Senior Hezbollah Field Commander Killed in Israeli Strike in Lebanon

A senior field commander in Hezbollah was killed in an Israeli strike on Wednesday outside of the southern Lebanese city of Tyre.

A Hezbollah statement identified the killed commander as Mohammad Naameh Nasser, who went by the name “Abu Naameh,” his nom de guerre. A Hezbollah official speaking anonymously said he was head of the group’s Aziz Unit, one of three regional divisions in southern Lebanon.

The unit is responsible for the eastern district on the Israel-Lebanon border.

The slain commander was reportedly of the same rank and importance to the group as Taleb Abdallah, who was killed in an Israeli strike in June and was the most senior Hezbollah field commander to be killed by the Israeli military in the last eight months of hostilities.