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IDF says it killed elite Hezbollah commander in south Lebanon strike
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEmanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
The IDF confirms carrying out a drone strike last night in the southern Lebanon town of Qlaileh, saying it killed a commander in Hezbollah’s elite Radwan Force.
Muhammad Akram Arabiya was a commander in the Radwan Force’s special forces unit, and recently “advanced efforts to restore combat capabilities and assisted in attempts to rebuild” Hezbollah’s terror infrastructure in the area, according to the military.
The IDF says Arabiya’s activity “constituted a violation of the understandings between Israel and Lebanon.”
Lebanon’s health ministry also confirmed one dead in the strike on a car in Qlaileh.
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