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2024-09-22 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
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Entire Hezbollah Command Eliminated; Friday Dahiyeh strike death toll rose to 37, including civilians
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[LegalInsurrection] 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.
… a Senior Leader of the Organization. This is likely the Worst Week for the Terrorist Organization since the Second Lebanon War in 2006, with 500 Hezbollah Terrorists having now been Eliminated since October, and 12% of those Losses were sustained just this Week.
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.
Hezbollah names second commander killed in Israel Beirut strike
[GEO.TV] Lebanese group Hezbollah said Saturday that a second senior commander was among 15 of its fighters killed in an Israeli air strike on its Beirut stronghold the previous day.
The Iran-backed group said Ahmed Mahmud Wahbi led the military operations of its elite Radwan Force in support of Hamas between October 7 when the Palestinian militant group attacked Israel, triggering the Gaza war, and the start of this year.
The Israeli military said that its air strike on Beirut's southern suburbs on Friday eliminated Radwan Force chief Ibrahim Aqil and several other commanders.
Death toll from Israeli strike on Beirut rises to 37
[GEO.TV] The death toll from an Israeli air strike targeting Hezbollah military commanders in Beirut's southern suburbs has risen to 37, Lebanon's health ministry said on Saturday.
The ministry statement added that rubble was still being removed from the site of Friday afternoon's strike.
Other top Radwan Force commanders killed in the strike are identified by the IDF as: Hassan Hussein, commander of special forces in the Aziz regional division; Samer Halawi, commander of the coastal region; Abbas Moslemani, commander of the Qana region; Abdullah Hijazi, commander of the Ramim Ridge region; Muhammad Reda, commander of the Khiam region; Hassan Madi, commander of the Mount Dov region; Hassan Abd al-Satar, head of operations; Hussein Hadraj, chief of staff; Mohammad al-Attar, commander of the training department; and Mahmoud Hamad, a senior operations officer.
"These 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 military said. "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."
Lebanese Health Minister Firass Abiad said the overall toll from the strike had risen to 37, including three children and several women. Abiad said emergency services worked "through the night" to recover dead and maimed from the debris, adding that the "residential building collapsed on top of occupants" after the Israeli attack.
Abiad told news hounds 68 people were also maimed, of whom 15 remained in hospital, adding that search and rescue operations were still ongoing, with the number of casualties likely to rise. Minister of Public Works and Transport Ali Hamie told news hounds at the scene that 23 people are still missing.
Following the strike, Hezbollah appointed senior officers Ali Karaki and Talal Hamia to jointly lead the terror group’s operations division following the killing of Aqil, the Saudi news outlet al-Hadath reported.
Both officers already sit on the Jihad Council, Hezbollah’s top military body. Karaki is the head of Hezbollah’s southern command, responsible for the terror group’s military activity in south Leb
 ...an Iranian satrapy currently ruled by Hassan Nasrallah situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozen flavors of Christians, plus Armenians, Georgians, and who knows what else? It is the home of the original Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers...
, and Hamia is the head of Hezbollah’s Unit 910, the terror group’s foreign operations unit, responsible for attacks abroad.
The Jihad Council was believed to have had seven members, although now it was down to five following the killings of Aqil and Fuad Shukr, Hezbollah’s military chief, who was killed in July.
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