Senior Radwan force commander killed in Israeli strike

A security source called it a "very painful strike" for Hezbollah.

An Israeli strike in southern Lebanon on Monday killed a senior commander in Hezbollah’s elite Radwan force, Reuters reported, citing three security sources.

“This is a very painful strike,” one of the security sources said.

Another security official told AFP that the commander “had a leading role in managing Hezbollah’s operations in the south,” adding that he “was killed in an Israeli raid targeting his car in the south.”

According to unofficial reports from Lebanon, the Radwan commander was named Jawad al-Tawil, and the site of the attack was in Harbat Salem.

The Iranian terror proxy has lost over 130 fighters since the Hamas massacre of Oct. 7. The group has been waging a low-intensity conflict against Israel since the invasion of southwestern Israel.

Earlier on Monday, terrorists in Lebanon fired an anti-tank missile towards the northern Israeli city of Kiryat Shmona.

There were no immediate reports of injuries.

In response, the Israeli Air Force conducted a series of strikes against Hezbollah terrorist sites in Lebanese territory.

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