From the Liveblog of
Wednesday, July 31, 2024
Gallant: Beirut hit shows Israeli blood is not cheap
Tweeting in English, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant says Tuesday night’s strike that killed top Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr is evidence that Israel will avenge attacks on its people.
“Fuad Shukr ‘Sayyid’ Muhsan has the blood of many Israelis on his hands,” Gallant writes. “Tonight, we have shown that the blood of our people has a price, and that there is no place out of reach for our forces to this end.”
Earlier, Gallant tweeted “Hezbollah crossed the red line,” also in English.
Online, the IDF launches a blitz, in English and Hebrew, to spread the word about the deeds of Shukr, about whom the public knows relatively little.
Fuad Shukr: the man who killed 12 children in a soccer field on Saturday and is responsible of 30 years of Hezbollah terrorist attacks. pic.twitter.com/RuHO0W2py6
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) July 30, 2024
A source close to Hezbollah tells AFP that Shukr “commands military operations in southern Lebanon.”
The source, who requests anonymity, says Shukr was the successor of Hezbollah’s top commander Imad Mughniyeh, killed in a 2008 car bombing in Damascus that the Iran-backed group blamed on Israel, but which Jerusalem never claimed.
The Times of Israel Community.