Hezbollah fires most rockets yet in war after Israel kills a top commander
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Hezbollah fires most rockets yet in war after Israel kills a top commander
JERUSALEM/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Hezbollah fired the most rockets it has launched at Israel in a single day since cross-border hostilities broke out eight months ago, as part of its retaliation on Wednesday for an Israeli strike which killed a senior Hezbollah field commander.
The Iran-backed Hezbollah and Israel have been trading fire since the eruption of the Gaza war in October, in steadily intensifying hostilities that have fuelled concern of a bigger confrontation between the heavily armed adversaries.
The Israeli strike in the south Lebanon village of Jouaiyya late on Tuesday killed three Hezbollah fighters alongside the senior field commander Taleb Abdallah, also known as Abu Taleb, Israel and three security sources in Lebanon said.
He was the most senior Hezbollah commander killed during eight months of hostilities, one of the sources said.
The Israeli military confirmed that it had killed him as well as the three other Hezbollah fighters in a strike on a command and control centre.
The sources in Lebanon said he was Hezbollah's commander for the central region of the southern border strip.
Hezbollah said it carried out at least 17 operations against Israel on Wednesday, including eight in response to what it called the "assassination" by Israel in Jouaiyya.
