The Israeli army issued the following statement: Yesterday, Saturday, the Israeli army targeted the Deir Al-Zahrani area and eliminated Abu Hassan Alaa, a senior commander in Hezbollah’s “Badr” unit. Within the framework of his position, Abu Hassan Alaa participated in pushing several terrorist plots against our forces operating in the security zone, including launching explosive drones toward our forces in southern Lebanon. During recent years, the terrorist has commanded several Hezbollah combat zones against Israeli army forces and citizens of the State of Israel. Abu Hassan Alaa was targeted and eliminated in response to the operation carried out by Hezbollah against our forces who were operating in the security zone. His elimination represents a blow to the unit’s management capabilities, in addition to the elimination of Ali Samir al-Hajj Hassan, who served as a battalion commander in the “Al-Radwan Force” unit, and was eliminated at the command headquarters in Ansar. The IDF will not allow Hezbollah to harm the citizens of the State of Israel and its forces, and will continue to work to eliminate the threats.”