In the past few months explosive drones have been implicated in the deaths of some 20 IDF soldiers, the disabling of heavy equipment such as D9 bulldozers, and attacks in northern communities including Kiryat Shmona and Shomera.
Intelligence assessments indicate that some 5,000 Hezbollah fighters have been killed since the start of the war.
In a late-night Beirut strike, the IDF eliminated Radwan Force chief commander Malek Balut while he was meeting with senior commanders to plan attacks against Israeli troops.
The key difference in the two attacks is the scale and leadership loss.
After the “Beeper” operation, which injured thousands of Hezbollah operatives via their communication devices, the IDF gained a far deeper understanding of the organization’s architecture.
The IDF intensified airstrikes on Hezbollah strongholds in Lebanon, including strikes on the Dahieh district of Beirut.
The commanders were meeting inside a civilian hotel in Beirut when they were struck.
More than 100,000 reservists have been mobilized, and the IDF Northern Command remains in a state of high readiness.
In 1961, after more than 14 years of clandestine work, she was arrested by Lebanese authorities, tortured, and sentenced to death.
According to Israeli assessments, Tabatabai was inside a safe house in Beirut’s Dahiyeh district when the Air Force hit the building.
IDF destroys Hezbollah naval vessels and underground infrastructure at coastal base.
The IDF issued special evacuation warnings to Lebanese civilians near Hezbollah’s economic hubs in Beirut before striking multiple targets.
Hezbollah turned the south Lebanon suburb of Dahieh into a terror base where the terror group makes key decisions and hides precision missiles under civilian homes.
Massive secondary explosions were seen following extensive airstrikes by the Israeli Air Force on Hezbollah weapon depots in Beirut.
The Israeli Air Force conducted the massive airstrike targeting the headquarters, built underground beneath residential buildings, in the heart of the Dahiyeh district of the Lebanese capital on Friday evening.
The commander of Hezbollah’s terror activities in Southern Lebanon, Ali Karaki, was also killed in the attack. Karaki, the Iranian proxy’s No. 3 terrorist, had narrowly evaded an Israeli targeted killing attempt earlier this week.
These terrorist commanders had worked for Hezbollah for years and were crucial to the planning and execution of the terror group’s attacks against Israel.
The slain terrorist joined Hezbollah in the 1980s and served in a variety of positions, including as the commander of the surface-to-air missile unit and the ‘Aziz’ unit.
Aqil’s significance in the organization traces back to his involvement in attacks against American targets in Lebanon in 1983.
Israeli intelligence intercepted a phone call and prompted Shukr to move to the top floor of the complex, where an airstrike eliminated him.
