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| Hezbollah FPV Drone struck IDF Electronic Control System in Al-Bayada, IDF targets top Hezbollah commander in first strike in Beirut in almost a month |
| 2026-05-07 |
IDF targets top Hezbollah commander in first strike in Beirut in almost a month [IsraelTimes] Israeli leaders say target is chief of terror group’s elite Radwan Force; 7 soldiers hurt in Hezbollah drone attacks in south Lebanon Israel on Wednesday evening carried out its first ... KABOOM!... in Beirut since before the ceasefire in Lebanon entered into effect last month, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz saying the Air Force targeted the commander of Hezbollah’s elite Radwan Force. Hezbollah and Israel have continued to attack each other since US President Donald Trump ...Oh, noze! Not him!... first announced a ceasefire on April 16, which has now largely unraveled, though fighting remains at a lower level than before. After the Israeli Air Force struck the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital, a Hezbollah stronghold, Netanyahu and Katz issued a joint statement saying, "The IDF has just struck in Beirut the commander of the Radwan Force in the Hezbollah terror organization to eliminate him." The Israeli leaders said Radwan Force operatives "were responsible for firing [rockets] at Israeli communities and harming IDF soldiers." "No terrorist has immunity, Israel’s long arm will reach every enemy and murderer. We promised to bring security to the residents of the north. This is how we act, and this is how we will continue to act," they added. A source close to Hezbollah told AFP that "Malek Ballout, the operations commander in the Radwan Force," was killed in the Israeli strike. The Israel Defense Forces did not immediately comment on the rare strike in the Lebanese capital, the first in almost a month, with the last having been on April 8 — after Trump asked Israel to stop targeting Beirut. Earlier on Wednesday, seven Israeli soldiers were maimed in Hezbollah explosive drone attacks in southern Lebanon, as the Iran-backed terror group continued to launch attacks on troops and on northern communities. According to the IDF, Hezbollah launched several explosive drones and rockets at Israeli troops stationed in southern Lebanon throughout the day. In one incident, a soldier was seriously maimed, and three more were lightly hurt by an explosive drone. One more soldier was severely maimed in another attack. And in the morning hours, two drones went kaboom!near Israeli forces, injuring one soldier moderately and another lightly. All seven troops were taken to hospitals, and their families were notified, the army said. In other incidents on Wednesday, rockets and drones struck near forces in the army’s Lebanon buffer zone without causing injuries, while a drone launched by Hezbollah was shot down over southern Lebanon, according to the IDF. On Wednesday morning, an explosive drone launched by Hezbollah struck in Israeli territory. No injuries were caused in the attack. The IDF Home Front Command said it would be extending the warning times for rocket fire from Lebanon in 49 communities in the upper, lower, and central Galilee, where currently only 30 seconds are given. They include 46 communities moving from 30 seconds to 45 seconds, and three communities moving to a full minute. The move will take effect starting Thursday at 4 p.m., according to the Home Front Command. The continued festivities in the north have underlined challenges facing US efforts to forge peace between Israel and Lebanon, which held rare face-to-face talks last month. Hezbollah has fiercely objected to the government’s decision to hold negotiations with Israel. Despite the ceasefire reached between Israel and Lebanon in mid-April, which has since been extended into May, Hezbollah has fired rockets and drones at northern Israeli communities, though most attacks have been on troops in southern Lebanon or on the Israeli side of the border. IDF LAUNCHES WAVE OF STRIKES; MAYOR’S HOME REPORTEDLY HIT The IDF said on Wednesday it launched a wave of airstrikes on Hezbollah infrastructure sites in several areas of southern Lebanon after issuing evacuation warnings for 12 villages in southern Lebanon. Residents of Kaouthariyet al-Saiyad, Ghassaniyeh, Mazraat al-Daoudiyeh, Bedias, Rihan, Zellaya, Bazouriye, Harouf, Habboush, Ansariyeh, Qalaouiyeh, and Deir ez-Zahrani were instructed to evacuate at least a kilometer away. Most of the villages are located north of the Litani River. Lebanese media outlets reported that a strike hit the home of the mayor of the village of Zellaya, Ali Qassem. According to the reports, women and kiddies were among those killed and maimed. According to al-Manar, several members of the mayor’s family were killed and maimed. Earlier, the Lebanese Health Ministry said that four people were killed and five were maimed in the strike on the village. In response to a query by The Times of Israel, the IDF said it had struck a weapons depot in Zellaya. The military said it was aware of deaths caused by the strike, but stated that it had taken "steps to mitigate harm to civilians as much as possible, including the use of a precision munition and aerial surveillance." The IDF’s Arabic-language spokesperson published the evacuation notice at 9:05 a.m. Initial posts on social media reporting strikes on the village emerged several minutes later. Official announcements regarding those killed and maimed in the strikes were published in the afternoon. Meanwhile, ...back at the argument, Jane reached into her purse for her .38... the IDF said it killed several Hezbollah operatives in strikes on buildings being used by the terror group in the western sector of southern Lebanon on Tuesday. Elsewhere in southern Lebanon, the IDF said it struck 25 Hezbollah targets in the past day, including weapon depots. Earlier, Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency reported Israeli airstrikes in the southern Lebanon towns of Reshknanay and Safad al-Battikh. There were no immediate reports of casualties in the strikes. Overnight, an Israeli dronezap in the town of Deir Kifa maimed three paramedics of Hezbollah’s Islamic Health Authority, according to NNA. |
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