Abu Hassan Alaa
Second Hezbollah commander Israel said it killed in the south Lebanon strikes of 15-16 August.
Israel said it killed a second Hezbollah commander, Abu Hassan Alaa, in south Lebanon strikes on 16 August 2026, a day after targeting Ali Muhammad Fakhr al-Din, in the deadliest wave since June.
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Why did Israel say it killed a second Hezbollah commander a day after the first?
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Abu Hassan Alaa is the second Hezbollah commander Israel said it killed in the South Lebanon strikes of 15-16 August 2026, a day after it targeted senior commander Ali Muhammad Fakhr al-Din. Treasury's counterpart military statement links the campaign to a pre-dawn Hezbollah explosive-drone attack that had seriously wounded three Israeli soldiers, which Israel gave as its justification for the retaliation.
His reported death fell on the second of two consecutive strike days that together killed at least 11 people, among them three children and two women, the deadliest toll in south Lebanon since the June de-escalation.
Who is Abu Hassan Alaa?
Why did Israel strike Hezbollah commanders in south Lebanon?
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