Israeli airstrike kills Hezbollah deputy commander Naser Abed al-Aziz Rashid in Lebanon

The Israeli Defence Force(IDF) says it eliminated Hezbollah deputy commander Naser Abed al-Aziz Rashid on Friday.

IDF announced on Saturday morning that Rashidi was killed on Friday night during a successful operations in both Lebanon and Gaza.

Thefrontrank reports that Rashid had been Hezbollah’s deputy commander of the Bint Jbeil area of southern Lebanon, a position he used to advance and carry out terrorist attacks on Israeli civilians, the military said.

The IDF added that its troops continued carrying out localized and targeted raids against Hezbollah terrorists and infrastructure in southern Lebanon, where they successfully dismantled numerous weapons.

One of the weapons reportedly destroyed by the IDF in southern Lebanon was a “Kornet” anti-tank missile launcher that was ready to fire toward communities in northern Israel.

Despite Hezbollah terrorists firing rockets toward IDF soldiers conducting operational activities in southern Lebanon on Friday, the military confirmed that no injuries were reported, and an IAF aircraft struck and destroyed the launcher that had fired the rockets.

The strike was a part of the ongoing IAF operations to target Hezbollah weapons storage facilities and launchers aimed toward Israeli territory over the past day, the IDF continued.

The IDF later announced the 7th Brigade located and destroyed over 120 terrorist structures, several tunnel shafts, and more than 20 weapon stockpiles. In addition, Israeli Air Force aircraft struck dozens of terrorist sites in the area.

The soldiers also located and destroyed a Hezbollah terrorist combat compound that the organization had situated in a school area in the middle of a Lebanese village. Several tunnel shafts and a weapons stockpile that contained RPG missiles, weapons, and additional combat equipment were located and destroyed in the compound.

Additional weapons storage facilities with dozens of weapons that Hezbollah operatives had left behind in a hideout in a thicketed area were also destroyed.