THE Israeli army announced yesterday Monday that he killed at Syria senior Lebanese official Hezbollahresponsible for much of the financing of the Lebanese Shiite movement.

The man, whose name was not released, was the head of “Unit 4,400” and “responsible for Hezbollah’s transfers of funds” that were secured mainly through the sale of Iranian oil, said Israeli military spokesman Vice Admiral Daniel Hagari.

“It was eliminated (…) a few hours ago in Syria,” he claimed.

The unit was previously headed by Mohammed Jafar Xir, also known as Sheikh Salah, who “managed for years the organization’s main source of income” and was “eliminated” by Iran in a “targeted attack” in Beirut in early October, he added. representative.

Earlier yesterday, the Syrian Ministry of Defense announced the death of two people in a bombardment attributed to Israel that targeted a car in Damascus.

For its part, the non-governmental organization Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said a missile targeted a non-Syrian who was driving a car in a neighborhood where a memorial service was held for Hamas leader Yahya Shinwar, who was killed by Israeli soldiers in the southern part. of the Gaza Strip last week.

“Unit 4,400” was allegedly responsible for transporting Iranian oil that is unloaded in Syria and resold in Lebanon. “We’re talking about tens of millions of dollars,” according to Vice Admiral Hagari.

The Lebanese Hezbollahan ally of the Palestinian Hamas, has opened a front with Israel since the day after the outbreak of the war in the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023.

The representative Hagari also claimed that the Hezbollah partly funded by “factories” in Syria, Yemen, Lebanon itself and Turkey — a NATO member state.

He did not give details about these “factories”.

“We will continue to act against her Hezbollah in Syria and everywhere,” he added.

Israel’s army, which has been conducting ground operations for nearly a month to push back Hezbollah fighters from areas of the border between the two states, has now expanded its aerial bombardment campaign in recent days, targeting in particular the economic interests of the Shiite movement. , which is backed by Iran, in order to reduce its ability to finance its operations.