The Israel Defense Forces announced on Thursday that it had eliminated a senior Hezbollah weapons dealer in Baalbek, northeast of Beirut in Lebanon.

Hussein Saifo Sharif directed terrorists in Syrian territory to plan attacks against the state of Israel, according to the IDF statement.

Such activities “constitute a blatant violation of the understanding between Israel and Lebanon,” the IDF stressed, referring to the Nov. 27, 2024 ceasefire agreement that ended over a year of fighting between the IDF and Hezbollah.