According to CoinMeta, the Israeli Defense Forces issued a statement on the 16th stating that on the 15th, the IDF launched an attack in southern Lebanon, killing Abu Hassan Ala, a senior commander of Hezbollah's "Badr Brigade" in Lebanon. The statement mentioned that Ala had been involved in planning and facilitating several attacks against IDF soldiers deployed in the "security zone" in southern Lebanon. Over the years, Ala was responsible for commanding multiple combat units of Hezbollah, launching attacks against IDF soldiers and Israeli civilians.