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soandso

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Fri Sep 20, 2024, 09:03 PM Sep 20

IDF kills Hezbollah's top commander [View all]

The Israel Defense Forces said Friday that it killed Hezbollah’s top military commander and at least 10 other senior commanders in a rare airstrike targeting the terror group’s stronghold in Beirut, as the sides appeared closer than ever to entering a full-fledged war.

The IDF said the most prominent target of its airstrike, Ibrahim Aqil, was the head of Hezbollah’s military operations, the acting commander of the terror group’s elite Radwan Force, and was overseeing a planned operation to invade the Galilee.

IDF Spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said that at least 10 members of Hezbollah’s Radwan Force and operations array were killed in the strike, which Lebanese media reported was carried out by an Israeli F-35 fighter jet using two missiles.

Aqil had also been wanted by the United States for his role in the 1983 bombings of the American Embassy in Lebanon and the US Marines barracks in Beirut.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-kills-hezbollahs-top-commander-says-he-was-overseeing-plan-for-invasion-of-galilee/

Israel has delivered massive destruction to Hezbollah these past few months, including taking out Iranians. I don't know how much capability and personnel Hezbollah has or if they can survive what's been done but if they can, I would guess this war is going to get a lot worse.

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This piece of shit, now blown up pieces of shit, is responsible for many of my friends deaths MarineCombatEngineer Sep 20 #1
I remember when that happened soandso Sep 20 #2
Here, this explains it MarineCombatEngineer Sep 20 #4
Thanks soandso Sep 20 #6
You just described Lebanon back then perfectly. MarineCombatEngineer Sep 20 #7
Sounded kind of cool soandso Sep 20 #8
Is that one of the terrorists edhopper Sep 21 #16
Not that I know of, MarineCombatEngineer Sep 21 #17
Probably other terrorists then edhopper Sep 21 #19
Such great news that he was killed. jimfields33 Sep 21 #26
Failed to mention the soccer field missile here but still important info soandso Sep 20 #3
And here is the Latini River soandso Sep 20 #5
Why is the Lebanese army standing idly by allowing Hezbollah to attack Lebanon's neighbor? TheKentuckian Sep 21 #22
Hezbollah is much stronger and better equipped than the Lebanese army. Beastly Boy Sep 21 #31
"warned that the UK-trained Lebanese army would not "stand idly" by and watch if Israel launches a ground invasion" EX500rider Sep 21 #25
On the Israelis from the north soandso Sep 20 #9
"Settlers", "settlements" DavidDvorkin Sep 20 #10
I know soandso Sep 20 #11
Hmmmm... I see. AloeVera Sep 21 #28
You are correct soandso Sep 21 #29
Thank you. AloeVera Sep 21 #30
Israel didn't take an inch of the land designated for the Palestinian state. Beastly Boy Sep 21 #32
Were there such a thing as "Palestinians" back then? Mossfern Sep 21 #33
The area was called Palestine soandso Sep 21 #34
So the Jewish people living there were Palestinians too. Mossfern Sep 21 #36
I don't know how they referred to themselves soandso Sep 21 #37
Etymology of Palestine/Palestinian soandso Sep 21 #38
Lebanese FM using the same word, making same threat soandso Sep 21 #14
Hey Nasrallah, how about wiping every last one of you off the face of the Earth and salting the ground where TheKentuckian Sep 21 #23
However one feels about this conflict soandso Sep 21 #12
He keeps killing terrorists and it will change the Middle East! jimfields33 Sep 21 #27
I've seen this news elsewhere, too soandso Sep 21 #13
TY for all this information, soandso. Cha Sep 21 #15
How would the US or any other country respond to a neighboring country firing thousands of rockets at its towns? EX500rider Sep 21 #18
I've often asked that question, and the only answer I ever get is, "That's completely different!" DavidDvorkin Sep 21 #20
We'd cry havoc & let slip the dogs of war...the JDAM's and Reapers would be overhead in hours EX500rider Sep 21 #21
The same way, no doubt soandso Sep 21 #24
Something needs to be done about these settlers soandso Sep 21 #35
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