Nabil Qaouk joined Hezbollah in the 1980s and was regarded as an important source of expertise in his field, having served as the Deputy Commander of the southern region on the Operational Council, Commander of the southern region and Deputy Commander of the Operational Council.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced that they eliminated Nabil Qaouk, Vice President of Hezbollah’s Executive Council, in airstrikes in Lebanon’s Beirut. This comes just a day after the Lebanese militant group announced its longtime leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli air strike on a suburb of Beirut.
An official statement by IDF read, “The Commander of Hezbollah’s Preventative Security Unit and a member of their Executive Council, Nabil Qaouk, was eliminated in a precise IDF strike. Qaouk was close to Hezbollah’s senior commanders and was directly engaged in terrorist attacks against the State of Israel and its citizens. “
It added, “He joined Hezbollah in the 1980s and was regarded as an important source of expertise in his field, having served as the Deputy Commander of the southern region on the Operational Council, Commander of the southern region and Deputy Commander of the Operational Council. The IDF will continue to strike and eliminate the commanders within the Hezbollah terrorist organization and will act against anyone who threatens the citizens of the State of Israel.
🔴ELIMINATED: The Commander of Hezbollah's Preventative Security Unit and a member of their Executive Council, Nabil Qaouk, was eliminated in a precise IDF strike.
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) September 29, 2024
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IDF had earlier announced that it “eliminated” Hassan Khalil Yassin, who led a unit in Hezbollah’s intelligence division responsible for identifying Israeli military and civilian targets.
The Israeli military said that it conducted a “precise strike” in the southern suburbs of Beirut, specifically in the Dahiyeh area.
“Following precise intelligence, last night, the IDF intensified its operations against Hezbollah’s force build-up through a series of targeted strikes on key weapon manufacturing sites. These included a facility used to produce and assemble missile and rocket launchers in southern Lebanon, as well as another site in the Beqaa Valley.”
It added, “For years, Hezbollah has systematically operated to build up its capabilities and increase its stockpile of weapons. Weapons and components have been smuggled from the east into Lebanon and delivered to manufacturing sites, where a range of weapons are produced—including precision-guided missiles—to be used in attacks against the State of Israel. These strikes follow IDF strikes earlier this week on several smuggling routes used to transfer weapons from Syria into Lebanon.”