The Israeli Air Force on Friday killed Muhammad Hamza Shahada, intelligence chief of Hezbollah’s elite Radwan Force, in a strike near Aadloun in southwestern Lebanon’s Sidon District.

Shahada played a key role during the current war in strengthening the Radwan Force’s capabilities and operational readiness, the IDF said.

The elite terrorist force for years trained to invade northern Israel and seize communities under a plan known as “Conquer the Galilee,” on which Hamas modeled its Oct. 7, 2023, cross-border massacre in the northwestern Negev.