5 Killed in Israel in Hezbollah Airstrike as IDF Eliminates Terrorist Group’s Special Forces Commander

Five people died in a Hezbollah rocket attack northern Israel on Thursday, a day after an Israel Defense Forces airstrike killed a commander in the terror group’s special forces unit.

The Hezbollah attack in Metula – a town located along the Israel-Lebanon border – killed an Israeli farmer and four foreign farm workers, while a fifth foreign worker was seriously injured, a local official told the agency. of TPS press.

The strike that took out Mustafa Ahmad Shahadi from Hezbollah’s Radwan Forces was carried out near the town of Nabatieh, south of Beirut, according to the Israel Defense Forces.

“Mustafa Ahmad Shahadi has advanced numerous terrorist attacks against the State of Israel,” the IDF said in a statement. “Targeting him is part of an effort to degrade the capabilities of Hezbollah’s Radwan Forces to direct and execute terrorist activities against IDF troops and communities on the northern border, particularly the ” Conquest” plan of Galilee”.

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Rescuers work at a site damaged by an Israeli strike in Sohmor, in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley, Wednesday, October 30. (Reuters/Maher Abou Taleb)

The Israeli military described the plan like “Hezbollah’s own Oct. 7 massacre on Israel’s northern border, but on an even larger scale.”

“Shahadi was previously responsible for Radwan Force operations during the Syrian conflict between 2012 and 2017 and additionally oversaw terrorist attacks in Syria. south Lebanon” the IDF also said. “The IDF will continue to operate against terrorists and commanders of the terrorist organization Hezbollah and against any threat posed to the citizens of Israel.”

Also, Lebanon’s Ministry of Health said on Wednesday that 19 people were killed in Israeli attacks near the city of Baalbek, including eight women.

The IDF says it is carrying out strikes against “command and control centers and terrorist infrastructure that were used by the terrorist organization Hezbollah” in that region.

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Smoke billows on the Lebanese side of the border with Israel on Thursday, October 31. (Reuters/Violeta Santos Moura)

“Hezbollah systematically abuses infrastructure and civilian areas in Lebanon to plan and execute terrorist activities, endangering the lives of Lebanese civilians,” according to the IDF.

Before these strikes, the Israeli army warned residents to evacuate their homes for their own safety.

Damage is seen following Israeli airstrikes near the city of Baalbek, Lebanon, on Thursday, October 31. (Reuters/Mohamed Azakir)

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“You are in a combat zone where the IDF intends to attack and target Hezbollah’s infrastructure, interests, installations and combat equipment and does not intend to harm you,” IDF spokesman Avichay Adraee wrote in Arabic. on X.