Top Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr killed in Israeli strike in Lebanon’s Beirut, says IDF

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“Eliminated: Fuad Shukr “Sayyid Muhsan”, Hezbollah’s Most Senior Military Commander and Hassan Nasrallah’s Right-Hand Man,” the IDF stated in a submit on X.

The Israel Defence Forces stated that prime Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr was killed in the Israeli strike in southern Lebanon on Tuesday (native time), which got here in retaliation to the rocket assault at Golan Heights that killed 12 youngsters, Times of Israel reported. Fuad Shukr, the “most senior Hezbollah military commander,” was killed in the Israeli strike, the IDF stated in a press release.

Shukr sat on the Jihad Council, Hezbollah’s prime army physique, and was thought-about to be the top of its strategic division for the reason that October 7 assault by Hamas, he has been managing Hezbollah’s assaults in opposition to Israel, together with the lethal strike in Majdal Shams over the weekend that killed 12 youngsters, in keeping with the army.

The IDF says Shukr was “responsible for the majority of Hezbollah’s most advanced weaponry, including precise-guided missiles, cruise missiles, anti-ship missiles, long-range rockets, and UAVs” and for the fear group’s “force build-up, planning, and execution of terror attacks against the State of Israel,” as reported by Times of Israel.

“Eliminated: Fuad Shukr “Sayyid Muhsan”, Hezbollah’s Most Senior Military Commander and Hassan Nasrallah’s Right-Hand Man,” the IDF stated in a submit on X.

“Shukr has directed Hezbollah’s attacks on the State of Israel since October 8th, and he was the commander responsible for the murder of the 12 children in Majdal Shams in northern Israel on Saturday evening, as well as the killing of numerous Israelis and foreign nationals over the years. He was also responsible for the majority of Hezbollah’s most advanced weaponry, including precise-guided missiles, cruise missiles, anti-ship missiles, long-range rockets and UAVs,” it added.

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