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Tuesday, April 16, 2024
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Tuesday, April 16, 2024
IDF says it eliminated Hezbollah commander in Lebanon airstrike
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
Footage of IDF jets striking targets in southern Lebanon on April 15, 2024. (Screen capture/X)
The IDF says it eliminated the commander of Hezbollah’s coastal region in an airstrike today.
Ismail Yousef Baz, whose rank is equivalent to a brigade commander, was targeted in a drone strike in the town of Ain Baal, near Tyre.
The IDF says he was “a senior and veteran official in the military wing of Hezbollah,” holding several positions, the latest being the commander of the coastal region.
“As part of his position, he was involved in advancing and planning rocket and anti-tank missile launches towards the State of Israel from the coastal area in Lebanon,” the military says.
It publishes footage of the strike.
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