Israel said on Tuesday it had killed another top Hezbollah official in a targeted strike on Beirut, as it moved to expand its ground offensive across southern Lebanon to the Mediterranean coast, sending a fourth division across the border.
The moves came as the military continued to strike dozens of Hezbollah positions and the terror group launched several salvos of rockets and missiles at Israel, including a midnight volley on the Tel Aviv area.
In a statement Tuesday, the IDF said Suhail Hussein Husseini, the head of Hezbollah’s logistical headquarters and a member of the Jihad Council, the terror group’s top military body, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Beirut the previous day.
The IDF says Husseini’s command oversaw Hezbollah logistics and budgeting for its various units.
“Husseini played a crucial role in weapon transfers between Iran and Hezbollah and was responsible for distributing the advanced weaponry among Hezbollah’s units, overseeing both the transportation and allocation of these arms,” the IDF said.
Husseini’s death was the latest following a string of targeted strikes in recent weeks that has killed almost all of Hezbollah’s top leadership, including long-time chief Hassan Nasrallah.
The military said that Husseini was “responsible for the budgeting and logistical management of Hezbollah’s most sensitive projects, including the organization’s war plans and other special operations, such as coordinating terrorist attacks against Israel from Lebanon and Syria.”
The military said the headquarters also housed Hezbollah’s R&D, which is responsible for the manufacture of precision-guided missiles.
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