BEIRUT, Lebanon, March 24, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - Israel announced on Tuesday that a strike it carried out near Beirut the day before killed a member of Iran's Quds Force, who a Lebanese security source said had survived a previous attack in the same area. In a statement Tuesday, the Israeli army said it had killed Mohammed Ali Kurani, "a Quds Force terrorist who was advancing terror attacks directed by Iranian intelligence officials". The Quds Force is the foreign operations arm of Iran's Revolutionary Guards. A Lebanese security source told AFP that Kurani hailed from Nabatiyeh governorate in south Lebanon, and was "known by his military alias Haj Sadeq". Lebanon was dragged into the Middle East war on March 2 when Hezbollah fired rockets at Israel in retaliation for US-Israeli attacks that killed Iran's supreme leader.

Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha March 24, 2026 18:03 UTC