A Hezbollah commander was killed in an Israeli drone strike in southern Lebanon on Monday evening, the military said on Tuesday.

The incident was the latest in a series of Israeli strikes on members of the Lebanese terror group amid an ongoing ceasefire, whom Israel says posed a threat.

Lebanon’s health ministry said the drone strike on a vehicle late Monday in the village of Qaaqaait al-Jisr, near Nabatieh, killed one person.

According to the Israel Defense Forces, the strike targeted and killed Hassan Kamal Halawi, the chief of Hezbollah’s anti-tank missile unit in southern Lebanon.

“During the war, Halawi was responsible for numerous terror attacks against Israel. He facilitated the movement of operatives and the supply of weapons into southern Lebanon. In recent months, Halawi continued to engage in terrorist activity against Israeli civilians,” the army said in a statement.

The IDF added that he was targeted because he posed a threat to the country.

Footage published by Lebanese media purported to show the........

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