The Israeli Air Force (IAF) carried out a targeted airstrike on Wednesday along the Lebanese-Syrian border, eliminating a high-ranking Hezbollah terrorist involved in arms smuggling operations, the IDF confirmed.

The strike neutralized Mahran Ali Nasser Al-Din, a key operative in Hezbollah’s Unit 4400, the group’s clandestine smuggling division responsible for transferring weapons across the Syria-Lebanon border.

According to the IDF, Al-Din played a crucial role in coordinating weapons transfers for Hezbollah, repeatedly violating the ceasefire understandings between Israel and Lebanon. The IDF warned that Unit 4400’s activities pose a direct security threat to Israel, prompting decisive action.

This high-profile elimination follows a series of Israeli strikes on Hezbollah infrastructure, including a Tuesday airstrike on a weapons production and storage facility in Lebanon’s Beqaa Valley, located 30 miles east of Beirut. The facility was identified as housing strategic weapons, and Hezbollah operatives were confirmed to be working inside at the time of the strike.

Tensions along Israel’s northern border continue to escalate, with the IDF repeatedly responding to Hezbollah’s provocations. Over the past week, Israeli forces have struck multiple Hezbollah military sites in the Baalbek region and Southern Lebanon, destroyed rocket launchers that posed an imminent threat to Israeli civilians, and bombed a Syria-Lebanon border crossing to disrupt Hezbollah’s smuggling operations.

The airstrikes coincided with Hezbollah’s high-profile funeral for its former leader, Hassan Nasrallah, who was eliminated in an Israeli airstrike on September 27. As the funeral procession moved through Beirut’s Dahiyeh district, IAF fighter jets flew low over the Lebanese capital, sending a clear warning to Hezbollah’s leadership.

Israeli Defense Minister Yisrael Katz confirmed the IAF’s presence over Beirut during Nasrallah’s funeral, issuing a direct message to Hezbollah: “Whoever threatens to destroy Israel and attacks Israel—that will be their end.”

Katz further declared: “You will specialize in funerals—and we will specialize in victories.”

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