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IDF: Palestinian terror operative working for Iran killed in Lebanon

By Emanuel Fabian 15 March 2026, 4:08 pm
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Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted an area in Beirut's southern suburbs on March 13, 2026. (AFP)
Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted an area in Beirut's southern suburbs on March 13, 2026. (AFP)

A Palestinian terror operative who was working on behalf of Iran was killed in an airstrike in Lebanon over the weekend, the IDF announces.

According to the military, Muhammad Majed Abd al-Salam Tawfiq Zidan was a “key Palestinian terrorist who operated under the intelligence of the Iranian terror regime and attempted to advance terror attacks” against Israel.

He was targeted in a strike on Friday.

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