U.S. Military Kills Boatload Of Drug Trafficking Terrorists

 

 https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115136798909755892

IDF Slams Iran's State Broadcasting Agency, Cutting Off Propaganda Broadcasts

Things are still hot in Iran, and nowhere is it hotter than in the state propaganda headquarters this morning - that headquarters being the headquarters of Iran's state broadcasting agency, which I'm sure is every bit as fair and balanced as MSNBC.
It's unclear what the woman in this broadcast is on about, but you see the very moment when her priority changed from "haranguing the infidels" to “oh shit … retreat, retreat.”:

https://x.com/Breaking911/status/1934631525854896531

Translation in English

https://x.com/HindutvaDiva/status/1934641518855192994

ACTUALLY, what you heard was probably an AIM-120B AMRAAM missile hitting the building not far from your ass and you better leave while you still have that ability.

It's not clear, of course, what effect this will have on the overall conduct and outcome of this war. Propaganda is just one element of warfare, but it can be a key one, especially in keeping the run-of-the-mill folks calm (or as calm as they can be with Israeli bombs and missiles smashing their city into rubble) while the leadership flees like rats leaving the Titanic.

 

Israel Bombs Yemen’s Capital Airport

Israel cripples Sana’a Airport in major strike on Houthis, fully disabling their terrorist base, after missile lands near Ben-Gurion Airport.
An Israeli airstrike left the main airport in Yemen’s capital, which serves as “a central hub for the Houthi terrorist regime,” fully disabled on Tuesday, according to the Israeli Defense Forces.
On Tuesday morning, the IDF issued a warning in Arabic for all individuals to immediately evacuate Sana’a International Airport and its surrounding areas. About one hour later, IDF fighter jets struck the airport and other infrastructure in Houthi-controlled Sana’a, Yemen.
The retaliatory strike comes as Israel and the United States continue attacks on Houthi terrorists, who continually shot ballistic missiles at Israel and attacked more than 100 international cargo ships, tankers, and naval vessels following Hamas’ October 7 assault on Israel.
The strike “dismantled Houthi terrorist infrastructure at the main airport in Sana’a fully disabling the airport,” according to the IDF. Flight runways, aircraft, and airport infrastructure were struck in the attack. According to the IDF, the airport “served as a central hub for the Houthi terrorist regime to transfer weapons and operatives” and was used for “terrorist purposes.”
“This underscores the Houthi terrorist regime’s brutal exploitation of civilian infrastructure for terrorist activity,” the IDF said in a statement, per Israel War Room.
The IDF said the strike on Sana’a Airport was a direct response to a missile fired by the Houthis that landed near Israel’s Ben-Gurion Airport, injuring six people and temporarily halting flights. The IDF said the missile was not intercepted due to a technical malfunction, noting that its systems typically maintain a 95% success rate against missiles launched from Yemen.
“Over the past year and a half, the Houthi terrorist regime has been operating under Iranian direction and funding, in order to target the State of Israel and its allies, undermine regional stability, and disrupt global freedom of navigation,” the IDF said. “The IDF is determined to continue operating, at any distance, against all threats posed to the citizens of the State of Israel.”
Following the strike, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz warned that the Iranian regime that it will “bear direct responsibility for any attack by the Houthi tentacle against the State of Israel.”
The IDF also targeted Al Imran Concrete Plant north of Sana’a, which the IDF says the Houthis use to build underground tunnels and terror infrastructure, as well as several central power plants in the Sana’a area. According to the IDF, the Houthis exploit energy infrastructure for terrorist purposes.

Read the rest at:
https://www.dailywire.com/news/israel-bombs-yemens-capital-airport-fully-disabling-houthi-terrorist-base?topStoryPosition=undefined&author=Kassy+Akiva&category=News&elementPosition=1&row=1&rowHeadline=Top+Stories&rowType=Top+Stories&title=Israel+Bombs+Yemen%E2%80%99s+Capital+Airport%2C+%E2%80%98Fully+Disabling%E2%80%99+Houthi+Terrorist+Base

Massive Airstrike On Yemen's Fuel Transfer Port

 

https://x.com/defense_civil25/status/1913008683933692394

Israel Eliminates Many Top Hamas Leaders Following Ceasefire Collapse

Israel eliminated more than a dozen Hamas leaders in the week after the Israeli Defense Forces resumed airstrikes and ground operations following the collapse of the ceasefire.
Many experts speculate that Israel was able to use the two-month ceasefire as an opportunity to gather intelligence about the whereabouts of Hamas leaders. Many of those killed were key to maintaining Hamas’ control over Gaza’s population, beyond just its militant operations. This signals Israel’s determination to dismantle both the group’s political and military grip on the territory.
Defense Minister Israel Katz threatened last week to annex parts of the Gaza Strip if Hamas continues to refuse to release the 59 hostages held by the terror group.
“I have instructed the IDF to seize additional areas in Gaza, evacuate the population, and expand security zones around Gaza to protect Israeli communities and IDF soldiers,” Katz said, according to The Jerusalem Post. “The more Hamas persists in its refusal to release the hostages, the more territory it will lose, which will be annexed to Israel.”
In addition to air strikes, IDF troops have begun ground activities in central and southern Gaza to create a buffer zone between the north and south of the strip.
On the first night of air strikes, Israel killed four senior Hamas officials including Essam al-Da’alis, Hamas’s political Gazan prime minister; Mahmoud Marzouk Ahmed Abu-Watfa, the Minister of Internal Affairs; Bahajat Hassan Mohammed Abu Sultan, Head of Hamas’ Internal Security Forces; and Ahmed Amar Abdullah Alhata, Hamas Minister of Justice.
Al-Da’alis was acting as a defacto prime minister and replaced Rawhi Mushtaha who was eliminated by Israel in July 2024. He was responsible for the integration of all Hamas’ branches and their uses for terrorist purposes. He also served as the key point of contact with senior Hamas terrorists outside of the strip, according to the IDF.

Read much, much more at the link:
https://www.dailywire.com/news/israel-eliminates-dozens-of-top-hamas-leaders-following-ceasefire-collapse?topStoryPosition=undefined

NEW: Israeli Airstrike Takes Out Hezbollah Spokesman

There's news out of Lebanon Sunday morning as reports indicate that a rare Israeli airstrike in central Beirut killed the spokesman for Hezbollah.
BEIRUT (AP) — A rare Israeli airstrike on central Beirut killed Hezbollah’s chief spokesman on Sunday, an official with the militant group said. Earlier, officials said Israeli strikes killed at least 12 people in the Gaza Strip, where Israel has been at war with the Palestinian Hamas for over a year.
The latest in targeted killings of senior Hezbollah officials came as Lebanese officials considered a United States-led cease-fire proposal. Israel also bombed several buildings in Beirut’s southern suburbs, where Hezbollah has long been headquartered, after warning people to evacuate.
Mohammed Afif, the head of media relations for Hezbollah, was killed in a strike on the Arab socialist Baath party’s office in central Beirut, according to a Hezbollah official who was not authorized to brief reporters and spoke on condition of anonymity.
Afif had been especially visible after all-out war erupted between Israel and Hezbollah in September and the killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in an Israeli airstrike. Last month, Afif hastily wrapped up a press conference in Beirut ahead of Israeli strikes.
As noted above, this is the latest in a series of actions that have taken out key Hezbollah officials over the past several months, including the group's leader, Hassan Nasrallah. Others include Nabil Kaouk (deputy head of Hezbollah's Central Council), Ibraham Akil (top commander and leader of Hezbollah's Radwan Forces), Ahmad Wehbe (Radwan Forces commander), Ali Karaki (leader of Hezbollah's southern front), Mohammad Surour (head of Hezbollah's drone unit), and Ibrahim Kobeissi (Hezbollah's missile unit leader).
Afif claimed Hezbollah was responsible for a drone attack on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's home in October.
Hezbollah has claimed 'full and sole responsibility' for a drone attack on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin's home late last week.
'Hezbollah takes the full and sole responsibility for targeting Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's house,' Mohammad Afif, the head of the militant group' media office, told a press conference in the southern suburbs of Beirut.
Israel has also confirmed that Afif was killed in the strike.

https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2024/11/17/new-israeli-airstrike-takes-out-hezbollah-spokesman-n2182101

IDF Eliminates Izz al-Din Kassab,

One of last remaining Hamas political bureau members.

Kassab was responsible for Hamas's relations and cooperation, strategic and military, with other terrorist organizations within the Gaza Strip.
The IDF eliminated Hamas's National Relations head Izz al-Din Kassab on Friday in Khan Yunis, Gaza, who was also one of the last remaining members of the terrorist organization's political bureau still inside the Palestinian enclave.
The strike that killed Kassab was completed based on IDF and ISA intelligence. His assistant Ayman Ayesh was also killed in the strike.

He was also responsible for Hamas's relations and cooperation, whether strategic or military, with other terrorist organizations within the Gaza Strip such as the Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
Kassab also held authority within the Gazan terrorist organization to direct attacks against Israel, the IDF noted.
Two days earlier, the IDF conducted a strike targeting Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorists, also in Khan Yunis.
The IAF used IDF and ISA intelligence to mitigate the risk of harming civilians, the military announced.

https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-827187

BREAKING: Israel Has Begun A Limited Retaliatory Strike Against Iran [UPDATE: ISRAEL CONFIRMS]

It has just been reported in the last half hour or so that Israel has begun it’s retaliatory strikes on Iran after their missile launches at Israel earlier this month. (It doesn’t seem like this is going to be a sustained attack. It has been limited to a few Revolutionary Guard military sites.)
Here’s some of the reporting:

https://x.com/ACTBrigitte/status/1849954682619207863?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1849954682619207863%7Ctwgr%5E7bbeb71c878d01ddd7cabd4108143df2c50dd5bd%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Ftherightscoop.com%2Fbreaking-israel-has-begun-its-retaliatory-strikes-against-iran%2F

UPDATE: Israel Confirms:

https://x.com/Israel/status/1849960552539279490?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1849960552539279490%7Ctwgr%5E7bbeb71c878d01ddd7cabd4108143df2c50dd5bd%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Ftherightscoop.com%2Fbreaking-israel-has-begun-its-retaliatory-strikes-against-iran%2F

Several other video clips at the link:

https://therightscoop.com/breaking-israel-has-begun-its-retaliatory-strikes-against-iran/

New Hezbollah Leader And Senior IRGC Officers Reportedly Eliminated In Israeli Airstrike

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Hashem Safi Al-Din, who is the presumed successor of former Hezbollah secretary-general Hassan Nasrallah, was reportedly killed along with other senior officials in an Israeli strike in southern Beirut on Friday, an unnamed official told Sky News Arabia.
Additionally, several high-ranking Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps  (IRGC) officers were in the same location when the airstrike hit. One of them is believed to be Ismail Qaani, a Brigadier General in the IRGC and commander of its Quds Force.
A Lebanese security source told Sky News that the chances of anyone surviving the targeted strike were “almost zero.”
The Saudi news organization Al-Hadath had previously reported that Safi Al-Din was dead on Saturday morning. The outlet claimed that Israel had confirmed the elimination, but Israeli media sources have yet to verify the Saudi report.
A Lebanese security source told Reuters that the head of the terrorist group’s Executive Council has been “unreachable” since Israel struck the area on Friday. Additionally, according to three security officials, repeated Israeli strikes have blocked rescuers from searching the site where he was believed to be.
Israelis officials estimated that Safi Al-Din and the senior officers who were with him, were eliminated in the strike, since those who were with him in the underground area which was struck could not have escaped the site alive.
Safi Al-Din, 60, is a cousin of Hassan Nasrallah and last month was appointed his successor. Prior to his appointment, Safi Al-Din served as the head of Hezbollah’s Executive Council. He is Nasrallah’s cousin from his mother’s side. His brother, Abdullah, is Hezbollah’s envoy to Iran.

Hamas Leader Killed In Israeli Air Strike Was United Nations Employee

Fateh Sherif was, supposedly, an educator — the principal of Deir Yassin Secondary School. He was also an employee of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine (UNRWA.) Sherif also moonlighted as a Hamas leader, responsible for coordinating Hamas actions with Hezbollah, including recruiting and logistics operations.
Now he's been shuffled off the mortal coil by the Israeli Air Force after an air strike eliminated him, and the UNRWA is finally admitting he was one of theirs.
A U.N. aid group confirmed Hamas’ leader in Lebanon, who was recently killed by Israeli strikes, was their employee.
Fateh Sherif was killed Monday in an airstrike on the al-Bass refugee camp in the southern Lebanese city of Tyre, along with his wife and children.
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) noted that Sherif had been on suspension with the organization since March but had not been fired.
"Fateh Al Sharif was an UNRWA employee who was put on administrative leave without pay in March and was undergoing an investigation following allegations that UNRWA received about his political activities," an UNRWA spokesperson said in a statement to Fox News Digital.
At the time, his suspension sparked widespread protests and strikes by teachers in Lebanon.
What a fine example he set for little Lebanese schoolkids! It's important to note that Sherif had been living this not-so-subtle double life for some time now, and the UNRWA seemed to notice only after they came under scrutiny for some of their members providing support for, if not actually taking part in the Oct 7th attacks on Israel — and for stealing and reselling humanitarian aid meant for non-Hamas Gazans.
This goblin was ideally situated, we must note, to not only brainwash kids but to recruit them.
Sherif was the principal of the UNRWA-run Deir Yassin Secondary School in al-Bass and head of the UNRWA teachers’ union, which has around 2,000 teachers.
"Through that position, and as principal of a large UNRWA school, he was able to recruit operatives, and to brainwash generations of Palestinians to engage in terrorism," Hillel Neuer, executive director of UN Watch, told Fox News Digital.
Neuer and his organization had long pushed U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini to fire Sherif and said they provided both with a dossier proving his involvement in Hamas.
"Everyone at UNRWA knew. Yet they refused to act," Neuer said.
We can speculate as to why UNRWA refused to act, but all of this is part of the larger problem: the United Nations as a whole. The United Nations has, as an organization, not only been hostile in recent years to Israel but also to the United States. They are an organization that has long since outlived any usefulness they ever had.
The UN, I remind you, less than a year ago, chose Iran to chair a human rights meeting. Yes, you read that right — Iran, one of the most brutally repressive Islamic theocracies on the planet, was tapped to not only participate in but to chair a UN meeting on human rights. You can't make this stuff up.
Oh, and guess whose daughter raised funds for the terrorist-supporting UNRWA?
If you're surprised, you shouldn't be.
It's time Israel got out of the United Nations. It's time the United States did so as well. Let what's left of the UN establish a new headquarters in Tehran; they may feel more at home there.

https://redstate.com/wardclark/2024/09/30/outrage-hamas-leader-killed-in-israeli-air-strike-was-unrwa-employee-n2179987

Nasrallah Is Festering In Hell

I waited to post this because I heard he was dead, then he might be dead, then he wasn’t dead, then he was reported dead, then ….
Netanyahu calls Nasrallah’s killing ‘necessary,’ says region at ‘historic turning point’ after Israeli airstrike slays terror chief.
Israel has wiped out longtime Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah — a major blow to the terror group and a move that sent shockwaves through the Middle East.

Nasrallah, 64, was at the center of what Israeli officials described to The Post as Iran’s “Axis of Resistance,” and was responsible for what President Biden called a “four-decade reign of terror.”
Hezbollah confirmed Nasrallah’s death Saturday, hours after Israel slammed Beirut with powerful airstrikes — but the group did not acknowledge how its leader was killed.
Nasrallah was “the main engine of Iran’s axis of evil,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a televised statement Saturday.
Nasrallah’s death was a “historic turning point” that could change the balance of power in the Middle East, with Netanyahu calling the killing a necessary decision.
“Nasrallah was not just another terrorist, he was the terrorist,” Netanyahu said, adding that airstrikes to reduce Hezbollah’s capability to fight back were not enough.
“As long as Nasrallah was alive, he would have quickly rebuilt the capabilities we took from Hezbollah,” Netanyahu said.
“Therefore, I gave the directive – and Nasrallah is no longer with us.”
The assassination was also intended to send a message to Hamas — including Yahya Sinwar, considered the mastermind behind the Oct. 7 attack on Israel.
“The more that Sinwar sees that Nasrallah will not be coming to his rescue, the greater are the chances for returning our hostages,” Netanyahu said.
The assassination showed Israel’s strength — and its long reach, the prime minister said.
“Nasrallah spoke about us as ‘spider webs.’ But instead of ‘spider webs’, he found the tendons of steel of a united and mighty nation that is determined to ensure its existence and its future,” Netanyahu continued.
“Not only has Hezbollah discovered this. The entire Middle East has discovered this… There is no place in Iran or the Middle East that the long arm of Israel cannot reach. Today, you already know that this is correct.”
He also pledged to stand with those “fighting under the violent dictatorship of Iran and its proxies in Lebanon, Syria, Iran itself and other places.”
Netanyahu’s speech came as word of Nasrallah’s death reverberated through the region, including the northwestern Syrian city of Idlib, where people were seen dancing in the streets and fireworks exploded at the news.
Nasrallah was a staunch ally of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad.
Nasrallah, 64, was in a bunker beneath the terror group’s main headquarters when Israeli warplanes “leveled six buildings” in a targeted attack that also took out several other Hezbollah higher-ups, the IDF said.
Israel tracked Nasrallah for months, and was aware of his whereabouts for some time, three senior Israeli officials told The New York Times.
The IDF decided to move on the terror leader this week because they believed that only had a small window of opportunity to do so, the officials explained.
The IDF said it also neutralized Muhammad Ali Ismail — the commander of Hezbollah’s missile unit in southern Lebanon — as well as his deputy, Hussein Ahmad Ismail, and other “commanders and operatives” who attended the meeting.
In other developments: on Saturday, Iranian media reported that Iran Revolutionary Guard deputy commander Abbas Nilforoushan was also killed in the Beirut strikes.
The Hezbollah headquarters in Beirut were a legitimate military target under international law, IDF spokesperson Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said.
“To our enemies, I say: we are strong and determined. To our partners, I would say: our war, is your war,” Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said in a statement Saturday.
“And to the people of Lebanon, I say: our war is not with you. It’s time for change.”n  Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi said in a video statement released Saturday that Israel was determined to “destroy” Hezbollah.
Nasrallah’s death would only strengthen its own resistance against Israel, Hamas declared Saturday.
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei urged the Muslim world to “confront” the “wicked” Israeli regime.
Nasrallah’s death was “a measure of justice” for his victims, President Biden said, adding the US “fully supports” Israel.
“Hassan Nasrallah and the terrorist group he led, Hezbollah, were responsible for killing hundreds of Americans over a four-decade reign of terror,” Biden, 81, said in a statement released by the White House Saturday afternoon.
“His death from an Israeli airstrike is a measure of justice for his many victims, including thousands of Americans, Israelis, and Lebanese civilians.”
This latest strike on Beirut came after Israel killed three senior Hezbollah military commanders earlier in the week. Those strikes reportedly killed more than 700 soldiers and civilians.
Nasrallah was a founding member of the Iranian-backed militant group and served as its sole leader since 1992, when his predecessor and co-founder Abbas al-Musawi was also killed by an Israeli airstrike.
The IDF warned “Hezbollah has over 150,000 rockets, meant to kill Israeli civilians,” in a post on X after the attack.
“Some [rockets] are strategically placed beneath civilian populations. We have called on Lebanese civilians in specific buildings in the Dahiya neighborhood to move away from areas being used by Hezbollah.”
The targeting of Nasrallah Friday was followed by another series of bombings in the Beirut area on Saturday.
On Saturday afternoon, the IDF claimed that it had killed Hezbollah official Hassan Khalil Yassin in a strike in Dahieh, NBC News reported.
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said he was “gravely concerned” by the “dramatic escalation” in Lebanon following Nasrallah’s death.

https://nypost.com/2024/09/28/world-news/hezbollah-leader-hassan-nasrallah-killed-by-idf-airstrike-in-beirut/

Israel Decimates Hezbollah Terrorist Chain Of Command And Infrastructure In Lebanon

Israel Unleashes Fury On Hezbollah In New Round Of Strikes.
Israel hit nearly 300 Hezbollah targets, including thousands of launcher barrels that were about to fire rockets at Israel.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) unleashed a new round of attacks against Iranian-backed Hezbollah terrorists in southern Lebanon on Saturday, conducting airstrikes that resulted in powerful explosions ripping through the night sky.
“The IDF completed an additional series of strikes in southern Lebanon since the afternoon, with the direction of the IDF Intelligence Directorate, the IAF struck approximately 290 targets, including thousands of launcher barrels, alongside additional terrorist infrastructure in multiple areas in southern Lebanon,”  the IDF said.
“The IDF will continue operating to dismantle and degrade Hezbollah’s capabilities and terrorist infrastructure.,” the statement added.
Many more images and videos from the airstrikes on Saturday are available at the link.

The strikes came after Israel carried out an unprecedented strike against Hezbollah on Tuesday and Wednesday, detonating thousands of pagers and walkie talkies that Israel’s intelligence services had secretly built through legitimate manufacturing companies that it created as part of a plan that was at least 15 years in the making.
The detonation of the devices was enormously successful for Israel, thousands of Hezbollah terrorists were injured, with many sustaining severe injuries that will keep them off the battlefield forever, like missing limbs and blindness. Hundreds more were critically injured and dozens were killed. The attack also outed numerous terrorists to their communities who may not have known that they were part of the organization.
Other benefits of the attack included its minimal collateral damage, the decimation of Hezbollah’s ability to communicate, and inducing a state of fear and paranoia within the organization.
Israel also decimated Hezbollah’s elite Radwan force on Friday, killing its entire senior command in an airstrike.

 
The IDF noted that Hezbollah’s military top chain of command has been nearly entirely eliminated following the airstrikes yesterday.

Among those killed in Israel’s airstrike was Ibrahim Aqil, the Head of Hezbollah’s Operations Unit and the Commander of Hezbollah’s Radwan Forces, who was also in charge of Hezbollah’s “Conquer the Galilee” attack plan, the IDF said in a statement.
“Aqil and the Radwan commanders who were eliminated today were planning Hezbollah’s ‘Conquer the Galilee’ attack plan, in which Hezbollah intended to infiltrate Israeli communities and murder innocent civilians,” the statement said.
Aqil is one of the founders of the terrorist group and had a $7 million bounty on his head from the U.S. government over his role in the 1983 bombings of the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, which killed 63 people, and the U.S. Marine Corps barracks, which killed 241 U.S. personnel.
The Radwan Force is the unit that is reportedly primarily responsible for Hezbollah’s terrorist operations against Israel, with one of its top goals being the conquering of the northern Israeli region of Galilee, The New York Times reported.
“The Radwan Force is dedicated to duplicating what happened on Oct. 7 in the south of Israel in the north,” said Tamir Hayman, a retired general who led Israeli military intelligence until 2021. “For that exact reason, it’s unacceptable for Israel to allow its fighters to remain in the border area.”

https://www.dailywire.com/news/israel-unleashes-fury-on-hezbollah-in-new-round-of-strikes?topStoryPosition=1

Israel is in a No Shit Barred mode right now and ‘I’m lovin’ it.’ 

AND a big SHOUT OUT TO ISRAEL for the massive payback to Aqil for the Beirut Marine Barracks bombing and the Beirut Embassy bombing.

Israeli Airstrikes Take Out Hezbollah Commander Behind 1983 Beirut Marine Barracks Bombing.

 
Israel Defense Forces have confirmed that they have been conducting airstrikes in Beirut, Lebanon, and multiple reports indicate that they have taken out Hezbollah commander Ibrahim Aqil, one of the masterminds behind the 1983 bombing of a U.S. Marine barracks in the war-ravaged country. He also was involved in the 1983 embassy strike, which killed 63 people.
Over 241 Americans were killed in the barracks bombing:

Sources told CNN that senior Hezbollah military figure Ibrahim Aqil was the target of Israel’s strike on southern Beirut that leveled a building, killing at least eight people and injuring dozens of others.
Last year, to mark the 40th anniversary of Hezbollah’s bombing of the US Embassy in Beirut in 1983, the US State Department announced a reward of up to $7 million for information on Aqil, a key leader of the militant group.
The US has accused Aqil of involvement in the 1983 embassy strike, which killed 63 people, as well as the Hezbollah bombing of the Beirut Marine barracks, which killed 241 US personnel later that year.

The IDF also took aim at Hezbollah’s offensive capabilities:

For decades, Hezbollah has weaponized civilian homes, dug tunnels beneath them and used civilians as human shields—having turned southern Lebanon into a war zone. The IDF is operating to bring security to northern Israel in order to enable the return of residents to their homes and achieve war goals.

UPDATED: 9/20/24 1:20 PM ET: Reports are circulating indicating that as many as 30 Hezbollah terrorists were eliminated in the strikes:

https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2024/09/20/israeli-airstrikes-take-out-hezbollah-commander-behind-1983-beirut-marine-barracks-bombing-n2179562

 IDF killed Hamas terrorists inside a command and control center that was formerly a school. At least 3 jihadis were UN employees.

The United Nations frenziedly condemned a new Israel Defense Forces (IDF) strike as one of Israel’s “dramatic violations of international humanitarian law.” The problem is that the UN workers killed were also Hamas terrorists.
The UN and many other organizations and governments love to emphasize that the IDF strikes schools and “aid workers.” What they are not telling you is that Hamas jihadis have long used schools and other “civilian” buildings in Gaza as terrorist bases and that the “aid workers” almost always turn out to be active terrorists. That appears to be the case once again with the IDF strike this week, where at least three UNRWA “workers” killed were Hamas jihadis.
UNRWA is absolutely infested with Hamas operatives, according to international human rights lawyer Hillel Neuer. As JihadWatch has noted, terrorists specifically place military targets in humanitarian zones so that, if IDF strikes, they can immediately condemn Israel. So whenever the UN starts wailing that the IDF causelessly killed their humanitarian workers while they were operating a school or shelter, always fact-check that claim. It will almost certainly turn out to be false.
According to the state of Israel, which is a more reliable source on these topics than is the Hamas-loving UN, so far the confirmed casualties in the precision strike are terrorists — including at least three UNRWA “workers.”

The school:

UN chief Antonio Guterres, who lies and funds terrorists for a living, mourned, “What's happening in Gaza is totally unacceptable. A school turned shelter for around 12,000 people was hit by Israeli airstrikes again today. Six of our @UNRWA colleagues are among those killed. These dramatic violations of international humanitarian law need to stop now.”
The school was reportedly not a “humanitarian shelter” so much as it was a Hamas base. Israel will even endanger its own men rather than kill Gazan civilians, despite the fact that the majority of Gazans strongly support Hamas and jihad.
The state of Israel posted on X, “IDF: Yesterday (Wednesday), with the direction of IDF and ISA intelligence, the IAF conducted a precise strike on terrorists who were operating inside a command and control center embedded within a compound that previously served as the Al Jaouni School in the area of Nuseirat in central Gaza.” It’s all too typical for Hamas to turn schools into Hamas bases.
Israel’s post continued, “Upon receiving reports claiming that local Palestinian UNRWA workers were killed as a result of the strike, the IDF requested that the agency provide details and names of the workers, in order to thoroughly review the claim. To date, no answers have been provided by UNRWA despite repeated requests.”
But three UNRWA employees have been confirmed among the terrorists killed. The state of Israel provided a list:

Thus far, a number of Hamas terrorists were confirmed to have been eliminated in the strike, including:
1. Aysar Karadia, a terrorist in Hamas' Military Wing and Internal Security Forces.
2. Muhammad Adnan Abu Zayd, a terrorist in Hamas' Military Wing who was responsible for launching mortars at IDF troops and the State of Israel, previously served as an operative in Hamas’ naval forces, and was simultaneously an UNRWA employee.
3. Bassem Majed Shaheen, the head of a terrorist cell in Hamas' Military Wing who took part in the October 7th Massacre in southern Israel.
4. Amar al-Jadili, a terrorist in Hamas' Military Wing and Internal Security Forces.
5. Akram Saber al-Ghalaydi, a terrorist in Hamas' Military Wing and Internal Security Forces.
6. Muhammad Issa Abu al-Amir, a terrorist in Hamas' Military Wing who took part in the October 7th Massacre in southern Israel.
7. Sharif Salam, a terrorist in Hamas' Military Wing.
8. Yasser Ibrahim Abu Sharar, a terrorist in Hamas' Military Wing and an operative in Hamas' emergency bureau in Nuseirat, who was simultaneously an UNRWA employee.
9. Ayad Matar, a terrorist in Hamas' Military Wing and simultaneously an UNRWA employee.

 

https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2024/09/12/idf-killed-hamas-terrorists-some-were-un-employees-n4932466

 After Meeting With Kamala Harris, Benjamin Netanyahu Goes Scorched Earth.

Benjamin Netanyahu held a press conference on Wednesday to officially announce the deaths of two top terrorists, signaling a scorched earth approach shortly after meeting with Vice President Kamala Harris.
On Tuesday, it was confirmed that an IDF airstrike killed Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr. Not only had he been leading the effort to bombard Israel with rockets over the last year, but he was also responsible for the bombing of a U.S. Marines barracks in Beirut in 1983. Vengence was finally delivered.
Wednesday brought about another huge victory when Hamas' most senior political leader Ismail Haniyeh was blown up in Tehran, Iran in a pre-dawn attack. Whether you know his name or not, you've undoubtedly seen Haniyeh in various videos and interviews. He and other Hamas leaders stole billions of dollars from relief efforts and fled to Qatar after remaining in Syria became impossible due to the civil war there.
Infamously, Haniyeh was filmed thanking "Allah" immediately after the October 7th attack on Israel. Let's just say he's not celebrating anymore.
During his press conference, Netanyahu reiterated that he and his country will not stop until justice is fully served. That means no one is safe, including terrorist leaders in Iran and Lebanon. This doesn't stop until they are all dead, including Hamas leader in Gaza Yahya Sinwar.
To up the ante a bit more, there are also unconfirmed reports floating around that Israel killed Iranian IRGC commander Amir Ali Hajizadeh in Syria. Netanyahu did not mention that in his press conference, though it has taken days in the past for Israel to acknowledge when Iranian officials are killed.
Regardless, I don't think this sudden burst of energy out of the Israelis immediately after Netanyahu met with Harris is a coincidence.
Israel knows that Harris will seek to appease Iran and preserve Hamas rule in Gaza no matter how much she tries to ride the fence. The time to act is now when Joe Biden is completely AWOL and America has no real president. Harris would no doubt be even less helpful than Biden has been, and Israel knows that.
With Haniyeh out of the picture, Sinwar is the big fish left to take out. Doing so would represent a death blow to Hamas. Israel clearly fears what a Harris administration would do to prevent that and they are taking action now. The expectation is that things will get hotter from here, especially if Iran retaliates.

https://redstate.com/bonchie/2024/07/31/after-meeting-with-kamala-harris-benjamin-netanyahu-goes-scorched-earth-n2177588

PHOTO: IDF Shows Proof After ‘Doctors Without Borders’ Denies ‘Colleague’ Was Terrorist.

I posted earlier that the Israeli Air Force sent a high value terrorist to see Allah, and linked him to MSF International, a medical aid group. The docs were mad about it. But the truth has come out.
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), or “Doctors Without Borders,” denied Wednesday that its “colleague,” Fadi Al-Wadiya was also an Islamic Jihad terrorist — but the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) produced photos of him in uniform.
As Breitbart News noted earlier Wednesday, Fadi Al-Wadiya was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Tuesday. He was a senior member of the Iranian-backed terror group, responsible for directing rocket attacks against Israeli civilians.
Doctors Without Borders claimed that Al-Wadiya was just a physical therapist “on his way to work.” It denied that he was a terrorist, and produced a photograph of him treating a child in Gaza in 2022. (photo shown of the terrorist treating the child in article)
But the IDF produced photos showing Al-Wadiya in military fatigues, wearing the Islamic Jihad uniform:

https://x.com/AvichayAdraee/status/1806041719793648020?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1806041719793648020%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thepiratescove.us%2F

The Times of Israel noted*:
The IDF said he was a prominent member of Islamic Jihad, involved in developing missiles for the terror group, as well as being an electronics and chemistry expert.
Lt. Col. Avichay Adraee, the IDF’s Arabic-language spokesman, says al-Wadiya worked for Islamic Jihad’s rocket manufacturing unit for more than 15 years.
He attaches three images showing al-Wadiya in Islamic Jihad uniform.

*https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/idf-releases-images-showing-doctors-without-borders-staffer-in-islamic-jihad-uniform/

As the IDF said, “always check to see who you’re hiring….”. To Docs Without Borders they should say “always check to see who you’re defending.” Unless, of course, you want to protect a terrorist.

The Israeli Air Force targeted and killed Fadi Jihad Muhammad Al-Wadiya, a key figure in Palestinian Islamic Jihad's missile program in Gaza City.

The Israel Air Force eliminated Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist and Doctors Without Borders colleague Fadi Jihad Muhammad Al-Wadiya in an airstrike on Tuesday evening.

https://x.com/IDFSpokesperson/status/1805707173223141785?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1805707173223141785%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jpost.com%2Fbreaking-news%2Farticle-807770

According to an IDF statement on the strike, an Israeli aircraft operating under the direction of the Southern Command and the Intelligence Directorate targeted an area in Gaza City where the terrorist Al-Wadiya was located at the time.
Al-Wadiya was involved in developing and advancing the terror group's missile array and helped aid the organization with his knowledge of electronics and chemistry.
Following the elimination of Al-Wadiya, the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), otherwise known as Doctors Without Borders, expressed their "outrage" in a post on X, formerly Twitter, and "strongly" condemned the killing of their "colleague, Fadi Al-Wadiya."
"We are outraged and strongly condemn the killing of our colleague, Fadi Al-Wadiya, in an attack this morning in Gaza City," MSF wrote.
Additionally, according to MSF International, in the IAF's targeted attack, five other people who were near the MSF's clinic were also killed. This has not been confirmed by official Israeli sources.
IDF response to MSF International

https://x.com/IDF/status/1805708917294420469?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1805708917294420469%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jpost.com%2Fbreaking-news%2Farticle-807770

Shortly after MSF International posted on X, the IDF responded to their tweet, stating, "Always check to see who you’re hiring…" emphasizing that Al-Wadiya "was a significant terrorist in [the Palestinian] Islamic Jihad" and advanced the organization's rocket array which endangered the lives of civilians.
The IDF further stressed that Al-Wadiya was "just another case of terrorists in Gaza exploiting the civilian population as human shields."

https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-807770

 BREAKING: Hezbollah #2 Leader Reportedly Taken Out in Airstrike.
According to multiple (unconfirmed) social media posts, Hezbollah’s number two commander has been taken out in an airstrike in Lebanon.

https://x.com/AvivaKlompas/status/1801419866857214329?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1801419866857214329%7Ctwgr%5E96bb61f0f240b3d0a5bfcde14eb1151e61b01f3a%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fredstate.com%2Fbobhoge%2F2024%2F06%2F13%2Fbreaking-hezbollah-2-leader-reportedly-taken-out-in-airstrike-n2175463

Al Din had worked his way up the ranks of the political party/militant group:
Hashim Safi Al Din (also transliterated Hashem Safieddine) (born 1964) is a Lebanese Shia cleric, senior Hezbollah official and a maternal cousin of the secretary general of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah. He is the head of Hezbollah's Executive Council, a Lebanese political part that has a wide Lebanese support and big representation in the parliament. Hezbollah is affiliated by military action and activities known as the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon which was created in 1982 against the Israeli occupation of Lebanon. Hashim is generally considered the "number two" in Hezbollah.
So far this is still Unconfirmed, but Egyptian Media Sources are beginning to report that tonight’s Israeli Strike on the Town of Janta in Southern Lebanon has resulted in the Elimination of Hashim Safi Al Din, the Head of Hezbollah’s Executive Council and the most Senior Official in Hezbollah besides Secretary-General, Hassan Nasrallah.
Hezbollah has had repeated clashes with Israel as the Jewish state wars with Hamas. Israel has already responded before the latest news by taking another of their leaders, Taleb Sami Abdullah (spelling varies by news outlet).
Hezbollah had ratcheted up tensions Wednesday by firing over 200 rockets into Israel:
Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement has fired multiple barrages of rockets into northern Israel in retaliation for an Israeli strike which killed one of its senior commanders.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reportedly identified more than 200 projectiles that crossed the border on Wednesday. Some triggered fires, but no casualties were reported.
It came as a top Hezbollah official vowed that the Iran-backed group would increase the intensity, force and quantity of its attacks.
He was speaking at the funeral of Taleb Sami Abdullah, the field commander targeted in a strike in southern Lebanon on Tuesday night.

https://x.com/TheNewsTrending/status/1801437672944157087?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1801437672944157087%7Ctwgr%5E96bb61f0f240b3d0a5bfcde14eb1151e61b01f3a%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fredstate.com%2Fbobhoge%2F2024%2F06%2F13%2Fbreaking-hezbollah-2-leader-reportedly-taken-out-in-airstrike-n2175463

After the Israeli airstrike that killed Hezbollah official Abdullah, leaders were scared they were next:
"The powerful elimination worries Hezbollah members. They now understand that the IDF knows much more about them than we do. Additionally, the operation indicates that Hezbollah's field security is not airtight and that the organization's intelligence system has been penetrated to such an extent that we were able to eliminate such an important sector commander. The IDF managed to infiltrate their networks and systems and identify the right people for elimination," says Professor Amatzia Baram, suggesting that this also impacts the leader of the terrorist organization.
 If these reports turn out to be accurate, it would show that they were right to be scared.

https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2024/06/13/breaking-hezbollah-2-leader-reportedly-taken-out-in-airstrike-n2175463

Iran Says Israel Eliminated Revolutionary Guard Corps Senior Adviser in Airstrike, Vows Retaliation.

Iran said Sunday that Israel had taken out Brig. Gen. Sayyed Razi Mousavi, a senior adviser to the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, in an airstrike outside the Syrian capital of Damascus. Iranian State television interrupted programming to announce his death.

https://twitter.com/sentdefender/status/1739345137925251113?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1739345137925251113%7Ctwgr%5E9252c1962e90a6e02afb4988a47c0f22735a7aee%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fredstate.com%2Fbobhoge%2F2023%2F12%2F25%2Firan-says-israel-eliminated-revolutionary-guard-corps-senior-advisor-in-airstrike-vows-retaliation-n2167959

The tweet continues:
A Senior Leader with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) of Iran, Brigadier General Reza Mousavi was Killed as a result of an Israeli Airstrike near the Syrian Capital of Damascus earlier today; General Mousavi was the Head of Unit 2250 with the IRGC’s Quds Force which conducted Logistical Operations for Iran across Syria and had been a Primary Target for Israel for several years.
Mousavi was in charge of coordinating the military alliance between Iran and Syria.
The Iranians pledged with their usual pugilistic rhetoric that they would seek revenge:
"This act is a sign of the Zionist regime's frustration and weakness in the region for which it will certainly pay the price," threatened Iran's president Ebrahim Raisi. Other Iranian officials followed suit:
"The usurper and savage Zionist regime will pay for this crime," the IRGC said in a statement provided to state TV.
Nasser Kanaani, a spokesperson for the Foreign Ministry, told state TV, "Iran reserves the right to take necessary measures to respond to this action at the appropriate time and place."

https://twitter.com/sentdefender/status/1739348645093277819?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1739348645093277819%7Ctwgr%5E9252c1962e90a6e02afb4988a47c0f22735a7aee%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fredstate.com%2Fbobhoge%2F2023%2F12%2F25%2Firan-says-israel-eliminated-revolutionary-guard-corps-senior-advisor-in-airstrike-vows-retaliation-n2167959

Israel remained tight-lipped on the accusation. “I am not referring to this or that operation in the Middle East reported by non-Israeli media,” said Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, the head of the Israel Defense Forces Spokesperson's Unit. “The I.D.F. has a role, of course: to protect and safeguard the security interests of the state of Israel.”
General Mousavi was a known associate of Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani, the Iranian security intelligence commander who was killed in a drone strike ordered by former President Donald Trump in 2020.
This situation certainly could escalate. RedState will bring you updates as necessary.

https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2023/12/25/iran-says-israel-eliminated-revolutionary-guard-corps-senior-advisor-in-airstrike-vows-retaliation-n2167959