Israel claims Hezbollah military commander, killed in Beirut strike

Israel claims Hezbollah military commander, killed in Beirut strike

 

                                                     An Israeli airstrike hit Hezbollah's stronghold south of Beirut


Israel claims Hezbollah military commander, accused of 1983 US marine bombing, killed in Beirut strike

Israel in a targeted airstrike on Beirut, claims to have killed a Hezbollah military leader, accused by the USA for the 1983 bombing of US marines

The Hezbollah commander who the Israeli military says it killed in an airstrike Tuesday had been blamed by Israel for a deadly weekend rocket attack and was accused by the US of orchestrating the 1983 bombing in Beirut that killed 241 American servicemen.

A statement from Israeli military spokesperson Daniel Hagari said the target of the strike, Fouad Shukur, was behind the Saturday rocket attack on the town of Majdal Shams that killed 12 young people in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights of Syria. Hezbollah, which denied it was behind the Majdal Shams attack, didn't confirm that Shukur was the target of Tuesday's airstrike or that he was killed. If Israel's claim proves true, Shukur would be the most senior Hezbollah commander to be killed since 2016, when Mustafa Badreddine, the group's military commander in Syria, died in an explosion in the Syrian capital of Damascus.

The Israeli military said that Shukur had directed Hezbollah's attacks on Israel since October 8, after the Israel-Hamas war erupted, and that he was also involved in “the killing of numerous Israelis and foreign nationals over the years.”


It said Shukur was responsible for the majority of Hezbollah's most advanced weaponry, including guided missiles, cruise missiles, anti-ship missiles, long-range rockets and UAVs.


The 62-year-old, secretive Shukur was in charge of Hezbollah's forces in southern Lebanon along the border with Israel as well as being a top official in the group's missile program.


He was a close aide to Hezbollah's top military commander, Imad Mughniyeh, who was assassinated in a car bomb attack in Damascus in 2008. Shukr has since become a close military adviser to Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.

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July 31, 2024 at 08:12AM

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