Israeli Eliminates Entire Hezbollah Special Forces Command in Beirut Airstrike
A single Israeli airstrike on Friday eliminated the entire command structure of the terror group Hezbollah, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) disclosed in a press statement Saturday. This is undoubtedly the most devastating blow to the Iran-sponsored terrorist militia in its 40-year history.
On Friday afternoon, Israeli fighter jets targeted an “underground” terrorist hideout “in the heart of Hezbollah’s stronghold in Beirut,” the IDF revealed.
The prime target of the strike was Ibrahim Aqil, head of Hezbollah’s terrorist operations and mastermind of the deadly 1983 bombings of the U.S. embassy and Marine Barracks in Beirut.
Apart from Aqil, the airstrike killed 15 other commanders of Hezbollah’s Radwan Force and several other terror operatives, thereby taking out the entire leadership structure of Hezbollah’s terrorist fighting force, an infographic posted by the IDF on X shows.
“IAF jets, guided by the Intelligence Directorate, targeted and eliminated Ibrahim Aqil, head of operations and commander of the Radwan Force of the Hezbollah terrorist organization, during a meeting with Radwan Force commanders in the Dahieh neighborhood of Beirut,” the Israeli TV channel i24NEWS reported Saturday. “Additionally, 15 other Hezbollah terrorists were eliminated in the strike, including senior commanders in the Radwan Force chain of command.”
“Among the terrorists eliminated, was Abu Hassan Samir, who served as the head of the Radwan Force training unit. He held various positions within the terrorist organization and was commander of the Radwan Force for a decade until early 2024,” the Israeli military disclosed in a press release Saturday.
The slain Hezbollah “commanders had been leading and planning the Radwan Force’s attack and infiltration plan into Israeli territory for years, to be executed when given the order,” the IDF statement revealed. “Additionally, senior officials in the organization and within the Radwan Force headquarters were eliminated.”
They were also responsible for relentless rocket and drone attacks that forced tens of thousands of residents in northern Israel to flee their homes since October 7. “Aqil and the commanders eliminated in the strike were responsible for planning, advancing, and executing hundreds of terrorist operations against Israel, including the planning of Hezbollah’s murderous scheme to raid the communities of the Galilee,” the IDF said.
Following the October 7 massacre, Hezbollah –in a bid to back Hamas — fired more than 8,000 rockets on towns and cities across northern Israel. The terrorist strikes killed dozens of Israeli civilians, including 12 children, at a soccer field in the Golan Heights.
Friday’s precise and devastating strike leaves Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah lonely at the helm of a hollowed-out terrorist organization. The strike came a day after Hezbollah suffered two deadly waves of pager and walkie talkie blasts that decimated the rank and file of the Shia-Jihadist group. in late July, an Israeli airstrike in Beirut killed Hezbollah’s ‘number 2’ terrorist Fuad Shukr.
IDF conducts massive airstrike, destroys thousands of Hezbollah rocket launchers in southern Lebanon
After losing its top command, Hezbollah suffers fresh blows to its terrorist build-up in southern Lebanon.
The IDF on Saturday afternoon destroyed thousands of Hezbollah rocket launchers in a massive coordinate airstrike. “Israeli fighter jets struck some 180 Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon in the past few hours, taking out thousands of rocket launcher barrels,” The Times of Israel reported citing military sources. “The military says the rocket launchers were primed for imminent attacks on Israel.”
The IDF revealed the details of the strike in a press release:
Approximately 180 targets and thousands of launcher barrels were dismantled: the IDF completed a number of strikes in southern LebanonFollowing the sirens that sounded throughout the past day in the areas of the Upper Galilee, Golan Heights and Safed area, approximately 90 projectile launches were identified crossing from Lebanon into Israeli territory.Over the past hour, the IAF struck thousands of launcher barrels that were ready for immediate use to fire toward Israeli territory.Additionally, IDF artillery struck a number of areas in southern Lebanon.
Gaza: IDF eliminates senior Hamas intel operative, several other terrorists
The IDF on Saturday continued its counter-terrorism strikes in Gaza, destroying a Hamas commander centre and eliminating several terrorists in a series of airstrikes. “Over the past hour, with the direction of Southern Command and IDF intelligence, the IAF conducted a precise strike on terrorists who were operating inside a Hamas command and control center in the Gaza City,” the Israeli military said in a statement Saturday.
As is often the case, the Hamas commander center was located in an abandoned school. Hamas uses schools, mosques, and hospitals to conceal and shield its terrorist infrastructure. “The command and control center, which was embedded inside a compound that previously served as the Al Falah School, was used by Hamas terrorists to plan and carry out terrorist attacks against IDF troops and the State of Israel,” the military noted.
While Hamas embedded its terrorist base in a former school, Israel took all possible measures “to mitigate the risk of harming civilians, including the use of precise munitions, aerial surveillance and additional intelligence,” the IDF assured.
A separate Israeli strike took out Hamas’s senior intelligence operative and several other terrorists.
“In an IDF intelligence-based strike, the terrorist Muhammad Mansour, a Hamas operative who acted as a source of technological knowledge in Hamas’ military intelligence system, was eliminated,” the military announced Saturday. “Additionally, a number of Hamas terrorists who led terror attacks against IDF soldiers were also eliminated.”
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