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Israel’s military announced on Tuesday the death of Ali Tawfiq Dweiq, commander of Hezbollah’s medium-range rocket unit, in an airstrike on Monday. The strike occurred in the village of Kfar Jouz, near Nabatieh in southern Lebanon. Dweiq had led the unit since September 2024, following the death of his predecessor in another Israeli operation. The Israeli military alleges that under Dweiq’s command, over 300 projectiles were launched toward Israel, including attacks on Haifa and central Israel.
Israel stated that in recent months, it has intensified operations against Hezbollah’s medium-range rocket infrastructure and weapons storage sites, conducting “dozens” of strikes to neutralize the group’s military capabilities.
This assassination follows the high-profile killing of Hezbollah’s former leader, Hassan Nasrallah, in a September airstrike on Beirut. The ongoing cross-border conflict, which began in October last year, has seen escalating hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah.
Since Sunday, the IDF says over 150 strikes were carried out against Hezbollah targets across Lebanon, including 25 weapon depots and some 30 rocket launchers. At least 11 strikes were carried out in Beirut’s southern suburbs. Hezbollah in the past week has launched some 400 rockets at Israel. Since Thursday, the IDF says, 22 out of 27 drones launched by Hezbollah from Lebanon were intercepted.
Lebanon’s permanent mission to the United Nations in New York is set to file a formal complaint against Israel following the latest airstrike that targeted a Lebanese military outpost in the town of Mari, southern Lebanon. The attack, which occurred on Sunday, resulted in the deaths of two Lebanese soldiers and left three others injured, one critically.
Since October 8, 2023, Israeli attacks have claimed the lives of 36 Lebanese soldiers, intensifying tensions along the border. Lebanon’s Foreign Ministry condemned the strikes, emphasizing that they undermine efforts to implement UN Security Council Resolution 1701, which mandates a full cessation of hostilities between Lebanon and Israel.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel will continue to operate militarily against Hezbollah even if a ceasefire deal is reached in Lebanon.
“The most important thing is not [the deal that] will be laid on paper,” Netanyahu told the Israeli parliament. “We will be forced to ensure our security in the north and to systematically carry out operations against Hezbollah’s attacks … even after a ceasefire.”
Israel insists any truce deal must guarantee no further Hezbollah presence in the southern area bordering Israel.
“We will not allow Hezbollah to return to the state it was in on October 6” 2023 – the eve of the attack by its Palestinian ally Hamas into southern Israel, he said.
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