IDF kills several Hezbollah terrorists in Lebanon, strikes command center - Tobias Holcman, Corinne Baum

 

by Tobias Holcman, Corinne Baum

On Saturday, the Associated Press reported that the IDF killed eight Hezbollah terrorists in the village of Rayak in northeast Lebanon on Friday.

 

The IDF struck and killed several Hezbollah missile array terrorists in an attack in Baalbek, Lebanon, the military stated in a Saturday release. 

Hezbollah leadership said that the three commanders who were killed were identified as Ali Zeid al-Moussawi, Muhammad Ibrahim al-Moussawi, and Hussein Yaghi.

Later on Saturday, the Associated Press reported that the IDF killed eight Hezbollah terrorists in the village of  Rayak in northeast Lebanon on Friday. 

Saudi channel al-Hadath reported that the strike targeted a commander's meeting, while initial Arab media reports suggested that an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commander was the target.

The Jerusalem Post could not verify the claims by Arab media reports regarding the presence of IRGC commanders at the meeting. 

SMOKE BILLOWS from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted the southern Lebanese village of al-Mjadel on December 4. The IDF said it would strike what it described as Hezbollah military infrastructure in southern Lebanon and warned people in two villages to evacuate immediately. (credit: Kawant Haju/AFP via Getty Images)

The Lebanese Health Ministry put the total death toll at 10 people, but did not distinguish between civilians and terrorists.

IDF strikes Hamas, Hezbollah command centers

The IDF said in its statement that the attack on Baalbek targeted a command center “embedded within the civilian population, in violation of the ceasefire understandings, and while cynically exploiting the civilian population as human shields to advance terror attacks.”

The military also targeted a Hamas command center in southern Lebanon on Friday, which was being used as a command and control center and a training facility for Hamas terrorists.

According to the IDF, the infrastructure targeted was also embedded among the civilian population, which constituted a violation of the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Lebanon.

IDF kills terrorist who crossed Yellow Line in Gaza 

Also on Saturday, the IDF announced that it killed a terrorist who crossed the Yellow Line in Gaza.

The IDF noted that the terrorist posed an immediate threat to troops and that it would "continue to operate to remove any immediate threat." 

Tobias Holcman, Corinne Baum

Source: https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-887372

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