IDF confirms death of top Hezbollah commander

Salameh was a senior terrorist who throughout the years served in key positions, including as the commander of Hezbollah’s Khaim region and the deputy operational commander in the Nassar Unit.

By JNS

The Israel Defense Forces confirmed on Tuesday it had eliminated the commander of Hezbollah’s Nassar Unit, one of the Iranian-backed terror organization’s three units operating in Southern Lebanon.

Hassan Salameh was killed in a targeted overnight Israeli Air Force strike in the Jwaya area of the Tyre District on Sunday, the IDF said.

Salameh was appointed as the commander of the Nasser Unit following the elimination of his predecessor, Abu Talib, in a June 2024 airstrike in the same area, the military noted.

Salameh was a senior terrorist who throughout the years served in key positions, including as the commander of Hezbollah’s Khaim region and the deputy operational commander in the Nassar Unit, it said.

He “operated extensively against the State of Israel and to advance numerous terror attacks against Israeli civilians,” it continued.

“The IDF is operating with determination against the Hezbollah terrorist organization following its decision to deliberately attack Israel on behalf of the Iranian regime,” concluded the military, adding: “The IDF will not tolerate any harm to the residents of the State of Israel.”

According to the Alma Center, a research group specializing in security threats in the north, operatives of the Nasser Unit since the start of the war on Oct. 7, 2023, carried out “numerous attacks against Israel, and many of the Hezbollah casualties belong to these units.”

Iranian-backed Hezbollah began firing rockets and UAVs at Israel on the morning of March 2, in retaliation for Israel’s targeted killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. He was killed in the opening shot of “Operation Roaring Lion/Epic Fury” against the regime on Feb. 28.

In response to the terror organization’s violation of the U.S.-brokered Nov. 27, 2024, ceasefire deal, Jerusalem launched an aerial campaign against Hezbollah, in addition to ordering IDF troops to advance and take control of additional areas in Lebanon to halt cross-border fire.