Israel says it has “eliminated” more than 20 Hezbollah members in the bombing of Nasrallah

The Israeli army said it also eliminated “20 terrorists of various ranks” / Photo: Courtesy

The Israeli Army announced this Sunday that it killed more than twenty members of the political and militia group Hezbollah in the massive bombing in Beirut on Friday, in which its top leader, Hasan Nasrallah, and the commander of the southern front were also murdered. Ali Karaki.

“More than 20 other terrorists of various ranks, who were present in the underground headquarters (of Hezbollah) in Beirut, were also eliminated,” detailed this Sunday in an Israeli military statement, about the bombing that was felt throughout the capital and whose Figures on civilian deaths are still unknown.

The Army said Ibrahim Hussein Jazini, identified as the head of Nasrallah’s security unit, was also killed; Samir Tawfiq Dib, his advisor; Abed al Amir Muhamad Sablini, head of Hezbollah’s force strengthening, and Ali Naaf Ayoub, responsible for coordinating attacks, according to Israel.

Including Nasrallah, the Israeli military says it has almost finished off at least eight of the Lebanese militia’s top military commanders, such as Ali Karaki, who was also killed in Friday’s bombing, and commander Nabil Qaouk, killed in another attack yesterday. in the suburbs of Dahye, in the south of Beirut.

Since Israel and Hezbollah began their border clashes on October 8 in the wake of the Gaza war, nearly 500 Hezbollah members have been killed, and thousands were injured last week in pager explosions and walkie talkies.

The Israeli Army boasts of having beheaded the military leadership of the pro-Iran group, especially in the last ten days of attacks that have caused a thousand deaths in Lebanon, and insists that more work remains to be done to be able to return the Israelis displaced from the north to their homes.

Jerusalem / EFE