Smoked Salami: IDF kills Hezbollah commander in southern Lebanon strike

The IDF killed the Hezbollah official, Hassan Hossein Salami, commander of the Hajir sector, the military announced on Monday.

Salami belonged to Hezbollah's Nasser unit and commanded a number of terrorist attacks against IDF troops, along with civilian and military targets in Israel's north.

Recently, he has been active in additional terrorist activities including launching anti-tank missiles toward Kiryat Shmona and the headquarters of the 769th Brigade, the IDF said.

Earlier on Monday, Hezbollah announced Salami's death in an Israeli strike in Majdal, according to Israeli media reports, citing the Saudi news channel Al-Hadath. 

Later, on Monday evening, the IDF again struck Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon.

Targeting launch sites

Targeted Hezbollah military infrastructure, Israeli fighter jets struck a Hezbollah launch site from which terrorists had fired rockets at the Golan Heights.

The strikes were carried out in the afternoon and early evening hours in the Ayta ash-Sha'b area of southern Lebanon.

Additional air strikes were conducted in the Kaoukaba area, from where the IDF reported dozens of rockets had also been fired at the Golan Heights.

Finally, the IDF noted that, earlier on Monday, an IDF tank had fired on a Hezbollah military structure in the village of Kila.