Israeli army spokesperson Avichai Adraee shared on his "X" account the news of the assassination of a Hezbollah official in the south. He stated in a tweet: "Announcement of the elimination of a prominent field leader in the Southern Front Unit of Hezbollah in the Tyre area." He added: "The Defense Forces managed to eliminate the individual named Hussein Ibrahim Maki, who was responsible for planning and executing numerous terrorist operations against the Israeli home front during the fighting." Adraee concluded by saying, "Maki was a former leader of the coastal area in the terrorist organization."