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Senior Hezbollah commander killed in IDF strike in southern Lebanon
Times of Israel ^ | 07/03/2024 | Emanuel Fabian

Posted on 07/03/2024 8:53:04 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

A senior Hezbollah commander was killed on Wednesday in an Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon. He was one of the highest-ranking officials in the terror group to be killed in nine months of fighting along the border. The terror group responded by firing at least 100 rockets at northern Israel on Wednesday afternoon.

Hezbollah confirmed the death of Muhammad Nimah Nasser, also known as Abu Nimah, from the south Lebanon town of Haddatha, following reports of the strike. Nasser was killed in a strike in the coastal city of Tyre.

Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency said “an enemy drone targeted a car” in Tyre, around 20 kilometers (12 miles) from the border. A source told AFP that a second Hezbollah fighter and a civilian were also killed in the same strike.

In its statement, Hezbollah referred to Nasser as a commander, a designation the terror group rarely uses to refer to its senior operatives slain in Israeli strikes. The only other operatives referred to as commanders were Taleb Abdullah — the commander of the Nasr regional division — killed last month, and Wissam al-Tawil — the deputy head of the terror group’s elite Radwan unit — killed by Israel in January.

Several hours after the strike, the IDF confirmed that it had killed Nasser, who it said since 2016 commanded Hezbollah’s Aziz unit, one of three regional divisions in south Lebanon. The unit is responsible for Lebanon’s southwestern region, from the coast to the Bint Jbeil area, and has carried out hundreds of attacks against northern Israel’s upper and western Galilee amid the war.

According to the IDF, he is the second most senior Hezbollah commander it has killed amid the ongoing fighting alongside fellow regional division head Abdullah. Nasser previously commanded Hezbollah special forces...

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Israel; Lebanon; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: abunimah; assasination; hezbollah; idf; israel; muhammadnasser; muhammadnimahnasser

1 posted on 07/03/2024 8:53:04 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

killin’ us with GOOD news ..


2 posted on 07/03/2024 9:18:27 PM PDT by A strike (no tyranny that cannot be justified by 'climate change')
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To: SeekAndFind

killin’ us with GOOD news ..


3 posted on 07/03/2024 9:18:33 PM PDT by A strike (no tyranny that cannot be justified by 'climate change')
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To: SeekAndFind

His mother laments he blew up so fast


4 posted on 07/03/2024 9:21:55 PM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: Vendome

Ouch. Good one


5 posted on 07/03/2024 9:30:46 PM PDT by j.havenfarm (23 years on Free Republic, 12/10/23! More than 8,000 replies and still not shutting up!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Makes this song come to mind.

Oh, What A Beautiful Morning

There’s a bright golden haze on the meadow,
There’s a bright golden haze on the meadow,
The corn is as high as an elephants eye,
An’ it looks like it’s climbing clear up in the sky.

Oh, what a beautiful mornin’,
Oh, what a beautiful day.
I got a beautiful feelin’
Everything’s goin’ my way.


6 posted on 07/03/2024 9:59:55 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls.)
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To: SeekAndFind

“That’s a shame” - Jerry Seinfeld


7 posted on 07/03/2024 10:46:45 PM PDT by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." - The Weapons Shops of Isher)
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To: SeekAndFind

Looks like Israel has picked up America’s penchant for taking out the number two guy.


8 posted on 07/03/2024 10:53:42 PM PDT by Nachoman (Proudly oppressing people of color since 1957.)
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To: SeekAndFind

More #2 cleanup?


9 posted on 07/03/2024 11:35:05 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: SeekAndFind

Killing one cockroach is good but exterminating the nest is better.


10 posted on 07/04/2024 4:47:37 AM PDT by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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To: SeekAndFind

The IDF is the John Wick of the area...”Whoever comes; I’ll Kill them, I’ll Kill them All!”

You Tube deleted the video segment where he said that - and they keep asking me to join them - LOL


11 posted on 07/04/2024 5:34:16 AM PDT by trebb (So many fools - so little time...)
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