JERUSALEM: The Zionist army said Monday that a commander responsible for funding the Lebanese Hezbollah group was “eliminated” in Syria. The man, whose name was not released, headed the Iran-backed Hezbollah’s Unit 4400 that is “responsible for the transfers and the amount of funds” to the group through Tehran’s oil sales, army spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said in a statement.

The commander was “eliminated” in Syria “a few hours ago”, he added. The unit was previously led by Mohammed Jafar Ksir, also known as Sheikh Salah, Hagari said. “He managed (Hezbollah’s) main source of income for years, until we eliminated him in a targeted attack on the capital (Beirut) in early October,” he said.

Earlier Monday, Syria’s defense ministry announced the death of two people in a strike attributed to the Zionist entity and targeting a car in Damascus. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that a strike targeted a non-Syrian man who was driving his car in a neighborhood where a memorial was being held for Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, who was killed by the Zionist entity last week in Gaza. Unit 4400 is charged with transporting Iranian oil to Syria, which is then sold in Lebanon. Its value “is about tens of millions of dollars”, Hagari said. — AFP