The Israel Defense Forces on Sunday killed Hezbollah terrorist Ali Hussein Al-Mousawi in Lebanon’s Beqaa region.

According to the IDF, Al-Mousawi served as a weapons dealer and smuggler for the Iran-backed terror group, coordinating the purchase and transfer of arms from Syria to Lebanon. He was also involved in efforts to reestablish and bolster Hezbollah’s military capabilities.

Also on Sunday, the IDF conducted a separate precision strike in the southern Lebanese area of Naqoura, targeting terrorist operative Abd Mahmoud Al-Sayed.

Al-Sayed acted as Hezbollah’s representative in the Al-Bayada area, facilitating communication between the group and local residents on financial and military matters, the IDF said. He was likewise involved in Hezbollah’s efforts to rebuild its military infrastructure in the town.

“The terrorists’ activities constituted a violation of the understandings between Israel and Lebanon,” the IDF stated, referring to the Nov. 26, 2024 ceasefire agreement that ended more than a year of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah.

Hezbollah, which is backed by Iran, began launching attacks on Israel in support of Hamas following the Palestinian terror group’s Oct. 7, 2023, massacre.

Since the ceasefire, the IDF has carried out regular operations to prevent Hezbollah from reestablishing its military presence in Southern Lebanon—actions Israel argues are necessary to enforce the terms of the agreement.

On Saturday, the IDF killed Hezbollah terrorist Zayn al-Abidin Hussein Fatouni in an airstrike in the area of Jibchit in Southern Lebanon. According to the military, Hussein commanded an anti-tank unit within Hezbollah’s Radwan Force and had recently been involved in efforts to rebuild the group’s terrorist infrastructure.

Also on Saturday, an IDF strike in the Al-Qlaiaah area of Southern Lebanon eliminated Muhammad Akram Arabiya, a Radwan Force commander.

The Israeli military on Thursday night completed an intensive five-day division-level exercise along the border with Lebanon, led by the 91st Division and the National Ground Training Center.

It was the military’s largest exercise since the start of war on Oct. 7, 2023.

The drill was designed to prepare for “extreme defense scenarios,” ensure a rapid response to emerging incidents—including reserve troops mobilization and force buildup—and transition to offensive operations, all while applying lessons learned from two years of fighting across multiple arenas, according to the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit.

Although Jerusalem has withdrawn most of its ground forces since the war ended, it still controls five strategic sites in Southern Lebanon. Israeli officials have stated that the IDF will retain these positions until the Lebanese army demonstrates it can maintain security.

Lebanese Foreign Minister Youssef Raggi said on Sept. 9 that the country’s armed forces will have fully disarmed Hezbollah in Southern Lebanon within three months.

However, Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem on Sunday told Lebanon’s Al-Manar TV, which is affiliated with the Iranian-backed terrorist organization, that it had a “legitimate right” to possess weapons.

“Possession of weapons is an inseparable part of our legitimate right to defend our homeland. Resistance is a legitimate right,” Qassem said in an interview. “The Lebanese state decides how it wants to act internally regarding the handling of weapons. Israel has nothing to do with it.”

“We say before the whole world that we will remain a resistance, even if we are left with only our fingernails or a stick, and we will not stop,” he said, according to a translation by Iran’s official Press TV outlet.

In response, President Donald Trump has approved $230 million in funding for Lebanon’s security forces. In an email, a State Department spokesperson said the assistance would support the effort “to assert Lebanese sovereignty across the country and fully implement U.N. Security Council Resolution 1701, the only viable framework for a durable security arrangement for both Lebanese and Israelis.”

The U.N. resolution, adopted in the aftermath of the 2006 Second Lebanon War between Israel and Hezbollah, calls for the terror proxy to disarm and withdraw from Southern Lebanon, with the Lebanese army and the U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) tasked with securing the area.

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