The official, who requested to remain anonymous, told AFP that Al-Tawil played a leadership role in directing military operations in southern Lebanon, where Hezbollah has been bombing Israel on an almost daily basis for three months.
The Israeli bombing has killed more than 130 Hezbollah members in southern Lebanon since the cross-border bombing began following the Hamas attack on Israeli territory.
He is the highest-ranking Hezbollah military official to be killed since the group began bombing Israel in support of its Palestinian ally, Hamas, in the war since October 7, Agence France-Presse adds.
Al-Taweel was deputy commander of one of Hezbollah's special forces units. He and another member of this organization were killed when the car they were traveling in was attacked, Reuters reported. The attack occurred near the village of Majdal Salam, about 10 kilometers from the border with Israel.
The Israeli army did not immediately comment on Monday's attack. However, it was reported that fighter jets attacked Hezbollah infrastructure in southern Lebanon.
Fears are increasing that the war between Israel and Hamas will extend to the entire Middle East region, and that the exchange of fire on the Israeli-Lebanese border will open another front in the war, which prompted US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken to make an urgent visit to Lebanon. area again. – Associated Press comments. Last Tuesday, a Hamas leader, Saleh Al-Arouri, was killed in an attack on the outskirts of Beirut. Hezbollah and the Lebanese authorities accused Israel of carrying out the attack.
Source: Reuters, chapter
“Coffee enthusiast. Troublemaker. Incurable introvert. Subtly charming twitter scholar. Award-winning social mediaholic. Internet buff.”
