Israel kills Islamic Jihad’s top commander in Beirut

The Israeli army announced that the top commander of Islamic Jihad in Lebanon was killed.

“Abu Hamza Rami carried out hundreds of terrorist attacks against IDF troops and Israeli civilians, including recruiting, training, and supplying weapons to terrorists,” the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement on Monday. he said. IDF said in X.

The IDF said Rami “directed the movement of Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) terrorists along the Syria-Lebanon border and their activities against IDF units in southern Lebanon.”

“His elimination significantly impaired PIJ’s ability to conduct terrorist operations against Israel.”

PIJ is a terrorist organization allied with the Palestinian militant organization Hamas.

The United States and Israel launched a large-scale offensive against Iran on Saturday, sparking regional tensions as Tehran launched missiles at US bases in several Gulf states.

In response to the killing of Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a joint US-Israeli attack, Iran-allied Hezbollah militia in Lebanon fired multiple rockets at Israel.

At least 52 people were killed and 154 injured on Monday in retaliatory Israeli strikes on Lebanon, the Lebanese government said, according to an updated count.