Hezbollah terrorist Meitham Mustafa Altaar, who had significant knowledge of the terror group's air defense system, was eliminated on Saturday by the IDF, the military announced.
The IDF conducted a strike against Altaar using an Israel Air Force aircraft in the Baalbek area in Lebanon.
Altaar also took part in the planning and executing of a variety of terrorist acts against Israel, the IDF said, adding that he acquired his knowledge through his visits to Iran and assisted in strengthening Hezbollah with Iranian weapons.
Baalbek is located in Lebanon's Beqaa Valley, situated some 100km from the Israeli-Lebanese border
Later on Saturday, the military stated it had struck a Hezbollah terror infrastructure and observation post in the Houla area of southern Lebanon. An additional observation post was attacked in the area of Odaisseh in southern Lebanon. The military also affirmed IDF artillery forces had fired at the Yaroun, Maroun El Ras, and Blida areas of southern Lebanon to remove a threat.
IDF strikes additional senior Hezbollah commander
Last week, an IDF strike outside Tyre killed a senior Hezbollah commander of the Aziz Unit, Muhammad Neamah Naser. The unit was responsible for launches that had been carried out towards Israeli territory from south-western Lebanon.
Following Naser's elimination last week, Hezbollah fired some 200 rockets and 20 drones at northern Israel, including at cities such as Acre and Nahariya. This was one of the most widespread attacks carried out by the terror group since the beginning of the war.
Yonah Jeremy Bob and Reuters contributed to this article.