The Israeli Defense Forces eliminated Hezbollah member Jouad Bassem in a precision strike on the Lebanese village of Dounin over the past hour from 12:16 PM to 1:16 PM UTC on January 25, 2026, targeting the militant, according to Osint613. The strike follows IDF attacks earlier today on a Hezbollah weapons production site in Bir al-Sansal in southern Lebanon and military infrastructures in the Bekaa region, as stated by the IDF, and prior raids reported in the Shaara area, Jinta, and Kfar Donin with casualties in Kfar Donin, according to monitor 'راصد العدو' and i24NEWS reporter Yanon Shalom up to 12:16 PM UTC. Separately, the IDF's Central Command launched a pre-planned exercise this morning to improve readiness for extreme scenarios in the West Bank and along the Jordan border, involving several divisions and the Civil Administration under COGAT, the military stated per journalist Manny Fabian. In a revelation from a recently published mourning poster, Muhammad Munhel Abu Armana, previously assessed as a journalist killed collaterally on July 13, 2024, in Al Mawasi, has been identified as a Hamas combatant in the Rafah Brigade's Military Media Department, killed in the same Khan Yunis strike that eliminated senior Al-Qassam Brigades leaders Mohamed Deif and Rafa Salama, according to MiddleEastBuka.
