Hezbollah dealt a heavy blow: Israel eliminated almost all of the terrorist group's top commanders in two weeks

The Israeli Army announced on Saturday the death of Hassan Nasrallah, leader and founder of the extremist organization, who was killed along with Ali Karki, commander of the Southern Front and other high-ranking officials.

The conflict between Israel y Hezbollah The conflict has escalated in intensity over the past few weeks. This new chapter in the long-running dispute has seen the elimination of several senior terrorist commanders, including their chief Hassan Nasrallah, what represents a major blow to the Lebanese extremist group.

The Israeli army announced on Saturday that Nasrallah and “the majority” of senior leaders of Hezbollah had been annihilated.

“Most of Hezbollah’s senior leaders have been eliminated”, said military spokesman Lt. Col. Nadav Shoshani, in an online press conference.

Hassan Nasrallah and Ali Karki, leader of Hezbollah

This Saturday, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced the elimination of Hassan Nasrallah, leader of the terrorist group Hezbollah, in an attack carried out this Friday in Beirut. “Hassan Nasrallah is dead", the military spokesman for the international press announced on Telegram, Nadav Shoshani.

Nasrallah, who was also one of the founders of the organization, was killed along with Ali Karki, commander of Hezbollah's Southern Front, and other senior officials of the organization. This coup was carried out after a thorough operation based on intelligence information provided by the IDF and Israeli security agencies.

The attack was carried out on Friday by combat aircraft from Israeli Air Force (IAF), who launched a precise bombing raid on the Hezbollah Central HeadquartersThe facility was hidden under a residential building in Beirut, and at the time of the attack, Hezbollah leader was on site planning new terrorist activities.

Mohamed Ali Ismail, commander of the missile unit

Also, this Friday the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) They announced the death of Mohamed Ali Ismail, commander of the missile unit of Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, during a series of bombings against positions of the terrorist group in different parts of the country. His deputy, Hussein Ahmed Ismail, and several other leaders of the organization.

Muhammad Hussein Sarour, head of the air force

The Israel Defense Forces (FDI) conducted a selective bombing on a target of Hezbollah en Beirut. The target of the airstrike was Muhammad Hussein Sarour, head of the terrorist group's air force, who died in the operation.

Sarour "promoted, directed and captained numerous aerial terrorist attacks, including attacks using drones, cruise missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles,” Israeli forces said in a statement.

Ibrahim Muhammad Qabisi, head of the Missile and Rocket Force

Meanwhile, as part of the operation called “Northern Arrows” launched by Israel in the region of Beirut and the south of Lebanon, the elimination of was completed Ibrahim Muhammad Qabisi, head of Hezbollah's Rocket and Missile Force. This attack also killed other senior members of the terrorist organization. Among them were Abbas Ibrahim Sharaf Ad-Din, Qabisi's deputy, and Hussein Hani, a senior terrorist in the missile unit, close to Hezbollah's top military commander, Fuad Shukr.

In addition, operations were extended to other areas in southern Lebanon. A senior operative from Hezbollah's surface-to-surface missile unit, Fuad Shafiq Khaz'al Khanafer, was killed in another attack.

Ibrahim Aqil, member of the Jihad Council

Another of those killed in the Israeli operations against the terrorist group was Ibrahim Aqil, Also known as Religion XNUMX – Tahsin, was a senior Hezbollah commander and the target of the recent Israeli attack in Beirut. According to The Jerusalem Post, Aqil was member of the Jihad Council, Hezbollah's highest military organ.

Mind, had been designated as Specially Designated Global Terrorist by the U.S. Department of State since 2019 due to his involvement in multiple terrorist plots.

Also in July, the Israeli army confirmed that it had killed the commander of the Hezbollah Fuad Shukr, “the highest-ranking military leader” of the Lebanese Shiite group and a close adviser to the organization's leader Hassan Nasrallah.

Israeli authorities hold Shukr responsible for the deaths of twelve children in a rocket attack, attributed to Hezbollah, in the Druze town of Majdal Shams in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, as well as“the murder of many Israeli and foreign citizens over the years.”

"He served as the right-hand man and advisor on war planning and management to the secretary general of the terrorist organization Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah," the Army added.

The Supreme Guide of Iran, the ayatollah Ali Khamenei, admitted on Wednesday that the death of senior officers of Hezbollah It is a major loss for the Iran-backed Lebanese terrorist group,after Israel hit senior officials during days of devastating airstrikes across The Libano.

"Some of the most effective and valuable forces of Hezbollah were martyred, which undoubtedly caused damage to Hezbollah, but It wasn't the kind of damage that could bring the group to its knees.", he said at a meeting with military personnel and veterans of the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war.

Considered the group’s “chief of staff,” he was in charge of Hezbollah’s arsenal of advanced weapons, notably precision missiles, cruise missiles, coastal missiles, long-range rockets and unmanned aerial vehicles; and was responsible for planning attacks against Israel, according to the military.

However, the Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces (FDI), Lieutenant General Herzi Halevi, said that the Israeli army is dismantling the infrastructure military that Hezbollah has developed over the past two decades.

“We are attacking objectives and preparing the next phases… in the end, everything must be aimed at creating the necessary conditions. so that displaced residents of the north can return to their homes“Halevi added.

War with Hamas

Hamas leader, Ismail Haniyeh, died on July 31 in Iran. According to the Palestinian terrorist group, a missile directly hit the state guesthouse where Haniyeh was staying. “Israel did not claim responsibility for his elimination,” the report said, underscoring the plausible deniability strategy employed by the Israeli state for such operations.

The death of Mohammed Deif, an elusive figure and one of the masterminds behind Hamas’s October 7 attack on southern Israel, was another significant blow to the group. “The Israeli military said Deif was killed after warplanes struck the Khan Younis area of ​​Gaza on July 13,” a claim that has yet to be confirmed by Hamas. Deif had managed to survive seven previous elimination attempts, making her a priority target for Israeli security forces.

The elimination of Saleh al-Arouri, Hamas’s deputy leader and founder of the group’s military wing in the West Bank, also made history. He was killed on January 2, 2024, in a drone strike in Dahiyeh, a suburban area south of Beirut. “Israel did not claim responsibility for the attack on Arouri.” The operation in Dahiyeh highlighted Israel’s ability to conduct lethal operations on foreign soil, indiscriminately targeting Hamas leaders who pose a direct threat to its security.

Source: INFOBAE