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Friday, August 23, 2024
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Friday, August 23, 2024
IDF confirms south Lebanon strikes that killed 3 Hezbollah operatives involved in rocket attacks on Israel
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
The IDF confirms carrying out a drone strike in southern Lebanon’s Ayta al-Jabal (also known as Ayta ez-Zutt) earlier today, killing a prominent Hezbollah operative.
According to the military, Muhammad Najam was a prominent member of Hezbollah’s rocket and missile unit in southern Lebanon.
In a separate incident, the IDF says a Hezbollah operative who had launched rockets at the Yiftah area earlier today and was spotted at a building used by the terror group in southern Lebanon’s Mays al-Jabal, was killed in an airstrike.
Another Hezbollah operative who launched rockets at the Malkia area from southern Lebanon’s Aitaroun, was killed in a separate strike, the IDF says.
