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The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) claimed responsibility for a drone strike that hit southern Lebanon on March 8, saying that the target was an operative of Hezbollah.
Lebanese media reported that the Israeli drone strike hit a vehicle between the towns of Khirbet Selm and al-Jumayjimah. A man killed in the strike was later identified as Ali Hassan Shahla, also known as Abu Dharr, from the southern Lebanese town of Markaba.
In a statement, the IDF alleged that the slain man was “involved in the rehabilitation of terror infrastructure and directing Hezbollah terror operations in southern Lebanon.”
There was no comment on the deadly strike by Hezbollah. In addition, the group didn’t confirm or deny that Abu Dharr was one of its members.
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Just a day earlier, a wave of more than 20 Israeli strikes hit southern Lebanon. The IDF said that military sites of Hezbollah were targeted. In addition, two Lebanese civilians from the Hezbollah-linked Jihad al-Bina organization were killed and a Syrian national was critically wounded after being shot by Israeli troops near the border.
A ceasefire agreement brokered by the United States last November was supposed to end all clashes on the Israeli-Lebanese border by February 18. Nevertheless, the IDF continues to operate against Hezbollah under the pretext of neutralizing threats to Israel security.
Hezbollah went into the conflict with Israel more than 14 months ago to support the Gaza Strip. The group lost most of its leadership and sustained heavy losses in personnel and equipment. The largest blow to the group was however the loss of the detrance established after the war of 2006.
There is no doubt that Hezbollah is now suffering on all levels, especially after its supply routes through Syria were cut off with the collapse of the Assad regime. Still, it is too early to count the group completely out of the power balance in the region.
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what if all the muslim countries in the middle east had been like israel? peace! freedom! prosperety! do you agree? if not; please help me with my understanding of the middle east.
what, you mean genocidal, racist apartheid terror regimes where torture and rape are legal? a parasite state leeching off the rest of the planet?
the muslims in israel itself; is there any muslim country where the muslims in general are better off?
moslems are better off in any country in the world than occupied palestine, where dogs have more rights than palesrinians, who can be murdered, robbed, tortutred and raped with complete impunity by the racist genocidal filth who have usurped the country.
who has written this article? i believe it to be full of facts.
you believe alot of things . you just have a problem wil proof .
is it possible that lebanon again will be a nice country to live in?
it will be fine once the zionist thieves and parasites are kicked out back to talmudistan.
white hitler blood line offspring israelis like killing.their cant stay without smelling human blood.americans nd europeans chosen killer white jews.
only when ussa is cured of zionazi demons will peace come to all of palestine. the khazar must be defanged or it will destroy the entire anglozionazi abomination
it will destroy the whole planet. some people think israel is just a proxy of america, but they are confusing the organ grinder with the monkey. just consider the facts. (((who))) controls wall street, the fed, blackrock, vanguard, all the media, jewllywood, congress. if you want a job as a dog catcher in america, you have to swear an oath of loyalty – to israel, not america. if you are a victim of floods/ forest fires/ hurricanes in america ….
you have to swear an oath of loyalty to israel before receiving any aid. in america, you can criticise god, but you can’t criticise israel – israeli government spokesman. you are jailed for carrying a palestinian flag. watch all the bought and paid for whores in congress grovelling and kowtowing to the war criminal nutteryahoo. if you want to know who rules over you, ask who you are on no account allowed to criticise.
of course it was an operative of hezbollah . israel must create repeat and amplify all talking points to murder innocents . diverting blame to hezbollah is standard practice . next is iran backed and so on ….
as with iran, hezbollah is suffering the expanding costs of its half-hearted support for hamas. flagging its desire for a deal rather than victory gifted the pathologically violent zionist entity a strategic victory over both, plus the option now of seeking to decapitate the iranian leadership as well as forcing abandonment of iran’s nuclear programme. hezbollah leadership is beaten, so in a dog-eat-dog region will be eaten.