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The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said the commander in charge of internal security of the Lebanese Shiite Party militia Hezbollah Nabil Kawek was killed in an air offensive launched on Saturday. thereby adding to the losses among the militia’s senior leadership in recent weeks.

“It is believed that the terrorist Kavek was at the top of Hezbollah and was directly involved in facilitating terrorist acts against the State of Israel and its citizens, even in the last days,” the Israeli Armed Forces report notes.

Kavek joined Hezbollah in the 1980s and is considered an important part of the group’s organizational structure, He came as a representative in southern Lebanon and vice president of Hezbollah’s Executive Council. It appeared “often” in the media as police representative.

“The IDF continues attack and destroy commanders terrorist organization Hezbollah and act against anyone who threatens the citizens of the State of Israel,” the Israeli military authorities emphasized.

The information comes after Israel announced the death of the Hezbollah leader on Saturday. Hassan Nasrallah, in the “selective explosion” of a residential area of ​​the Lebanese capital Beirut, where the militia’s “headquarters” were located.

In recent weeks, since mid-September, Israel has stepped up its offensive against Hezbollah and destroyed most of its dome. The militia began attacking northern Israel in solidarity with the Palestinian cause.

Lebanon confirms 1,640 deaths since attacks began

For their part, the Lebanese authorities confirmed that At least 1,640 people have died in the country following the outbreak of clashes between the Shiite Hezbollah party and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Lebanon’s southern border following the October 7 Hamas attacks and the subsequent Israeli response.

This was confirmed by Lebanese Health Minister Firas Abiad, clarifying that among the total number of deaths There are at least 104 children and about 200 more women. The total number of wounded exceeds 8,400 people, while the number of possible missing people under the rubble of buildings destroyed as a result of Israeli attacks is not specified.

Likewise, Lebanese authorities clarified that between 16 and 27 September, when Israel intensified its attacks on Lebanon and Hezbollah, Just over a thousand people died Including about 130 women and children, and more than 6,300 injured, according to L’Orient-Le Jour.

Almost a year ago, Hamas launched a series of attacks into Israel that resulted in… the death of 1,200 people and the kidnapping of almost 240 people. In response, Israel launched a bloody military operation in the Gaza Strip that has already killed more than 41,500 people, mostly women and children.

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Hezbollah beganattacking Israel across the border in support of the Palestinian cause. Militia attacks have resulted in several deaths and the evacuation of thousands. Israel has launched specific attacks in southern Lebanon, but in mid-September it launched an offensive against militias that culminated on Saturday in an attack on Beirut that killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.

(according to information from Europe Press)