Operation Epic Fury Updates: Israel Reportedly Eliminates Top Hezbollah Commander
Israel targets IRGC, Basij militia responsible for the recent mass-killings of protesters.
With Operation Epic Fury entering its tenth day, the U.S. and Israel continued their multi-pronged strikes against the Iranian regime.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) stepped up its air and ground operations against the Iranian proxy terror group Hezbollah in Lebanon, eliminating one of its senior-most commanders, Israeli media reports say.
“Defense Minister Israel Katz said the IDF eliminated the commander of Hezbollah’s Nasr Unit in a targeted strike overnight,” Israel’s Ynetnews reported. “Katz made the remarks Monday during a visit to Northern Command, where he was briefed on the strike that killed Abu Hussein Raab, identified as the commander of the Nasr Unit in Hezbollah.”
BREAKING:
Israel announced that its military had killed the head of Hezbollah’s Nasr Unit operating in part of southern Lebanon.
Defense Minister Israel Katz “was briefed on the elimination of the commander of Hezbollah’s Nasr Unit,” Abu Hussein Ragheb, during an overnight… pic.twitter.com/LnBwxy1LF9
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) March 9, 2026
The Israeli ground troops were now carrying out anti-terror raids along the border with Lebanon. “Overnight (Monday), IDF troops began a targeted and limited raid in an area in southern Lebanon to locate and eliminate terrorists and dismantle Hezbollah’s infrastructure,” the military disclosed. “As part of the targeted raid, the troops are operating to locate and strike terror infrastructure sites and eliminate terrorists in southern Lebanon. Prior to the entry of ground forces, firepower was employed, and numerous terrorist targets were struck from both the air and the ground.”
Earlier today, the Israeli military struck a Hezbollah financial institution called al-Qard al-Hassan. U.S. Treasury designated AQAH in 2007 and recently sanctioned seven of its senior officials.
The IDF issued an evacuation notice for the area before striking the building. pic.twitter.com/jJTrp70RMb
— Joe Truzman (@JoeTruzman) March 9, 2026
IDF strikes Iranian drone and missile capabilities
With Iran firing deadly ballistic cluster missiles at towns and cities across the country, the Israeli fighter jets, piloted by daring and courageous men and women, were ‘deepening’ their strikes on the regime’s long-range strike capabilities, hitting missile factories and the drone headquarters of the regime’s Islamic Guard (IRGC), the IDF revealed.
Pictured is the Iranian terror regime’s strategy: targeting civilians.
Last night, the Iranian regime fired a cluster bomb at the Israeli city of Rishon Lezion—damaging multiple areas including a children’s playground. This is what we’re operating against. pic.twitter.com/YQZHCeHBTd
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) March 9, 2026
“The IDF continues to deepen damage done to the Iranian terror regime’s military systems and capabilities,” the Israeli military said on Monday. “As part of the strikes, the IDF targeted an IRGC UAV headquarters. From there, the Iranian terror regime launched UAVs toward the State of Israel and stored within it additional UAVs that were prepared for launch.”
On Monday, Israeli fighter jets “completed an additional wave of strikes on dozens of infrastructure sites belonging to the Iranian regime across several areas in Iran,” the IDF disclosed.
These strikes “further degrade the regime’s firing capabilities and defense capabilities continues at these moment, alongside the continued expansion of strikes on the ballistic-missile production infrastructure throughout Iran,” the military informed.
The Israeli Air Force bombed the drone headquarters of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the military says, as part of a wave of strikes on dozens of regime targets across Iran.
As part of the strikes, the IDF says it hit a "central headquarters" of the IRGC, which was… pic.twitter.com/j94rtmfhyz
— Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian (@manniefabian) March 9, 2026
According to the Jerusalem Post, the Israeli military conducted large-scale ‘wave of strikes’ against regime targets:
The IDF has begun a new wide-scale wave of strikes against the Iranian regime’s infrastructure across Tehran, Isfahan, and southern Iran, the military said on Monday afternoon.
Earlier on Monday, the IDF revealed it had struck several long-range ballistic missiles launch sites and military infrastructure belonging to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
The regime’s Internal Security Force’s headquarters in Isfahan was struck, as well as the IRGC’s police force’s headquarters, a base belonging to the Basij militia, and a production facility for rocket engines, the military added.
The IDF later released an update saying that the military had targeted an IRGC UAV headquarters, from which the Iranian regime had launched drones toward Israel and was storing more for future attacks.
From Hunter to Hunted: Israel targets IRGC, Basij militia responsible for the recent mass-killings of protesters
The Israeli military was also targeting the Iranian regime’s security apparatus, set up to oppress the Iranian people. On Monday, the IDF revealed striking command centers of the IRGC and the Basij militia, both responsible for massacring tens of thousands of Iranians during the recent wave of anti-regime protests.
“The headquarters of the Iranian regime’s regional corps, the Internal Security forces command center of the Iranian regime in Isfahan, an additional base used by the IRGC and Basij, and the IRGC’s police headquarters,” the IDF said in a separate statement. “The Internal Security and Basij forces constitute part of the Iranian armed forces that are subject to the Iranian terror regime, and have for years advanced terror activity. The forces constitute a central arm in the repression of the Iranian civilian population and are responsible for the use of brutal and systematic violence against it.”
Airstrikes target the IRGC’s Command Headquarters, the administrative complex and the Shahid Montazeri Camp in Tehran. Reports of at least 20 bombs dropped. pic.twitter.com/cT1YePkJ5k
— Ariel Oseran أريئل أوسيران (@ariel_oseran) March 9, 2026
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Again?
It’s like playing Whack-a-Mole.
Whack a turd
There are several planes circling Iran 24/7 waiting for someone to report on the new Supreme Leader’s location.
How many commanders do they have
One less.
Not as many as they had the other day.
Pretty much a new one every couple of days.
They should take nominations over the internet. We could nominate MooningButz.
Anybody seen Moonhammed lately? Maybe the Israelis dropped a JDAM and a building on him.
The game “Whack-a-tolla”. It’s played by the IDF and they are very good at it. They also play “whack-a-commander” too.
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There is a video on the inter webs showing a group of basji on motorbikes being taken out by a suspected drone (like Russians in the Ukraine).
Dont get mad
There are lots of reports that it was a tomahawk missile that hit the girls school killing a 100+ girls. These reports coming from the MSM.
Most of the reports sourcing seems bogus. Does anyone have info.
Definitely bogus. The school was already hit with smoke billowing when the Tomahawk hit a naval installation nearby. Typical Pali-wood media.
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2026/03/lies-damned-lies-and-journalism.php
owen – yes i saw the powerline article. That what got me to questioning the US missile strike hitting girls school.
The other item that struck me as conflicting facts is the bomb explosion was comparable to a 250lb to 400lb bomb where as the tomahawk is typically a 1000 lb bomb. Thus the video of the bomb explosion was too small.
oops – I need to correct my comment – powerline’s comment :
“As the camera pans to the right, large plumes of dust and smoke are already billowing from the area around the elementary school, suggesting that it had been struck shortly before the strike on the naval base.
So the Tomahawk didn’t hit the school, it hit the naval base. And the video indicates that at that point, the school had already been struck. “
It’s possible that we fired two Tomahawks at the base, and that one of them missed. There’s nothing to indicate that this happened, but it’s physically possible. The evidence doesn’t prove it happened, but it also doesn’t prove it didn’t. It’s also possible that the school was struck by a tiny meteor fragment that no one noticed, or that it was a sneak attack by someone from another dimension.
There is a video showing an IRGC rocket misfire hitting the school. Tho you cannot trust anything
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Never understood this approach.
Take out a leader, there’s a new leader same day.
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.
They ought to be targeting any mass gatherings of the fighters.