IDF strike kills Hezbollah intel chief; Lebanon to ban terror group's military activity

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48% : " It was the latest effort by Lebanon's leadership to assert its authority over Hezbollah, which it has been seeking to disarm ever since the start of its ceasefire with Israel in November 2024.
45% : " The military said Makled was responsible for "forming the intelligence picture using various intelligence collection tools to provide the Hezbollah terror organization with intelligence assessments regarding IDF troops and the State of Israel.
43% : " "He also closely cooperated with senior commanders in Hezbollah who planned and advanced terror attacks against Israel and its citizens," the military added.
40% : In the wake of the attack, Defense Minister Israel Katz said on X that Hezbollah's chief Naim Qassem was now "a marked target for elimination.
36% : And after Hezbollah on Sunday promised to take action against Israel and the US, President Joseph Aoun reiterated that "the decision of war and peace rests solely with the Lebanese state," in a plea for the terror group to remain on the sidelines, as it had done during the previous 12-day war between Israel and Iran in June 2025.
35% : " Katz warned that Israel would send Qassem to "the depths of hell" like Iran's Khamenei.
32% : But the request fell on deaf ears as Hezbollah moved ahead with its attack, the first time that the Iranian proxy had fired at Israel since the US-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon came into effect.
26% : People look at a building damaged in an Israeli airstrike in response to a Hezbollah attack on Israel, in the southern suburb of Haret Hreik of Beirut on March 2, 2026 (AFP) Israel said Monday that the head of Hezbollah's intelligence arm was killed in an overnight strike and Beirut said it would ban the terror group's military activities, hours after the Iran-backed organization fired rockets and drones at Israel, leading to major retaliatory strikes.

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