IDF kills Hezbollah commander whose rocket fire killed 12 Majdal Shams kids

Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

Druze residents light candles in memory of the 12 Druze kids who were killed in a Hezbollah missile attack on their football field in Majdal Shams on July 28, 2024. (Photo by Erez Ben Simon/Flash90)
Druze residents light candles in memory of the 12 Druze kids who were killed in a Hezbollah missile attack on their football field in Majdal Shams on July 28, 2024. (Photo by Erez Ben Simon/Flash90)

The commander of Hezbollah’s Mount Dov region was killed in an airstrike yesterday, the IDF announces.

The military says that Khader Shahabiya was responsible for the rocket fire on Majdal Shams in July, in an attack that left 12 children dead.

He was also behind numerous anti-tank missile and rocket attacks on IDF posts in the Mount Dov, Hermon, and northern Golan Heights area, the military adds.

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