Israel’s killing of the top militant’s relative follows the deadliest day of the war in Lebanon
2-MIN READ2-MIN ListenReutersPublished: 3:55pm, 9 Apr 2026Updated: 4:12pm, 9 Apr 2026Corrected [4:06pm, 9 Apr, 2026][4:06pm, 9 Apr, 2026]An earlier version of this story reported Hezbollah's chief was killed in Lebanon. The error came from the source.
Israel said on Thursday it had killed the nephew of Naim Qassem, the leader of the Iran-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah, in a strike on Beirut overnight.
“The IDF struck in the Beirut area and eliminated Ali Yusuf Harshi, the personal secretary and nephew of Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem,” the military said.
Israel said on Thursday it had killed Naim Qassem, the leader of the Iran-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah, in a strike on Beirut overnight.
His death, if confirmed by Hezbollah, deals another big blow to the armed group and to Tehran as it is one of Iran’s main allies in the Middle East.
By attacking Israel on March 2, Hezbollah entered the war in the region on Iran’s side, two days after the United States and Israel began air strikes against Iran.
