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Senior commander of elite Hezbollah force killed, IDF says

By Emanuel Fabian 22 March 2026, 2:10 pm
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Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

A senior commander in Hezbollah’s elite Radwan Force was killed in an Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon yesterday, the IDF announces.

The strike carried out by the Israeli Air Force in the town of Majdal Selm killed Abu Khalil Barji, the commander of Radwan’s special forces unit, along with two other operatives, according to the military.

The IDF says it also struck other Hezbollah infrastructure in southern Lebanon overnight.

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