Israel Eliminates Top IRGC Terror Commander Abbas Nilforoushan in Beirut Airstrike
“The IRGC commander was killed in strikes alongside Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah.”
Israel eliminated a senior Islamic Guard (IRGC) commander, Abbas Nilforoushan, in Friday’s airstrike that killed Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah in Lebanon’s capital Beirut.
“Israeli officials and Iranian media reports also said Iranian Brigadier Gen. Abbas Nilforoushan, the Revolutionary Guard commander in Lebanon, was killed. Tehran has not confirmed that,” Axios reported Saturday.
Nilforoushan, Hezbollah’s key Iranian advisor, was behind the bloody crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrations in Iran. He appears to be second-in-command when it comes to military operations. In a 2020 article, the Israeli news website YNET identified him as the Islamic “Guard’s deputy commander for operations.”
Rumors have been swirling since yesterday that Brigadier General Abbas Nilforoushan, the Deputy Commander of Operations for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRCG) as well as the Acting Commander of Quds Force Operations in Syria and Lebanon, was Eliminated in yesterday’s… pic.twitter.com/UVEMkxw7fK
— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) September 28, 2024
The confirmation of the top IRGC commander’s elimination raises the number of senior terrorists killed in Friday’s Israeli airstrike on Hezbollah’s headquarters in the Dahieh suburb of Beirut. Ali Karaki, Nesrallah’s second-in-commander, was also taken out in the same strike.
The Jerusalem Post reported:
Iran Revolutionary Guards’ deputy commander Abbas Nilforoushan was killed in the Israeli strikes on Beirut on Friday, Iranian media reported on Saturday.
The IRGC commander was killed in strikes alongside Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah.
Nilforoushan was a key player in Iranian actions in the region, advising Hezbollah on military and diplomatic affairs, according to Khabar Online.
He is believed to have played a major role in crushing protests against the Iranian regime and fought with the Assad regime during the Syrian Civil War.
Nilforoushan had previously hinted at attacks on Israel, according to Iran International.
The IRGC official told Etemad Online in February that Iran was keeping track of the “enemies” activities and would “settle scores” on a regular basis with them.
BREAKING:
Islamic Regime in Iran officials confirm that a number of IRCG commanders, including Brigadier General Abbas Nilforoushan, the Deputy Commander of Operations for the IRGC, were killed in yesterday’s Israeli airstrike. pic.twitter.com/GvQ7yWMGz5
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) September 28, 2024
Israel continues hitting Hezbollah terror targets across Lebanon
Despite the elimination of Nasrallah and large parts of Hezbollah’s command structure, the terrorist group remains a significant military threat on Israel’s northern border.
The Iran-backed terrorist group continued to fire rockets at Israeli towns and cities. “Some 90 rockets were fired at Israel from Lebanon today, according to the IDF,” the Times of Israel reported Saturday afternoon. “Most of the Hezbollah attacks targeted northern Israel, although several long-range missiles were also fired toward Tel Aviv and the West Bank.”
The IDF was taking out Hezbollah terror targets, particularly in southern Lebanon, in retaliatory strikes. “The IDF continues to strike Hezbollah terrorist targets in Lebanon. Among the targets that were struck are Hezbollah launchers that were aimed toward Israeli territory, structures in which weapons were stored and additional Hezbollah terrorist infrastructure,” the Israeli military said in a press release Saturday, “The IDF is continuing to operate to degrade and dismantle Hezbollah’s terrorist infrastructure and capabilities.”
IDF chief: “Nasrallah wanted to destroy Israel —we eliminated him”
Amid threats from the Iranian regime after Nasrallah’s death, the Israeli military was prepared for further hostilities from Tehran and its terror proxies, IDF Chief of the General Staff, Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi, assured Saturday. “The IDF is at peak readiness, both in defense and offense, across all fronts, and is prepared for what comes next,” he said.
WATCH: At the Israeli Air Force command center, defense minister Gallant, IDF chief of staff Halevy and Air Force chiefs monitoring the operation and receiving live updates during the elimination of Hassan Nasrallah pic.twitter.com/FZB58LMhPZ
— i24NEWS English (@i24NEWS_EN) September 28, 2024
“Yesterday, shortly before Shabbat, we conducted a precise strike, eliminating Hezbollah’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah. This took place in Hezbollah’s underground headquarters in the heart of Beirut, along with other senior officials in the terrorist organization,” Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi said.
“Nasrallah indiscriminately murdered Israeli civilians and aimed to end this war with the destruction of the State of Israel. We made sure that did not occur. We eliminated him, and we will continue to grow stronger,” he added. “Hezbollah has murdered innocent people worldwide, hiding his weapons under the homes of families, women and children and turning them into human shields.”
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I bet this guy is wondering why all 72 virgins have pitchforks.
Those aren’t virgins.
Imagine being the Supreme Leader:
You must know you’re having a bad couple of days when your direct reports and your two-down reports are no longer dialing in to the Monday morning conference call.
Handheld meat grinder.
israel wakes up and says:
you know
the losers in this world have always hated up
we no longer care
you attacked children directly on oct 7 2023
we will no longer allow the thought of another holocaust to become reality
About time too. My guess is Israel is also taking advantage of the power vacuum that currently exists in Washington DC.
Palecaust?
iran has funded Hezbollah for decades. Funding would entail constant Iranian consultation with Hezbollah. It isn’t surprising that Israeli attacks on Hezbollah also wounded Iran’s Ambassador to Lebanon and an IRCG general. Collateral damage, as it were. 🙂
A mother in Lebanon goes from recording her children to recording IOF airstrikes just blocks away.
https://x.com/WearThePeaceCo/status/1839813089832640667
An assertion made without evidence. In any case, yes, we can see the immediate aftermath of the explosion in the building. War is a messy business. Blame those that seek to fight it from neighborhoods, and use the civilians as shields.
And civilians for not doing their part to get out of the way and to fix their government.
So what? Good. If this woman is a decent person, she’s celebrating the attack and its result, and she’s also incredibly grateful to Israel for going out of its way to be careful not to drop any of those bombs on her house, which it would have every right to do, and as we did to similarly situated German mothers. Or do you think we shouldn’t have done that?
Israel should be congratulated for sparing civilians from death, unlike the hamas
We have developed precision bombs to avoid civilian deaths. As Milhouse stated, quite a few german mothers were killed in defeating germany, same with a few hundred thousand japanese civilians killed.
Of note, approximately 150k to 200k french civilians were killed by the allies prior to and during the normandy invasion.
The first moments of the israeli aggression on Beirut southern suburb
https://x.com/galpalpheebs/status/1839690657960476697
So we also get videos of the Hezbollah aggression against Israel?
Fuck off, nazi. It’s not aggression, any more than we aggressed against Germany and Japan.
Be thankful that Israel is not dropping thermobaric bombs or worse, which would be justified.
Israel eliminated a senior Islamic Guard (IRGC) commander
Time for Hezbollah to pick:
1. A new commander
2. A runner up
3. A 2nd runner up
4. And a 3rd runner up