{"id":2215479,"date":"2024-04-08T10:54:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-08T14:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-eliminates-hezbollah-commander-in-lebanon\/"},"modified":"2024-04-08T10:54:52","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T14:54:52","slug":"israel-eliminates-hezbollah-commander-in-lebanon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-eliminates-hezbollah-commander-in-lebanon\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel takes out Hezbollah leader in Lebanon"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fisrael-eliminates-hezbollah-commander-in-lebanon%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2215479&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>An Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon targeted and eliminated \u2063a Hezbollah\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/4-politicians-and-media-outlets-giving-biased-reports-of-the-israel-conflict\/\" title=\"4 Politicians and Media Outlets Giving Biased Reports Of The Israel Conflict\">field commander<\/a>\u2064 on Monday. The United Nations has urged both sides \u200cto halt the escalating \u2062violence\u200c as shelling spreads. Tensions between Hezbollah and the Israeli military have intensified along Lebanon&#8217;s borders, coinciding with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-reduces-support-for-s-arabia-in-another-boon-to-iran\/\" title=\"Biden reduces support for S. Arabia in another boon to Iran\">ongoing conflict<\/a> in Gaza.\u200b Your\u200c provided summary is concise\u200d and\u200b effectively conveys the key points of\u200c the original text.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>An Israeli strike on southern Lebanon early on Monday killed a field commander in the heavily armed Lebanese group<span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\"> Hezbollah<\/span>, as the United Nations warned that shelling was spreading and urged a halt to the violence.<\/p>\n<p><span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">Hezbollah <\/span>and the Israeli military have been exchanging fire across Lebanon&#8217;s southern frontier in parallel with the Gaza war, adding to fears of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/armenia-braces-for-new-refugee-crisis-following-azerbaijani-assault-on-ethnic-armenian-enclave\/\" title=\"Armenia prepares for refugee crisis after Azerbaijani attack on Armenian enclave.\">wider regional conflict<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Early on Monday, Israeli fighter jets hit the village of al-Sultaniyah and killed a field commander in<span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\"> Hezbollah<\/span>&#8216;s elite Radwan units and two other people, the Israeli military and two Lebanese security sources said.<\/p>\n<p>The Israeli military identified the commander as Ali Ahmed Hassin, and said he was responsible for planning and executing attacks against Israelis.<span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\"> Hezbollah <\/span>issued a funeral notice for Hassin but without details of his role.<\/p>\n<p>Israeli strikes have killed around 270<span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\"> Hezbollah <\/span>fighters in the last six months as well as around 50 civilians, including children, medics, and journalists.<span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\"> Hezbollah<\/span>&#8216;s rocket fire has killed around a dozen Israeli soldiers and half as many civilians.<\/p>\n<p>The shelling has displaced tens of thousands on each side and hit the farming economy in southern Lebanon particularly hard, with bombed-out fields left unplanted or unharvested.<\/p>\n<p>In a joint statement on Monday, United Nations special coordinator for Lebanon Joanna Wronecka and the commander of the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Lebanon, Aroldo Lazaro, said the violence must stop.\t<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The unrelenting cycle of strikes and counterstrikes in breach of the cessation of hostilities constitute the most serious violation of Security Council Resolution 1701 since its adoption in 2006,&#8221; they said.<\/p>\n<p>That U.N. decision ended a month-long war between<span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\"> Hezbollah <\/span>and Israel nearly two decades ago but many of its points\u2014including a withdrawal of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-says-biggest-domestic-terror-threats-in-2021-are-violent-extremists-motivated-by-race-or-anti-authority-views\/\" title=\"FBI Says Biggest Domestic Terror Threats in 2021 Are Violent Extremists Motivated by Race or Anti-Authority Views\">armed groups<\/a> from the south and deployment of Lebanese army troops\u2014were never implemented.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Early Monday, Israeli strike in southern Lebanon targeted a Hezbollah field commander, escalating tensions. The United Nations expressed concerns over the spreading violence and urged both sides to cease hostilities. 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