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Friday, August 8, 2025
Israel says senior PFLP commander killed in strike at Syria-Lebanon border crossing
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A senior commander in the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine terror group was killed in an Israeli airstrike at a border crossing between Lebanon and Syria yesterday, the IDF and Shin Bet announce.
According to the IDF, the strike in Lebanon’s eastern Beqaa Valley killed Mohammed Wishah, a Syrian senior terror operative in the PFLP, who served as the head of the group’s Military-Security Department in Syria.
He assumed the role after his predecessor, Shantal al-Al, was killed in a strike in Beirut in September 2024.
Wishah was responsible for “coordinating with other Palestinian terror organizations, strengthening ties and coordination with the Shiite axis, and recently operated to advance military operations against Israeli targets,” the IDF adds.
The IDF releases footage of the strike.
צה"ל ושב"כ חיסלו בלבנון את ראש המחלקה הצבאית-ביטחונית של ארגון הטרור החזית העממית בסוריה
אתמול, צה"ל תקף וחיסל במרחב הבקאע שבלבנון בהכוונה מודיעינית של שב"כ את המחבל מחמד ושאח ״אבו ח'ליל״, מחבל סורי בכיר בארגון הטרור החזית העממית לשחרור פלסטין בסוריה.
המחבל היה אחראי על יצירת… pic.twitter.com/OTIyVkd2tx
— צבא ההגנה לישראל (@idfonline) August 8, 2025
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