Suhail Hussein Husseini reportedly killed as Israel continues to target Hezbollah’s chain of command.
Israeli forces have reported the killing of another senior Hezbollah commander in a strike on the Lebanese capital.
The Israeli army said in a statement on X on Tuesday that Suhail Hussein Husseini, head of the Hezbollah headquarters, was killed as its fighter jets “targeted the Beirut area”.
Israel has claimed significant success since it began targeting the Lebanese armed group’s chain of command last month in a series of attacks that have also killed many civilians.
The army said Husseini’s death was another significant strike on Hezbollah. He was involved in weapons transfers between Iran and the group and in distributing smuggled weapons among various units in Hezbollah, it said.
Husseini was also responsible for the budgeting and logistics of Hezbollah’s “most sensitive projects”, including planning attacks against Israel from Lebanon and Syria, it added.
Israel has inflicted major blows on Hezbollah and its ally Hamas by assassinating their leaders and commanders since the Hamas-led attack on Israel on October 7 last year saw it launch its ongoing war on Gaza.
In the biggest blow to Hezbollah in decades, Israel killed longtime leader Hassan Nasrallah with an air strike in Beirut’s southern suburbs late last month.
Over the past few months, Israeli forces have killed numerous senior Hezbollah officials.
Last month, Israeli air raids on the Beirut suburbs killed Hezbollah commanders and top officials Ibrahim Qubaisi, Ibrahim Aqil and Ahmed Wahbi. Over the summer, Israeli forces killed Fuad Shukr, Muhammed Nasser and Taleb Abdallah, also senior Hezbollah commanders.