Sooner or later after Israel’s assault on a suburb of the Lebanese capital Beirut, the Israel Protection Forces (IDF) elaborated on Saturday on the operation, saying 12 of the 16 killed have been members of Hezbollah, the Shiite militia backed by Iran.
The data may solely be partially verified.
The useless have been a risk to each Israeli and Lebanese civilians, the IDF spokesman mentioned.
Amongst them was a person named Abu Hassan Samir, who was mentioned to be the top of the coaching unit of the Radwan power, a Hezbollah elite unit. Throughout Friday’s assault on the Hezbollah assembly, different commanders of this unit have been additionally killed.
The IDF, in a publish on Telegram, mentioned Samir was “one of many planners and leaders” of the so-called “Conquer the Galilee” plan, which the IDF says deliberate to raid Israeli communities of the northern Galilee area. This might not be independently confirmed.
In response to the Lebanese Ministry of Well being, at the least 37 folks have been killed within the assault, together with three kids. Among the many useless was the high-ranking Hezbollah army commander Ibrahim Aqil, who was the goal of the assault. Aqil was the chief of the Radwan Pressure.
Hezbollah spoke of a complete of 15 members killed, together with Aqil, after Friday’s assault.
