IDF kills senior Hezbollah terrorist Hassan Khalil Yassin in another strike on Beirut

The IDF eliminated senior Hezbollah intelligence array terrorist Hassan Khalil Yassin in an additional precision strike in the Dahieh district in Beirut on Saturday, the military reported.

"Yassin stood at the head of a department responsible for the identification of civilian and military targets, on the northern border and deep within Israeli territory," the IDF stated.

The initial IDF announcement of another strike in Beirut came mere hours after the Hezbollah terrorist organization confirmed the death of its former leader, Hassan Nasrallah.

The IDF noted that the Military Intelligence Directorate directed the strike.

"As part of his role, Yassin collaborated intensely with all of Hezbollah's offensive units, was personally involved in the planning of terror attacks that were executed during the war against Israeli civilians and soldiers, and planned additional attacks to be carried out in the coming days," the military added.

Earlier strikes in Lebanon

Earlier, in Friday night strikes near the Syrian border, the IDF targeted rocket and missile launcher production sites, along with smuggling routes used by the Lebanon-based terrorist organization, the military announced the following afternoon.

The Israeli military stated that the "weapons and components have been smuggled from the east into Lebanon and delivered to manufacturing sites, where a range of weapons are produced—including precision-guided missiles—to be used in attacks against the State of Israel."

The IDF also noted that it continued to strike more Hezbollah terrorist targets in Lebanon on Saturday afternoon. 

Among the targets struck by the IDF were Hezbollah launchers, which had aimed to shoot at Israeli territory, the military stated.

The targets also reportedly included Hezbollah infrastructure and weapon storage facilities.