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IDF kills Hezbollah's commander of Lebanese southern district in strike

 
 Faisal Ibrahim, Hezbollah's commander of its operational activities in the Jouaiyya district of southern Lebanon (photo credit: SCREENSHOT/VIA SECTION 24A OF THE COPYRIGHT ACT)
Faisal Ibrahim, Hezbollah's commander of its operational activities in the Jouaiyya district of southern Lebanon
(photo credit: SCREENSHOT/VIA SECTION 24A OF THE COPYRIGHT ACT)

In the last few months, amid heightened attacks between Hezbollah and the IDF, Ibrahim promoted Hezbollah's consolidation in southern Lebanon while trying to improve the organization's ground combat.

The Israeli Air Force struck and killed Faisal Ibrahim, Hezbollah's commander of its operational activities in the Jouaiyya district of southern Lebanon, on Thursday.

The Hezbollah commander was killed in an IDF airstrike on a vehicle in the town of Deir Kifa in southern Lebanon.

Ibrahim was responsible for planning and executing terror attacks against Israel and was in command of ground operations in Jouaiyya. 

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Ibrahim promoted Hezbollah's activity in southern Lebanon

In the last few months, amid heightened attacks between Hezbollah and the IDF, Ibrahim promoted Hezbollah's consolidation in southern Lebanon while trying to improve the organization's ground combat

The Israeli Air Force works to fight new and developing threats across the region (credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON UNIT)
The Israeli Air Force works to fight new and developing threats across the region (credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON UNIT)

Concurrently, IAF fighter jets attacked in the area of Rihan in Lebanon, launching surface-to-air missiles from Hezbollah's air defense system, which posed a threat to IDF aircraft operating in the Lebanese skies, IDF said. 

This is a developing story.

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