Hezbollah field commander killed by Israel in Lebanon

The Israeli army said it has killed a Hezbollah field commander in an overnight air strike in Lebanon.

In a statement issued by the military, Ali Ahmed Hussein, who belonged to Hezbollah's elite Radwan forces, was "eliminated" by Israeli jets in the area of Sultaniyeh located in the Lebanese south. 

Hussein was a "commander of the Hezbollah terrorist organisation's Radwan Forces in the Hujeir region," the statement said, adding that two other Hezbollah fighters were also killed.

The Israeli military accused Hussein of carrying out "numerous launches towards Israeli territory" from Lebanon, since war broke out in Gaza between Israel and Hamas.

Hezbollah issued a funeral notice for Hussein, who is nicknamed Abbas Jaafar.

The Israeli shelling has also killed two other people, according to the Israeli military and two Lebanese security sources.

Hezbollah and the Israeli military have been trading fire across Lebanon’s southern border, since 7 October, escalating concerns of a possible wider conflict in the region.