Israel continues with its deadly airstrikes against Lebanon on Tuesday, killing a Jamaa al-Islamiya commander south of the capital city of Beirut. Jamaa al-Islamiya has confirmed the death of the man, identified as Hussein Izzat Mohammad Atwi, and he was said to be in a car when it was struck.
Lebanon’s Jamaa al-Islamiya is a political movement aligned with the Muslim Brotherhood, and has a military wing called the Fajr Forces. Jamaa al-Islamiya is a relatively small political faction, with only a single seat in parliament.
The group has long opposed Israeli intervention in Lebanon, and has been occasionally targeted by Israeli forces. Israel said Atwi was involved in planning and promoting hostile activities against Israel along the border.
Israel has been carrying out multiple strikes almost daily in Lebanon, but mostly in the south closer to the border. They have only hit the Beirut area a handful of times since the ceasefire went into effect in November.
Other attacks were reported further south along the coast, in Haniyeh near the city of Tyre. There, Israeli drones attacked a vehicle and a motorcycle, killing one person and wounding several others.
The person in Haniyeh has yet to be conclusively identified, but Israel, in keeping with their normal reaction when they do choose to comment on a lethal attack, declared the person to be a “Hezbollah commander.”
The IDF released a video showing the killing, with a drone strike first hitting the car, then a second strike launched against the same person when he got out of the struck car and fled. The vehicle appears to be a small truck carrying recyclables in the back, and the person slain is just one of several people that can be seen trying to flee from the scene when the second attack was launched.
