The Israel Defense Forces said in a post to X on Thursday that it killed the nephew and personal secretary of Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem in strikes on Beirut on Wednesday, writes ABC NEWS.

Ali Yusuf Kharshi, the IDF said, was a close associate and adviser to Qassem and “played a central role in managing his office and providing his security”.

Israeli strikes killed at least 182 people in Lebanon on Wednesday, according to the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health.