shot down Faour in the Jawiya area of southern Lebanon.
Meanwhile, according to a Times of Israel report, Israeli Navy commandos carried out a raid in northern Lebanon late Friday night and captured a senior Hezbollah official. It occurred approximately 140 kilometers (87 miles) north of Israel’s maritime border with Red Lebanon. The IDF confirmed on Saturday night that the Navy’s Shayetet 13 commando unit was involved in the operation.
The name of the captured Hezbollah agent is Imad Amhaj. According to the IDF, he is a very important member of Hezbollah’s navy. Amhaj is being interrogated by the Israeli military and aims to obtain information about Hezbollah’s naval operations. Hezbollah issued a statement calling the incident a Zionist attack in the Batroun area. But he did not confirm whether any of its members had been captured by the Israel Defense Forces or not.
