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According to a report by The Times of Israel on Friday, June 12, 2026, the Israel Defense Forces said it has killed more than 10 Hezbollah field commanders who were responsible for managing fighting against Israeli troops operating in southern Lebanon in a statement released by the military.
The military said that in March it killed Hassan Salameh, the commander of Hezbollah’s Nasr Unit, one of three regional divisions operating in southern Lebanon.
It added that since his death it had killed two successive replacements, Mahdi Bazi and Ashraf Salloum, who each assumed command in turn and were eliminated one after the other. The military emphasized the sequential nature of the command replacements in its account.
Separately, the IDF said that within a 12-hour period it carried out strikes that killed the commander of Hezbollah forces in the Beaufort Castle area, Nasser Shakir, as well as his replacement, Ahmad Sablini, who had previously served as his deputy before taking over the role. The IDF said the strikes were part of continued operations in the area.
In addition, the military said it had killed a series of other Hezbollah field commanders operating across southern Lebanon. These include Ali Abbas, who commanded forces in Bint Jbeil; Kamil Younes, commander of the Tyre sector; Fouad Moussa, commander of the Hajir sector; Hussein Salami, commander of the Jibshit sector; Ali Haik, commander of the Khiam sector; and Muslim Harb, commander of the Qana sector.
The commanders named were identified by the military as leading operations across multiple southern Lebanon sectors, according to the statement.
The military statement said these commanders were involved in directing local battlefield operations against Israeli forces. It added that the pattern of strikes targeted successive levels of command structure, including unit leaders and their immediate replacements.
The IDF said the operations formed part of ongoing activity against Hezbollah field command networks in southern Lebanon, according to its statement. It said the individuals targeted were part of a wider command network overseeing field-level coordination against Israeli forces in southern Lebanon.
The statement further stressed that the operations were aimed at disrupting command continuity by striking both commanders and their immediate successors in multiple sectors.
It added that these actions form part of ongoing military activity described in its statement concerning Hezbollah field command structures in southern Lebanon. All details were contained in the military statement according to the official account provided therein.
