Five killed in Israel as a result of Hezbollah airstrike: IDF eliminated terrorist group’s special forces commander

Five people were killed in a Hezbollah rocket attack in northern Israel on Thursday, a day after an IDF airstrike killed the commander of the terrorist group’s special forces unit.

A Hezbollah attack on Metula, a town along the Israel-Lebanon border, killed an Israeli farmer and four foreign farm workers and seriously injured a fifth foreign worker, a local official told TPS.

The strike that killed Mustafa Ahmad Shahadi of Hezbollah’s Radwan forces took place near the town of Nabatiyah, south of Beirut, according to the Israel Defense Forces.

“Mustafa Ahmad Shahadi has advanced numerous terrorist attacks against the State of Israel,” the IDF statement said. “His attack is part of efforts to reduce the ability of Hezbollah Radwan forces to direct and carry out terrorist activities against IDF troops and communities on the northern border, in particular the Galilee plan.”

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

“Shahadi was previously responsible for the operations of Radwan’s forces during the fighting in Syria between 2012 and 2017, and also oversaw terrorist attacks in Syria. Southern Lebanon.” The IDF also stated this. “The IDF will continue to act against terrorists and commanders of the terrorist organization Hezbollah, as well as against any threat posed to the citizens of Israel.”

Lebanon’s health ministry also said on Wednesday that Israeli strikes near the city of Baalbek killed 19 people, including eight women.

The IDF says it targeted “command centers and terrorist infrastructure used by the terrorist organization Hezbollah” in the region.

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“Hezbollah systematically abuses civilian infrastructure and territories throughout Lebanon to plan and carry out terrorist activities, deliberately endangering the lives of Lebanese civilians,” the IDF said.

Before the strikes, the Israeli military warned residents to leave their homes for their own safety.

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“You are in a combat zone where the IDF intends to attack and target Hezbollah infrastructure, interests, facilities and military equipment and does not intend to harm you,” Avichai Adrai, an IDF spokesman in Arabic, wrote on X.