Dhaka, Nov. 12 -- A Hezbollah commander was killed Monday in an Israeli airstrike on the Sarafand-Baysarieh highway in southern Lebanon, according to Lebanese security and official sources.
A Lebanese army intelligence source told Xinhua that the victim was identified as Samir Ali Faqih, a Hezbollah commander. The source did not provide further details.
Lebanon's National News Agency (NNA) reported that Faqih was killed in an Israeli drone strike targeting his car.
According to the Lebanese source, Israeli warplanes on Monday carried out around 20 air raids on Hezbollah positions in eastern and southern Lebanon, launching about 40 air-to-ground missiles.
These intense Israeli attacks came amid escalating Israeli threats and calls for He...