Israel claims responsibility for the death of a Hezbollah commander in Lebanon, foreign minister says

Israel claimed responsibility for the death of a senior Hezbollah commander, Israel’s Foreign Minister Israel Katz said in an interview with Israel’s Channel 14 on Monday.

Wissam Tawil, a senior commander of Hezbollah’s Radwan forces was killed by an Israeli drone strike in his car in southern Lebanon, a Lebanese security source previously confirmed to CNN.

“As for the hit in south Lebanon, we did take responsibility,” Katz said in the interview, “This is part of our war.”

Katz added that Israel is making Hezbollah “pay a price.”

“We did not set a goal to thwart 150,000 missiles,” he said. “We set a goal to restore security to the residents of the north, to restore security to the residents of the south and to the State of Israel.”

Katz also reiterated that Israel has not claimed responsibility for last week’s blast in southern Beirut that killed the deputy head of Hamas’ political bureau, Saleh Al-Arouri.

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