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Sunday, March 8, 2026
IDF says it hit elite Hezbollah command center, training compound in past day’s strikes
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
More than 100 strikes were carried out in Lebanon in the past day, the military says, amid the ongoing fighting against Hezbollah.
The IDF says the targets included weapon depots and dozens of other military sites belonging to the terror group.
In Beirut’s southern suburbs, the military says it struck a command center and a training compound of Hezbollah’s elite Radwan Force, where members of the terror group had been preparing for attacks on Israel.
In the Beqaa Valley, the IDF says it killed a Hezbollah operative, named Mustafa Ahmad al-Zein, “who maintained close ties” with Iran’s IRGC Quds Force. According to the military, Zein lived in Iran in recent years.
צה"ל ממשיך לתקוף תשתיות של ארגון הטרור חיזבאללה, הותקפו מחסני אמצעי לחימה ועשרות אתרים צבאיים.
בדאחייה שבביירות, הותקפו מפקדה ומתחם אימונים של מחבלי יחידת 'כוח רדואן'. מחבלי היחידה שפעלו במתחם נערכו להוציא לפועל מתווי טרור נגד כוחות צה"ל ואזרחי מדינת ישראל.
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