"In response to the attack and murder perpetrated by the enemy" in Tyre, in southern Lebanon, Hezbollah fighters attacked two Israeli military positions in the Syrian Golan Heights annexed by Israel "with 100 Katyusha rockets", according to a statement from the group.
In today's Israeli attack, the Spanish news agency EFE said this afternoon that Hezbollah confirmed the death of commander Mohamed Niamah Nasser.
In the morning, Hezbollah did not name the commander killed in the Israeli attack on a vehicle in southern Lebanon, limiting itself to indicating that he was responsible for one of the three sectors in southern Lebanon.
"Islamic Resistance fighters bombed the headquarters of the Golani 210 Division, in Nafah barracks, and the anti-aircraft and anti-missile defense headquarters, in Kela barracks, with 100 Katyusha rockets," the Lebanese movement declared this afternoon in a statement.
The attack is part of the "response process" to Nasser's assassination, as was another attack carried out shortly afterwards against other Israeli army installations in Kiryat Shmona, also in the north of the Jewish state, Hezbollah said in an almost simultaneous statement.
During the second action to avenge the superior commander, the movement also used an undetermined number of Iranian-made 'Falaq' howitzers, until now reserved for attacks larger than usual operations.
Nasser, known as "Hajj Abu Niamah", was killed on Wednesday when an Israeli drone bombed the vehicle in which he was traveling in the southern area of Al Housh, according to information from the Lebanese National News Agency (ANN) and the group itself. Shia.
Three weeks ago, another Israeli attack killed a senior Hezbollah commander, Abu Taleb, in a house also in the south of the country.
His death, along with that of several other members of the movement, triggered a sharp escalation between Hezbollah and Israel in the days that followed, including a massive wave of attacks with more than 200 projectiles on Israeli territory, some targeting areas far from the border. common.
The two sides have been involved in the worst clashes since the 2006 war for almost nine months, and there are fears that the crossfire could turn into a new open conflict this summer, as the international community tries to find a negotiated solution to the crisis. .
