Hamas and Hezbollah commanders blown away in IDF strikes in sunny Lebanon

The streets of Sidon, Lebanon’s southern port city, were a chaotic mess early Wednesday, May 7, 2025. Lebanese army grunts and rescue crews swarmed around a mangled car, obliterated by an Israeli airstrike. The scene was grim, the air thick with tension. 

Israel’s military dropped the hammer on a Hamas commander, Khaled Ahmad al-Ahmad, in that Sidon strike. They pegged him as the chief of operations for the terror group’s western sector in Lebanon. This wasn’t some random hit—al-Ahmad was a big fish. 

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) laid it out plain: this guy was behind a slew of attacks on Israeli civilians and soldiers during the war. “Recently, he worked to transfer weapons and to carry out terror attacks against the State of Israel,” they said. Translation? He was a walking threat, and they took him out because “Ahmad’s activities posed a threat to the State of Israel and its citizens.” Cold, hard, done.

Hamas didn’t deny it. They confirmed al-Ahmad’s death, calling him a field commander. No tears shed, just facts.

Now, let’s zoom out. Hamas, the outfit running Gaza, has deep roots in Lebanon, cozying up with Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed terror crew. Both are bankrolled by Tehran, and they’re not exactly throwing peace rallies. This Sidon strike came hot on the heels of another IDF hit—Tuesday, they smoked a Hezbollah commander, Adnan Harb, in a drone strike up in Nabatieh, southern Lebanon. 

Gone and soon forgotten

Harb wasn’t just some desk jockey; he ran logistics for Hezbollah’s Badr regional division, the unit holding down the area north of the Litani River. The IDF said Harb was busy rebuilding Hezbollah’s war machine, moving weapons, and fixing up infrastructure south of the Litani.

“The terrorist worked to transfer weapons within Lebanese territory between the various units in the organization. His actions constituted a blatant violation of the understandings between Israel and Lebanon,” the IDF spat. In other words, he was playing dirty, and they made him pay.

This all ties back to the November 2024 ceasefire, which was supposed to cool things down after over a year of slugfests—two months of that was straight-up war—between Israel and Hezbollah. It kicked off October 8, 2023, when Hezbollah, riding shotgun for Hamas, started lobbing missiles and drones at Israel daily. 

The ceasefire gave Israel a green light to hit “immediate threats,” and they’ve been swinging hard ever since. Over 140 Hezbollah operatives have been sent to the dirt since the truce began. No chill.

Lebanon’s president claimed last week that their army’s got 85 percent of the south locked down, pushing Hezbollah out as per the ceasefire deal. Sounds nice, but nobody’s double-checked his math. Israel, meanwhile, was supposed to pull its troops out of southern Lebanon. They’ve cleared most spots but are still dug in at five strategic posts. Nobody’s playing nice in this sandbox.

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