Israel today targeted Houthi stronghold Yemen, hitting Hodeidah port, oil reserves in Ras Issa, Al-Hali power station and Hodeidah International Airport
This came following Mehbooba Mufti cancelling her election campaign on Sunday for the third phase of the assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir in "solidarity with the martyrs of Lebanon and Gaza, especially Hassan Nasarallah."
According to the Israeli military, senior Hezbollah official Nabil Qaouk was killed in an Israel Defense Forces airstrike on Saturday in the Dahiyeh suburb of Beirut.
Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency reported that Abbas Nilforushan, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ deputy commander, was killed along with Hezbollah leaders in the Israeli operation in Beirut.
Hezbollah, an Iran-backed terror group, rose from Lebanon’s civil war to become a powerful military and political force, but financial sanctions and domestic opposition now threaten its future.
Following the death of Hezbollah chief Nasrallah, Israel's army chief, Lieutenant General Herzi Halevi, vowed to "reach" anyone who poses a threat to Israeli citizens.
The airstrikes in Lebanon came just days after Hezbollah was rocked with a series of explosions in devices like pagers, walkie-talkies, and solar power systems.
As per Hezbollah's internal military intelligence report, over 879 members were killed in the explosion of pagers, walkie-talkies, including 131 Iranians and 79 Yemenis.