update on action:
Lebanese: Abduction of senior Hizbulllah member foiled
Lebanese army officials say special IDF forces fail in attempt to kidnap Hizbullah High Council member Sheikh Muhammad Yazbek from hospital near Baalbek; gun battles reported at scene
Roee Nahmias and AP
Lebanese army and security officials said early Wednesday that special IDF forces attempted to kidnap Sheikh Muhammad Yazbek, a member of Hizbullah’s High Council and one of 12 senior organization members, near Baalbek in the west Bekaa Valley.
According to reports, the operation began with at least six rapid air strikes, after which IAF choppers attempted to land ground forces in the city’s western sector.
A Lebanese army outpost in the town of Shlifa, west of Baalbek, was also attacked.
The Lebanese officials estimated that the IDF forces planned to kidnap the sheikh from the Dar el-Hichma hospital, located north of Baalbek; Yazbek was reportedly surrounded by other senior Hizbullah members.
Current reports say the kidnapping attempt failed and gun battles are taking place at the scene.
Flares held aloft by parachutes lighted the night sky to a daytime brilliance, a Lebanese official said.
It was also reported that Israeli jet fighters attacked targets in the city of Hermel, 75 miles north of the Israeli border in the Bekaa Valley, and Hizbullah said it attacked an IDF outpost in the Shebaa Farms on the border.
Meanwhile, Al-Manar aired images of what it said was “booty” left behind by IDF forces near Kila in south Lebanon. The photos released were of two-way radios, shoes, canteens, and other military equipment. It is not clear when the photos were taken.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3284959,00.html
another update:
Hizbullah: We’ve surrounded IDF troops that landed next to Baalbeck
A spokesperson for Hizbullah said operatives of the terror organization had surrounding IDF troops that landed south of Baalbeck in the Bekaa Valley.
Hizbullah's Al-Manar TV station reported that exchanges of fire had erupted in the area. (AFP)
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3284958,00.html
The Lebanese officials estimated that the IDF forces planned to kidnap the sheikh from the Dar el-Hichma hospital
Does anyone in the MSM wonder want the hell this guy was doing in a hospital????
come on guys and girls of the press ask the tough questions
Even if accurate, this report may not be complete...after all, you cannot kidnap a dead body.
"Current reports say the kidnapping attempt failed and gun battles are taking place at the scene."
So, maybe the IDF just killed the MO instead of trying to kidnap him?
hehehehehehe