Hezbollah confirmed his death, making him the seventh senior Hezbollah leader slain in Israeli strikes in a little over a week. They include founding members who had evaded death or detention for decades.

Israel’s military hit Hizbollah’s “main command centre” in Beirut’s southern suburbs on Friday in a strike targeting Hassan Nasrallah, the group’s leader, in the most intense bombardment of Lebanon’s capital since the start of its offensive.