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United News of India
22-05-2025
- Politics
- United News of India
Israeli army says killed Hezbollah weapons engineer in S. Lebanon
Jerusalem/Beirut, May 22 (UNI) Israel's military said it carried out a drone strike in southern Lebanon on Wednesday, killing a Hezbollah operative involved in the group's weapons development program. The man, identified as Hussein Nazih Barji, was struck while traveling in a vehicle in the Tyre area, according to a military statement accompanied by surveillance footage. Barji was described as "a central figure" in a directorate of Hezbollah that oversees the development, manufacture, and maintenance of weapons, including precision missiles, and works to expand the group's supply capabilities. The military said Barji was "a veteran engineer responsible for building infrastructure for the production of precision surface-to-surface missiles." His killing was intended to "disrupt Hezbollah's recovery efforts," it added. Israeli army spokesperson Avichay Adraee said on social media platform X that "Barji's activities represented a blatant violation of the understandings between Israel and Lebanon. The IDF (Israel Defense Forces) will continue to act to eliminate any threat to the State of Israel." The Lebanese Health Ministry confirmed the attack, saying that a "hostile" drone targeted a car on the Housh-Ain Baal road in the Tyre district, killing one person from the town of Ramadiyah. Meanwhile, Lebanon's state-run National News Agency reported another death from an Israeli drone strike on Wednesday on the village of Yater. The incidents were the latest in a series of Israeli attacks despite a ceasefire reached in November 2024 that ended 14 months of cross-border fighting between Israel and Hezbollah. UNI XINHUA GNK
LBCI
21-05-2025
- Politics
- LBCI
Israeli military: Hezbollah official killed in South Lebanon's Tyre strike
The Israeli military announced on Wednesday that it had carried out an airstrike in South Lebanon targeting Hussein Nazih Barji, described as a 'senior Hezbollah operative specializing in weapons production.' The strike took place in the Tyre region and was part of ongoing Israeli operations to weaken Hezbollah's military capabilities. According to Israeli military spokesperson Avichay Adraee, Barji was a key figure within Hezbollah's research, development, and production directorate and played a central role in advancing the group's weapons manufacturing efforts. Barji reportedly worked as an experienced engineer tasked with developing and maintaining infrastructure for producing precision-guided surface-to-surface missiles. The Israeli military said the attack was intended to disrupt Hezbollah's efforts to rebuild its military capacities following Israel's "Operation Northern Shield." The Israeli statement accused Hezbollah's weapons production directorate of violating understandings between Lebanon and Israel, warning that such activities pose a direct threat to Israeli security.
