The Israeli army says it has killed a commander of the Imam Hussein division, referring to a Hezbollah-linked group based in Syria, in a strike in Beirut as it stepped up attacks across Lebanon.Israel also said on Tuesday that its forces killed Hezbollah commander Muhammad Jaafar Qasir, describing him as being responsible for weapons transfers from Iran and its affiliates to the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah.
The announcements came as Iran fired a salvo of ballistic missiles at Israel on Tuesday in what it said was retaliation for the assassinations of Hezbollah, Hamas and Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps officials. Israel promised a “painful response”, saying that more than 180 missiles were launched into Israel from Iran and Israeli air defences were activated to intercept them.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said Iran had launched tens of missiles at Israel and that if Israel retaliated, Tehran’s response would be “more crushing and ruinous”. Tehran targeted three Israeli military bases in its attack, Iran’s state news agency said.
It comes a day after Israel said it sent ground troops into southern Lebanon in what it described as a “limited” ope …
