The Israel Defence Forces, IDF, says it has killed a Hezbollah commander, Ismail Youssef Baaz in an air strike in the Southern Lebanese town of Ain Baal.
His death was also confirmed by Hezbollah.
Baaz oversaw the Lebanese Shia armed group and was involved in advancing and planning rocket and anti-tank missile launches toward Israel from the coastal area in Lebanon
Hezbollah is funded, trained and armed by Iran and is designated a terrorist organisation by Israel, the UK, US and other countries.
Its fighters have exchanged fire with Israeli forces almost every day along the border since the start of the war between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas in the Gaza Strip in October.
