A senior Hezbollah commander responsible for a series of drone strikes across northern Israel since October 7 has ironically been taken out by drone strikes, according to reports.
Ali Hussein Barji, the head of Hezbollah’s air force in southern Lebanon, was killed Tuesday in an explosion in the town of Khirbet Selm, where members of the Iran-backed terror group were attending the funeral of senior officer Wissam al-Tawil, the Times of Israel newspaper reported.
Barji is believed to be the mastermind behind the drone attacks that hit northern Israel since Lebanese terrorists along with Hezbollah launched their own attacks on the Jewish state in solidarity with the Palestinians in Gaza.
The attacks included an attack on the headquarters of the Israel Defense Forces’ Northern Command in Safed on Tuesday — before Barji died the same day.
A key Israeli base was hit with an explosive-laden drone, with Hezbollah claiming responsibility for the attack in response to Monday’s death of al-Tawil, as well as the killing of Hamas official Saleh al-Arouri in Beirut last week.
Ali Hussein Barji, the head of Hezbollah’s drone force in southern Lebanon, was killed by a drone strike Tuesday. Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian/X The attack took place in the town of Khirbet Selm, where Hezbollah members had gathered for the funeral of one of their senior officers. kaisos1987/X
The IDF said the attack on the Safed base set off rocket sirens in several towns in northern Israel. The Israeli military said there were no casualties in Tuesday’s attack.
The IDF has not commented on the drone strike that killed Barji.
But the Israeli military admitted that it carried out a series of airstrikes against Hezbollah on Tuesday morning across southern Lebanon.
The Lebanon-based terrorist group was holding a funeral for senior commander Wissam al-Tawil when one of its drone experts was killed. AP Another Hezbollah figure, Wissam al-Tawil, was killed by an Israeli strike on Monday. AP
The IDF confirmed that Hezbollah’s drone-launching squad was taken out before it could launch its own attack on the Jewish state.
Along with Barji, Hezbollah confirmed that three other members were killed Tuesday when an Israeli airstrike hit a vehicle in the town of Ghandouriyeh, according to Reuters.
The Iran-backed terrorist group identified the slain members as Sharif Sayyid Nasser, Issa Ali Nour a-Din and Hassan Abdel Hussein Ismail.
Ali Hussein Barj is believed to be behind Tuesday morning’s attack on the IDF’s northern base in Safed, before he himself was killed by a drone. GLZRadio/X
Israel and Hezbollah have remained in a heated conflict since the terror group began launching cross-border attacks in October as a show of support for its Palestinian terror ally, Hamas.
Now the attack, combined with the ongoing war in Gaza, threatens to plunge the entire region into conflict, warned US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his war cabinet on Tuesday.
Netanyahu has threatened to go to war in southern Lebanon if Hezbollah does not stop its attacks on the Jewish state, with some 80,000 residents displaced in northern Israel by constant rocket fire.
Israel launched a series of new attacks against Hezbollah on Tuesday. AFP via Getty Images
At least nine IDF soldiers have been killed so far as a result of clashes with Hezbollah, the Israeli military said.
Hezbollah deputy head Naim Qassem said in a statement published on Tuesday that the terrorist group wants to avoid war in Lebanon, “but if Israel expands, a response is inevitable to the maximum extent necessary to deter Israel.”
Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati told the UN on Tuesday that war must be avoided between Israel and Hezbollah and that his country is ready to work with the Jewish state to promote stability in the region instead of a second war.
With Postal wire
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