Hezbollah launches drone attack on Israel in response to top commanders killing

Tawil was a commander of Hezbollah’s elite Radwan forces and the most senior Hezbollah officer killed since 7 October, a senior source in Lebanon said, adding he played a leading role in directing its operations in the south. More than 130 Hezbollah fighters including Radwan members have been killed since October.
Tawil and another Hezbollah fighter were killed when the car they were in was struck in the village of Majdal Selm, some six kilometres from the border, three sources in Lebanon said.
Sources also said the group announced today that three of its members were killed in a targeted strike on their vehicle in the town of Ghandouriyeh in the south of Lebanon. The sources did not immediately identify those killed.
Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz has admitted that Israel is behind the killing of senior Hezbollah commander Wissam al-Tawil.
Speaking to the far-right Channel 14 late Monday, he said: "Yes, we did take responsibility for the assassination of the commander."
"This is part of the war," he added. "We're targeting Hezbollah operatives, infrastructure, and systems they've set up to deter Israel."
Early in the day, the Hezbollah said al-Tawil, 58, was killed in the town of Khirbet Selm, southern Lebanon. The Lebanese state-run National News Agency said the attack was carried out by an Israeli drone.
The killing came days after the deputy chief of Palestinian group Hamas, Saleh al-Arouri, was killed in a suspected Israeli airstrike in Beirut.
Katz also threatened Lebanon for consequences far more than the war in 2006, but said Israel was not interested in escalating tensions.

Hezbollah launches drone attack on Israel in response to top commander's killing