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Saturday, August 3, 2024
IDF says ‘central terrorist’ in Hezbollah killed in southern Lebanon strike
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
A prominent Hezbollah operative in the terror group’s so-called Southern Front unit was killed in an Israeli drone strike this morning in southern Lebanon, the IDF says.
The strike in the town of Bazourieh, near the coastal city of Tyre killed Ali Abd Ali.
The IDF says Ali was a “central terrorist in the Southern Front of the Hezbollah terror organization,” and involved in planning and carrying out numerous attacks.
His killing is a “significant blow to the functioning of the Southern Front and the Hezbollah terror organization in the region,” the IDF adds.
The Southern Front is a Hezbollah regional unit responsible for the terror group’s activities in the entire southern Lebanon, the equivalent of a regional command.
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— צבא ההגנה לישראל (@idfonline) August 3, 2024
