A Hezbollah operative was killed in an Israeli drone strike in Ain Baal, near Lebanon's

A Hezbollah operative was killed in an Israeli drone strike in Ain Baal, near Lebanon's coastal city of Tyre, earlier today, the military announces.

According to the IDF, the target of the strike, Hussein Nazih Barji, was a "significant source of knowledge" in the field of weapons production, and he worked in Hezbollah's weapons research and development division.

Barji was "an experienced engineer" in the division and was responsible for "establishing infrastructure for the production of precision missiles," the army says.

The IDF says Barji was targeted to disrupt Hezbollah's attempts to rearm, and because his actions "constituted a blatant violation of the understandings between Israel and Lebanon."