Top Hezbollah Commander, Responsible For Rocket Attack On Children, Killed In Lebanon: Israel

Last Updated:November 03, 2024, 08:46 IST

The IDF said that the Hezbollah commander was responsible for rocket attacks in Israel from Lebanon since October last year.

The Israeli military on Sunday said that it eliminated top Hezbollah commander Jaafar Khader Faour, responsible for multiple rocket attacks in Israel since October last year, including the July 2024 attack that killed 12 children on a soccer field.

Faour was the commander of Hezbollah’s Nasser Brigade rocket unit in southern Lebanon.

Hezbollah did not immediately comment or confirm Faour’s death.

What did the IDF say about Faour’s killing?

“The Commander of the Hezbollah Nasser Unit’s Missiles and Rockets Array, Jaafar Khader Faour, was eliminated in the area of Jouaiyya in southern Lebanon. Faour was responsible for multiple rocket attacks toward the Golan, including an attack that resulted in the deaths of Israeli civilians from Kibbutz Ortal, an attack on Majdal Shams which killed 12 children and injured many and the rocket attack on Metula last Thursday, which resulted in the deaths of 5 civilians,” IDF tweeted.

“Additionally, Faour was responsible for terrorist attacks carried out from eastern Lebanon, from which the first rocket launches toward Israeli territory were fired on October 8, under his command,” it added.

12 children were killed in July this year as a rocket fired by Lebanon struck a soccer field in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights on Majdal Shams. This was the deadliest attack in Israel by Hezbollah since the escalation between the two began in October 2023, soon after Hamas launched a deadly attack in Israel on the 7th of the month, killing hundreds and taking over 200 people hostage.

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Jerusalem, Israel