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As Israel is poised for a retaliatory strike against Iran, the Jewish State continues to eliminate key players in Hezbollah and Hezbollah-adjacent organizations. These arch-terrorists may have included the successors to both Qasem Soleimani (the head of the Quds force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps) and Hassan Nasrallah (the head of Hezbollah):
Hader Ali Taweel
On Sunday, the IDF killed Hader Ali Taweel in Lebanon. Taweel was the Kfarkela Hezbollah company commander, and responsible for an anti-tank missile attack that killed a civilian and her son, a reservist, in January, along with terrorists Mohamed Hader and Hassan Nteer el Rasheeni, who the IDF killed earlier in the week. Taweel also fired multiple rockets and anti-tank missiles at Israel.
Muhammad Hussein Ali al-Mahmoud
On Saturday, the IDF killed Muhammad Hussein Ali al-Mahmoud in Lebanon. Al-Mahmoud was one of Hamas’ leaders in Lebanon and orchestrated terrorist attacks in Judea and Samaria. He was critical in establishing a Hamas foothold in Lebanon.
Said Alaa Naif Ali
On Saturday, the IDF killed Said Alaa Naif Ali in Lebanon. Ali was responsible for “…carr[ying] out terrorist attacks against Israeli targets and work[ing] to recruit Hamas operatives inside Lebanon,” according to the IDF.
Hashem Safieddine
On Friday, the IDF has reportedly may have killed the new leader of Hezbollah, Hashem Safieddine in Beirut. He has not been seen or heard from since the IDF strike, and several Israeli and Arab media outlets have speculated that he might have been killed. He is Hassan Nasrallah’s cousin, and appointed to succeed Nasrallah one month ago. He had been serving on Hezbollah’s shura council, and had previously served on its executive council. The US had designated Safieddine as a terrorist in 2017.
Esmail Qaani
On Friday, the IDF may have killed Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force Brigadier-General Esmail Qaani in Beirut. Qaani has not been seen or heard from since the IDF strike, and several Israeli and Arab media outlets have speculated that he was killed. Qaani is the successor to Qasem Soleimani following a US drone strike killing him in January 2020. Qaani once said that “We tell everyone, be patient and see the dead bodies of Americans all over the Middle East.”
Mohammad Rashid Sakafi
On Thursday, the IDF killed Mohammad Rashid Sakafi in Beirut, Lebanon. Sakafi served as Hezbollah’s communications unit commander since 2000. He was a senior Hezbollah operative that served to integrate communications between Hezbollah’s units.
Mahmoud Yusef Anisi
On Thursday, the IDF announced that it killed Mahmoud Yusef Anisi. Anisi was one of the key figures in manufacturing Hezbollah’s precision-guided missiles. He had been a member of Hezbollah for over 15 years.
Aziz Salha
On Thursday, the IDF killed Aziz Salha in central Gaza. Salha was one of the terrorists involved in the lynching of two IDF soldiers in Ramallah in 2000, and the terrorist pictured in the “infamous bloody hands picture.” He had laughed about his role many years later, admitting on video that “’I killed one of them…I stabbed and strangled him…I raised my hands with the blood in the window so that the people could see.”
Rawhi Mushtaha, Sami Oudeh, and Sameh al-Shiraj
On Thursday, the IDF announced that it killed three Hamas arch-terrorists in northern Gaza three months prior. Rawhi Mushtaha was the head of Hamas’ government in Gaza and served as Yahya Sinwar’s right hand man, and together these two men had established Hamas’ general security mechanism. Sami Oudeh was the commander of Hamas’ general security mechanism and in turn was Mushtaha’s right hand man. Sameh al-Shiraj was on Hamas’ political bureau and held the security portfolio, and was also closely affiliated with Yahya Sinwar.
Israel continues to consolidate gains in the battlefield against its enemies in Lebanon, Gaza and beyond, hamstringing Iran and its proxies from being able to mount future terror attacks on the Jewish State.
