It says Mustafa Amine Badreddine died in an Israeli air strike near Damascus airport.
Israel has so far made no public comment on the claim.
Badreddine - and three other alleged Hezbollah members - is accused of assassinating former Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri in Beirut in 2005.
Announcing Badreddine's death, Hezbollah said in a statement: "He took part in most of the operations of the Islamic resistance since 1982."
Born in 1961, he is believed to have been a senior figure in Hezbollah's military wing...
BBC
13/5/16
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Hezbollah's top military commander in Syria, Mustafa Amine Badreddine, was killed in artillery fire by jihadists, the Lebanese group says...
ReplyDeleteBadreddine's death near Damascus airport, announced on Friday, was initially blamed on Israel, Hezbollah's chief enemy.
Badreddine was believed to have run all Hezbollah's military operations in Syria since 2011.
Hezbollah has sent thousands of troops to support Syria's President Assad......BBC
14/5/16