From Gallant: Killing of Hezbollah commanders ‘an important settling of scores’ for me personally
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleDefense Minister Yoav Gallant says the killings of top Hezbollah commanders Ibrahim Aqil and Ahmed Wahbi is “an important settling of scores’ for not only Israel but him personally.
According to Gallant, Aqil and Wahbi commanded an ambush in 1997 during which 11 commandos from the IDF’s elite naval commando unit were killed in Lebanon. Gallant had served as head of the Shayetet 13 unit until being promoted earlier that year.
“This is our duty to the fallen and their loved ones, this our duty to the residents of the north and a clear message to those who wish us ill,” Gallant says in a statement.
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