Reports are emerging that the IDF hit a significant Hezbollah target in Lebanon on Tuesday afternoon.
According to the reports, an Israeli strike in Jouya, in southern Lebanon, killed at least four Hezbollah officials. At least one of the members was a high-ranking field officer.
A Hezbollah commander killed in an Israeli strike late on Tuesday on the southern Lebanon town of Joya was the most senior member of the group to be killed in eight months of hostilities with Israel, a security source told Reuters.
Hezbollah identified the killed commander by his rank in a statement, naming him as Taleb Abdallah.
While the IDF has not released a statement, anonymous sources say this was a big hit.
The sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the commander’s role in Hezbollah was as significant as that of Wissam Tawil, a senior Hezbollah commander killed in an Israeli strike in…