Source: Israel says it killed senior Hezbollah commander in airstrike on Beirut
Israel says it has killed Hezbollah’s most senior military commander in an airstrike on Beirut’s southern suburbs late, that also killed at least one woman and two children as well as wounded dozens of others in escalating hostilities with the Lebanese terrorist group.
Head of Hezbollah’s strategic unit, Fuad Shukr, known also as “Sayyid Muhsan,” served as the right-hand man to Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah and was his adviser for wartime operations, the Israeli military said in a statement.
“Fuad Shukr has directed Hezbollah’s attacks on Israel since October 8th,” the statement added, saying he was responsible for the death of 12 children in Majdal Shams in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.
A loud blast was heard and a plume of smoke could be seen rising above the southern suburbs – a stronghold of the Iran-backed Lebanese armed group Hezbollah – at around 7:40pm, a Reuters witness said.
The Israeli military said the strike was aimed Shukr, who the US also blamed for planning and launching the deadly 1983 Marine bombing in the Lebanese capital.
Hezbollah did not immediately confirm the commander’s death.
以色列表示，在晚间对贝鲁特南部郊区的一次空袭中杀死了真主党最高军事指挥官，在与黎巴嫩恐怖组织的敌对行动升级中，还造成至少一名妇女和两名儿童死亡，并造成数十人受伤。 以色列军方在一份声明中表示，真主党战略部门负责人福阿德·舒克，也被称为“赛义德·穆赫桑”，是真主党秘书长哈桑·纳斯鲁拉的得力助手，也是他的战时行动顾问。 声明补充说：“福阿德·舒克自 10 月 8 日起就指挥真主党对以色列发动袭击。”他对以色列占领的戈兰高地迈季代勒沙姆斯 12 名儿童的死亡负有责任。 路透社目击者称，晚上 7 点 40 分左右，听到一声巨响，可以看到南郊（伊朗支持的黎巴嫩武装组织真主党的据点）上空升起浓烟。 以色列军方表示，这次袭击的目标是舒克。美国还指责舒克策划并发动了 1983 年黎巴嫩首都致命的海军陆战队爆炸事件。 真主党没有立即证实指挥官的死亡。
