Israel Air Force jets carried out a series of strikes on Hezbollah infrastructure in Beirut's southern suburbs as well as in southern Lebanon, the military said on Tuesday. In one of the strikes the military reported on, a Hezbollah commander was killed.
Based on precise intelligence information, jets struck six Hezbollah terror targets in the Dahiyeh in Lebanon's capital, targeting, among others, the terror group's coast-to-sea missile unit and command centers.
"Hezbollah deliberately embedded its command centers within civilian areas, using the Lebanese civilian population as a human shield," the military's statement read, adding it had taken precautions to minimize harming civilians, including using aerial surveillance and issuing evacuation warnings.
Earlier on Tuesday, IDF Arabic spokesperson, Colonel Avichay Adraee, issued evacuation warnings for some buildings in Beirut's southern suburbs in a post on X/Twitter.
"You are located near Hezbollah facilities and interests, against which the IDF will operate in the near future," the statement read, adding, "For your safety and the safety of your family members, you must evacuate these buildings and those adjacent to them immediately."
This strike comes amid the air force's additional attacks this week on some 30 targets belonging to the terror group in Dahiyeh, the IDF added.
In Bint Jbail in southern Lebanon, the IAF struck Hezbollah infrastructure, targeting weapons storage facilities and anti-tank missile caches in addition to warehouses belonging to the terror group's Nasser Unit.
The military noted that it had attacked some 30 additional targets throughout southern Lebanon since Tuesday morning.
IDF eliminates Hezbollah commander Ahmad Sabhi Hazima
Further, on Tuesday, the IDF reported that IAF jets had eliminated Hezbollah commander Ahmad Sabhi Hazima in the area of Tyre, Lebanon.
According to the military, Hazima was the terror organization's coastal sector operations unit head and was responsible for advancing many terror attacks on northern Israel.
Before Israel's ground operation in Lebanon, Hazima reportedly planned infiltration attempts into Israel and was responsible for anti-tank missile attacks on communities in the North.
The Hezbollah commander, prior to his latest position, served as the deputy to the previous coastal sector operations unit head, who the IDF noted was eliminated earlier this month.
"This elimination further impairs the Hezbollah terrorist organization's ability to advance and carry out terrorist activities from southern Lebanon against Israeli civilians on the northern border," the military stated.