Besides the targeted strikes to take out the top Hezbollah commander, the IDF was destroying the terrorist infrastructure in the southern Beirut jihadist bastion of Dahieh.
The strike on Friday night was aimed at eliminating Muhammad Haydar, the head of Hezbollah ’s overall terrorist operation. “ Israel targeted the head of Hezbollah ’s operations department, Muhammad Haydar, in a Friday night airstrike on Beirut,” the
Haydar is a member of Hezbollah's Jihad Council, the terror group's top military body. His exact position in the terror group these days is unclear.Haydar is the most significant Hezbollah terrorist to be targeted by Israel since terror chief Hassan Nasrallah and senior commanders were eliminated in late September.
The IDF considered him chief of the terror group’s military after a string of assassinations of top Hezbollah commanders. He has been leading the organization in recent months and sources tod the Saudi Arabia Al Hadath channel that he was the strategic – security brain behind Hezbollah’s war with Israel.
The strike came without warning, as was the practice of the IDF, in the pre-dawn hours, while at the same time, Hezbollah fired 5 rockets at Haifa and its surrounding areas.
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