a day after Death of Hezbollah chief Hassan NasrallahIsraeli forces have claimed to have killed another top Hezbollah leader, Nabil Kouk, in their air strikes on Beirut.
The Israeli military announced on Friday that it had killed senior leader Nabil Kouk, a key figure in the Iran-backed terrorist group and a potential successor to Hassan Nasrallah.
The Israeli military post said Kouk, commander of Hezbollah’s preventive security unit and a member of its central council, was targeted and killed by Israeli fighter jets under the precise instructions of military intelligence.
Hezbollah has not yet confirmed this development.
Israeli attacks have increasingly targeted Hezbollah strongholds in southern Beirut and the Bekaa Valley, where Israel claims the group has accumulated thousands of rockets.
Israel’s military, including Nasrallah, has said it has killed eight of Hezbollah’s nine most senior military commanders this year, mostly in the past week. News agency Reuters reported that these commanders led units ranging from rocket divisions to the elite Radwan force.
Lebanon declared five days of mourning in the country on Sunday, a day after an Israeli airstrike killed Hezbollah leader Sayyid Hassan Nasrallah. All shops, businesses and government offices will remain closed till Wednesday.
According to the latest developments, Hashem Saffiedine will replace Hassan Nasrallah as the head of Iran-backed terrorist group Hezbollah. Saffieddin is a cousin of Nasrallah, who served as head of the group for 32 years.
The Israeli attack on Hezbollah is part of a sharp intensification of Israeli attacks over the past week, which have killed more than 700 people in Lebanon. Israel has promised to cripple Hezbollah and end its 11-month fire on Israeli territory, which Nasrallah has described as a “support front” for its ally Hamas in Gaza.