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Tuesday, April 16, 2024
IDF says it killed senior commander in Hezbollah’s Radwan force
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
The IDF says it eliminated a senior commander in Hezbollah’s elite Radwan force in an airstrike in southern Lebanon earlier today.
Muhammad Shahouri, according to the IDF, was the commander of Radwan’s western district rocket unit.
Shahouri was targeted while driving in the village of Kfar Dounine, adjacent to Chehabiyeh.
The IDF says Shahouri was “responsible for the planning and execution of many rocket [attacks] towards the Israeli home front,” from the western and central areas of southern Lebanon.
Alongside Shahouri, another Hezbollah commander, Mahmoud Fadlallah, was killed in the strike. The IDF says he was also a member of Hezbollah’s rocket unit.
Hezbollah announced both their deaths earlier today.
The Times of Israel Community.