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Tuesday, October 29, 2024
IDF: A Hezbollah commander surrendered to Israeli troops in south Lebanon 2 weeks ago
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
The commander of Hezbollah’s forces in southern Lebanon’s Ayta ash-Shab was captured by troops of the Golani Brigade some two weeks ago, the IDF announces.
According to the military, Golani troops, with prior intelligence, located a tunnel shaft in a Hezbollah command center in Ayta ash-Shab, where several operatives were holed up.
Among them was the commander of the Hezbollah forces in the village, Hassan Aqil Jawad.
The operatives surrendered to the troops, and they were detained and questioned by field interrogators of the Intelligence Directorate’s Unit 504.
The military releases footage showing Jawad and the other operatives surrendering to the troops.
The IDF says the operatives were later brought to Israel for further interrogation.
“During the interrogation of the terrorists, they detailed many terror infrastructures that are located in the area of Ayta ash-Shab. These findings helped the forces on the ground to locate and destroy the terror infrastructure in a targeted manner and to prepare for threats in the area,” the IDF says.
The military adds that several more Hezbollah operatives have been detained and questioned during operations in southern Lebanon in recent weeks.
