Overview

• The IDF identified the target as Hassan Ali Jamil Ataiwi and said an aircraft struck him in the Nabatieh area of southern Lebanon.
• Israeli officials described Ataiwi as a knowledge hub who led rehabilitation and resupply of Hezbollah’s air-defense network and liaised with Iranian leaders on procurement.
• Israel characterized the operation as a blow to Hezbollah’s military reconstruction efforts that it says violate Israel–Lebanon border understandings, pledging continued action.
• U.N. officials report sustained civilian harm and displacement linked to the fighting, citing more than 80,000 people displaced in Lebanon and 30,000 from northern Israel.
• Media reports also noted a separate Israeli strike that killed a Doctors Without Borders volunteer and seriously injured four others as cross-border hostilities continued since late 2023.