Overview
- The IDF and Shin Bet announced a joint operation in the Ansariyah area of southern Lebanon on December 25.
- The strike killed Hussein Mahmoud Marshad al-Jawhari, identified by Israel as a key operative in the IRGC Quds Force’s Unit 840.
- Israel says al-Jawhari had worked for years on plans to carry out attacks against Israel from Syria and Lebanon.
- The Israeli announcement describes Unit 840 as the Quds Force’s operational arm led by Asghar Baqeri with Mohammad Reza Ansari as deputy.
- The agencies said they view Iran‑directed plots with great severity and will continue to act to remove threats to Israel.