{"id":2575008,"date":"2026-03-02T04:14:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T09:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hezbollah-leader-killed-in-idf-strikes-in-lebanon\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T04:17:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T09:17:19","slug":"hezbollah-leader-killed-in-idf-strikes-in-lebanon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hezbollah-leader-killed-in-idf-strikes-in-lebanon\/","title":{"rendered":"Hezbollah leader killed in IDF strikes 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\">16<\/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%2Fhezbollah-leader-killed-in-idf-strikes-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=2575008&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>Mohammad Raad, Hezbollah\u2019s parliamentary bloc head in Lebanon, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Beirut, as Israel and Hezbollah escalated their confrontation. Raad had served in Lebanon\u2019s parliament as 2000, and in 2019 he was sanctioned by the United States for involvement in terrorism and support to terrorists; his son, a member of hezbollah\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >special operations forces<\/a>, was killed in the fighting that followed the October 7 attacks. Israeli officials said the strikes targeted Hezbollah leadership and strategic targets in Lebanon, with plans to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/some-thoughts-on-xi-jinpings-third-term\/\" title=\"Some Thoughts on Xi Jinping\u2019s Third Term\">increase military pressure<\/a> and to evacuate civilians in southern Lebanon. Lebanese President Joseph Aoun condemned both sides for using Lebanon as a battlefield in a proxy conflict. The article also cites a U.S. official\u2019s warning that Hezbollah leverages its parliamentary presence to influence institutions in support of the group\u2019s and iran\u2019s interests.  <\/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<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Hezbollah leader killed in IDF strikes in Lebanon<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2518280\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The head of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hezbollah\">Hezbollah<\/a>&lsquo;s parliamentary bloc in Lebanon&rsquo;s government was killed during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-attack-on-qatar-wont-happen-again\/\" title=\"Trump says attack on Qatar won&#039;t happen again\">military strike conducted<\/a> by <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/idf\/\">Israeli Defense Forces<\/a> on Sunday. Mohammad Raad was among <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fallen-boulder-police-officer-would-have-been-deeply-offended-at-being-used-to-advocate-for-gun-control-family-says\/\" title=\"Fallen Boulder Police Officer Would Have Been \u2018Deeply Offended\u2019 At Being Used To Advocate For Gun Control, Family Says\">ten people killed<\/a> by airstrikes in Beirut, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/lebanon\/\">Lebanon<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Raad was a member of the Lebanese Shia Islamist party and leader of the Loyalty to the Resistance Bloc, according to reports. He had served in the position since 2000. In 2019, Raad was one of the members of Lebanon&rsquo;s parliament <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thearabweekly.com\/us-sanctions-hezbollah-mps-over-iran-support\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sanctioned<\/a> by the U.S. for his role in terrorist activities and &ldquo;providing support to terrorists.&rdquo; His son was a member of Hezbollah&rsquo;s special operations forces but was killed during the conflict with Israel after the Oct. 7 attacks.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4476417\/gas-prices-costs-creep-up-close-to-3-per-gallon-to-begin-march\/\">Gas prices: Costs creep up close to $3 per gallon to begin March<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4476372\/israel-hezbollah-targets-lebanon\/\">Israel struck Hezbollah targets across Lebanon, IDF says<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4476354\/trump-dodges-questions-on-iran\/\">Trump dodges questions on Iran after returning to Washington<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Hezbollah uses its operatives in Lebanon&rsquo;s parliament to manipulate institutions in support of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-warns-that-iranian-terrorists-are-planning-to-target-the-olympics-according-to-the-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"... warns that Iranian terrorists are planning to target the Olympics, according to the Washington Examiner\">terrorist group&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s financial and security interests and to bolster Iran&rsquo;s malign activities,&rdquo; Sigal Mandelker, U.S. under-secretary for terrorism and financial intelligence, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thearabweekly.com\/us-sanctions-hezbollah-mps-over-iran-support\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> at the time.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sunday&rsquo;s IDF strikes were explicitly aimed at Hezbollah strategic targets and leadership in Lebanon after the Iranian-backed paramilitary group took credit for rocket attacks on northern Israel, according to the <em>Times of Israel<\/em>. Hezbollah&rsquo;s attack in Israel was in turn a retaliation for Israel&rsquo;s attack on Iran on Saturday and the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/beltway-confidential\/4475931\/khamenei-dead-learn-terrorists-crossed-the-us-border\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">death<\/a> of Iran&rsquo;s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Hezbollah&rsquo;s retaliatory strikes in northern Israel were the group&rsquo;s first action against Israel <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/liveblog_entry\/head-of-hezbollah-parliamentary-bloc-said-killed-in-idf-strike-on-beirut\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">since<\/a> a ceasefire agreement was signed in November 2024. The IDF <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/middle-east\/article-888455\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">claimed<\/a> other senior Hezbollah leaders were killed in the strikes, according to the <em>Jerusalem Post<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>IDF Northern Command chief Maj. Gen. Rafi Milo said Israel would increase its intensity against Hezbollah targets as part of its retaliatory efforts for the strikes in Northern Israel. He explained some of the IDF&rsquo;s strategy behind Israel&rsquo;s military response.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Shortly after Hezbollah&rsquo;s rocket fire, in accordance with planning, we launched a first wide wave of strikes in Beirut and southern Lebanon, targeting senior operatives, headquarters, and terror infrastructure,&rdquo; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/liveblog_entry\/idf-northern-command-chief-strikes-on-hezbollah-will-intensify-no-plans-to-evacuate-israelis-from-north\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> Milo. &ldquo;We are also working to evacuate the population in southern Lebanon for its protection ahead of additional strikes.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4476372\/israel-hezbollah-targets-lebanon\/\"><strong>ISRAEL STRUCK HEZBOLLAH TARGETS ACROSS LEBANON, IDF SAYS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He also <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/middle-east\/article-888455\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> that Hezbollah chose &ldquo;the Iranian Regime over the State of Lebanon and initiated an attack on our civilians. We were prepared &ndash; and they will pay a heavy price.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Lebanese President Joseph Aoun blasted Hezbollah and Israel for using their military strikes. He criticized both for using his country as a battlefield in a proxy war.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;While we condemn the Israeli aggression against Lebanon, we warn that persisting in using Lebanon as a platform for proxy wars puts our country in danger,&rdquo; said Aoun.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Head of Hezbollah bloc killed in Israeli strike<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2677,"featured_media":2575009,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Mohammad-Raad.webp?w=640","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[24658,26585,23728],"class_list":["post-2575008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-hezbollah","tag-idf","tag-lebanon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Mohammad-Raad.webp?w=640","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2575008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2575008"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2575008\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2575012,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2575008\/revisions\/2575012"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2575009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2575008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2575008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2575008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}