Jerusalem/Beirut: The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement that it struck and killed a senior Hezbollah commander in southern Lebanon.

Abbas Hassan Karky, the logistics commander of Hezbollah’s Southern Front headquarters, was killed in the Nabatieh area of southern Lebanon, the statement said on Friday.

It claimed that Karky led efforts to rebuild Hezbollah’s combat capabilities in recent months, Xinhua news agency reported.

According to the IDF, Karaki “led and advanced efforts to rebuild” Hezbollah’s capabilities in southern Lebanon; restored infrastructure that had been destroyed during the fighting last year.

“He was also responsible for reestablishing the organisation’s force structure and for managing the transfer and storage of weapons in southern Lebanon.”

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