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Last Updated:December 25, 2025, 20:24 IST
According to the Israeli statement, al-Jawhari had been involved in recent years “in advancing terrorist plots against Israel in the Syria–Lebanon arena.”
The Israeli military released drone footage showing the strike. (Image Credit: X)
The Israeli military and the Shin Bet security agency announced the killing of a senior commander from Iran’s Quds Force in an Israeli strike in northeast Lebanon. In a joint statement, the Israel Defense Forces and Shin Bet said the target, Hussein Mahmoud Marshad al-Jawhari, was a top commander in the Operations Unit of the Quds Force, the extraterritorial arm of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
Lebanon’s state news agency earlier reported that two people were killed when an Israeli drone strike hit a vehicle on a road leading to the Syrian border.
בפעילות משותפת של צה״ל ושב״כ: חוסל מחבל מרכזי ביחידת המבצעים של ‘כוח קדס’ האיראניצה״ל ושב״כ חיסלו מוקדם יותר היום במרחב נצריה שבלבנון את חסין מחמוד מרשד אלג׳והרי, מחבל מרכזי ביחידת המבצעים של ‘כוח קדס’ (840), אשר היה מעורב בשנים האחרונות בקידום מתווי טרור נגד מדינת ישראל בזירת… pic.twitter.com/9X2NJClmDJ
— צבא ההגנה לישראל (@idfonline) December 25, 2025
According to the Israeli statement, al-Jawhari had been involved in recent years “in advancing terrorist plots against Israel in the Syria–Lebanon arena." It said the Operations Unit- also known as Unit 840- is responsible for directing Iranian attacks against Israel.
The Israeli military also released drone footage showing the strike.
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December 25, 2025, 20:22 IST
News world Israel Kills Iran's Senior Quds Force Commander In Lebanon Strike
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