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Thursday, July 18, 2024
IDF confirms strike on senior commander in Hezbollah’s Radwan force
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
The IDF confirms carrying out a strike in southern Lebanon this evening, killing a senior commander in Hezbollah’s elite Radwan force.
According to the military, Ali Jaafar Maatouk, also known as Habib Maatouk, was an operations officer in the Radwan force’s Hajjar regional unit, which is responsible for attacks on northern Israel’s Ramim Ridge region.
Another operations officer in the same Radwan unit, along with several more Hezbollah operatives, were killed in the same strike, in the southern Lebanon town of Jmaijmeh, the IDF says.
The IDF says the commanders and operatives carried out numerous attacks against Israel.
A separate strike targeted a Hezbollah command room in the nearby town of Majdal Selm, the IDF says. Fighter jets also struck a building used by the terror group in Shaqra, the military adds.
מטוסי קרב תקפו הערב מפקדה של כוח רדואן בה שהו מחבלים של ארגון הטרור חיזבאללה במרחב ג׳מיג׳מה, לצד מפקדה נוספת של הארגון במרחב מג׳דל סלם>> pic.twitter.com/XyD7rAHQnR
— צבא ההגנה לישראל (@idfonline) July 18, 2024
