Tel Aviv/Beirut, March 2 -- Israel announced Monday that it had eliminated the intelligence arm of Hezbollah in an overnight strike in south Lebanon, following the Iran-backed group's rocket attack on Israel. Hours after Hezbollah had conducted its attack, Beirut declared that it will impose an all-out ban on the Islamist militia's military activities, noting that its activities put the country's interests in jeopardy.
The IDF confirmed that the overnight strike in the Lebanese capital killed Hussein Makled, whom it called "the head of Hezbollah's intelligence headquarters."According to the IDF, Makled was key in "forming the intelligence picture" of Hezbollah, by overseeing the collection and analysis of intelligence on Israeli troop move...