Israel claims it killed Hezbollah deputy commander

The Israeli army said that Ali Abdel Hassan Naim, the man it killed in a strike near Tyre, south Lebanon on Friday was the deputy commander of Hezbollah’s rocket and missiles unit.

The Israeli army said Naim was “considered to be a significant source of knowledge" in the group, and "one of the leaders for heavy-warhead rocket fire and responsible for conducting and planning attacks against Israeli civilians".

Hezbollah announced Naim's death earlier on Friday, without specifying his position in the group, making him the sixth member the group has mourned today.