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IDF says it killed Hezbollah commander behind many attacks on Israel, struck Hezbo weapons factory

2024-09-11

More on this story from Grom in comments yesterday.

[IsraelTimes] Military confirms drone strike on Muhammad Qassem al-Shaer deep inside Lebanon; Iran-backed Lebanese terror group also announces his death, but gives no details of his activities

The Israel Defense Forces on Tuesday said it killed a commander in Lebanese terror group Hezbollah’s elite Radwan force with a dronezap deep in 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...
According to the IDF, Muhammad Qassem al-Shaer was involved in many attacks on Israel. The military said his killing "is another blow to the ability of the Hezbollah terror organization to advance and carry out terror attacks from southern Lebanon against the Israeli home front on the northern border."

The IDF announcement confirmed earlier reports alleging a deadly Israeli dronezap in the Beqaa Valley.

Hezbollah also said that al-Shaer had been killed, but did not give any details of his role within the Iran-backed group.

Al-Shaer was targeted on a road near Lake Qaraoun in the Beqaa Valley, some 40 kilometers (24 miles) from the Israeli border.

The IDF published footage of the strike.

Al-Shaer’s death brings the terror group’s corpse count in IDF strikes since October to at least 434, among them several commanders in the Radwan force.

The Radwan force is believed by Israeli officials to be tasked with potentially infiltrating the country.

Earlier Tuesday, Lebanese media reported a separate alleged Israeli dronezap on an apartment in the town of Zebdine on the outskirts of the city of Nabatieh. No further details were immediately available and the IDF has not commented on that incident.

IDF hits Hezbollah launchers after rocket fire

[IsraelTimes] Hezbollah rocket launchers used to fire some 45 rockets at northern Israel on Tuesday were targeted in IDF drone strikes, while Defense Minister Yoav Gallant told troops the military was in the process of shifting its attention from Gaza to Lebanon.

A barrage of 30 rockets was launched at the Mount Meron area in the afternoon, with the Israel Defense Forces reporting that some were intercepted and others struck open areas. Another 15 rockets were fired at the Western Galilee, some of which were intercepted by air defenses, the IDF added.

There were no injuries in the attacks.

The launchers were later hit in southern Lebanon’s at-Tiri and Mansouri, according to the military.

Additionally, Israeli fighter jets struck a building used by Hezbollah in Rachaf, the IDF added.

The military also confirmed that several drones were launched from Lebanon at northern Israel earlier in the evening.

Hezbollah rocket launchers used to fire some 45 rockets at northern Israel earlier today were targeted in drone strikes, the IDF says.

The launchers were hit in southern Lebanon's at-Tiri and Mansouri, according to the military.

The IDF said some of the drones were shot down, while others impacted near Kibbutz Ami’ad in the Upper Galilee. There were no injuries. Footage showed a Hezbollah drone flying over northern Israel, as sirens sounded in Rosh Pina and several other towns.

Hezbollah took responsibility for the attack, claiming to have targeted an Israeli military site.

The IDF also said fighter jets struck a Hezbollah weapons manufacturing plant in southern Lebanon’s Jouaiyya earlier in the day, along with a command room and other buildings used by the terror group in Nabatieh, Mansouri, and Kafr Kila.

Separately, the IDF said a cell of Hezbollah operatives spotted in southern Lebanon’s Houla was targeted in an airstrike.

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