"Hezbollah" Denies Israeli Claims of Assassination of Drone Unit Official

The media relations of Hezbollah issued the following statement: "The broadcasting authority in the Zionist entity and the military spokesperson for the Israeli occupation army claimed that the enemy carried out the assassination of what is referred to at times as the head of the drone unit in Hezbollah or the head of the air force at other times. The media relations of Hezbollah categorically deny this false claim, which has no basis in truth, and affirm that the respected martyr, the head of the drone unit in Hezbollah, has not been subjected to any assassination attempt whatsoever, as claimed by the enemy." Israeli media reported that "Hezbollah leader Ali Hussein Burji, commander of the southern Lebanon area and head of Hezbollah's drone unit, was killed after being targeted in the area of Kherbet Selim in southern Lebanon." Ali Hussein led dozens of military operations using explosive drones and was responsible for developing Hezbollah's suicide drone system. He was also accountable for the attack against the Israeli Air Force base located on Mount Meron in northern Israel. According to Lebanese reports, Hussein was known as one of the most important leaders of Hezbollah formations fighting in the Idlib area of Syria. In a related report, Lebanese reports indicated that Burji's vehicle was attacked near the funeral of the former commander of the Radwan Force, Wissam al-Tawil, who was killed yesterday in an airstrike attributed to Israel. According to available information, the Hezbollah leader has several relatives who were killed after participating in the fighting within the party, including his brothers Mahmoud and Mohammed Burji, his uncle Ali al-Hadi Noun, and his cousin, leader Abu Khalil Burji. Wissam Burji and Issa Burji share the same family name, but no specific family connection has been identified.