Israeli airstrike targeted senior Hezbollah figure Ali Karaki

An Israeli airstrike on Monday evening in the southern suburbs of Beirut aimed at senior Hezbollah figure Ali Karaki and Talal Hamia, according to a security source cited by Reuters.

The source indicated that the outcome for Karaki remains uncertain.

Both officers already sit on the Jihad Council, Hezbollah’s top military body.

Karaki leads Hezbollah’s southern command, overseeing the group’s military operations in southern Lebanon, while Hamia heads Unit 910, which manages Hezbollah’s foreign operations and is tasked with conducting attacks outside the country.

The Jihad Council was initially thought to consist of seven members, but it has since been reduced to five due to the deaths of Aqil, who directed Hezbollah operations and the Radwan Force, and Fuad Shukr, the military chief of Hezbollah, both of whom were killed in July.