Senior Hezbollah commander killed in Israel strike in southern Lebanon

A senior Hezbollah commander was killed on Wednesday in an Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon. He was one of the highest-ranking officials in the terror group to be killed in nine months of fighting along the border. The terror group responded by firing at least 100 rockets at northern Israel on Wednesday afternoon. Hezbollah confirmed the death of Muhammad Nimah Nasser, also known as Abu Nimah, from the south Lebanon town of Haddatha, following reports of the strike. Nasser was killed in a strike in the coastal city of Tyre. Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency said “an enemy drone targeted a car” in Tyre, around 20 kilometers (12 miles) from the border. A source told AFP that a second Hezbollah fighter and a civilian were also killed in the same strike. Hezbollah has named 359 members who have been killed by Israel during the ongoing skirmishes, mostly in Lebanon but some also in Syria. In Lebanon, another 65 operatives from other terror groups, a Lebanese soldier, and around 95 civilians have been killed.