Israeli military says it killed commander of Hezbollah-linked group in Beirut

CAIRO (Reuters) - The Israeli military said on Tuesday it killed the commander of the Imam Hussein division in Beirut, a Hezbollah-linked group based in Syria, Al-Faqar Hanawi, in parallel with killing Muhammad Jaafar Qasir, a commander in charge of weapons transfers from Iran and its affiliates to Lebanese armed group Hezbollah earlier in the day.

(Reporting by Jaidaa Taha; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)