IDF says deputy head of Hezbollah’s elite Radwan Force has been killed

The deputy commander of Hezbollah’s elite Radwan Force was killed in a recent airstrike, the IDF announces.

According to the military, Mustafa Ahmad Shahadi, who served as the deputy head of Radwan, was killed in a strike carried out by fighter jets in southern Lebanon’s Nabatieh.

The IDF in a statement says that Shahadi “advanced numerous terror attacks against the State of Israel” and his elimination is “part of the effort to degrade Hezbollah’s Radwan Forces’ capabilities to direct and execute terror activities against IDF troops and communities in the northern border, in particular the ‘Conquer the Galilee’ plan.”

The Radwan Force is believed to have planned to invade northern Israel, in a Hezbollah plot that ultimately did not materialize.

Previously, Shahadi was head of Radwan operations during fighting in Syria between 2012 and 2017, the IDF adds.