The Israeli army assured Tuesday evening that its fighters had “eliminated” by striking Beirut the commander of the pro-Iranian Shiite militia Hezbollah, which it holds responsible for the deaths of children on the annexed Syrian Golan Heights.
“Israeli Air Force fighter jets eliminated the top military leader of the terrorist organization Hezbollah and the head of its strategic unit, Fouad Chokr, in the Beirut region,” the army said in a statement.
“Fouad Shokr was the commander responsible for the Majdal Shams massacre, in which 12 children were killed after Hezbollah fired an Iranian Falaq-1 rocket directly at a soccer field in northern Israel on Saturday night,” military spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said in a separate video statement.
“Fouad Chokr was the right-hand man of Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Hezbollah, and his advisor in planning and conducting attacks and operations,” the same source added.
According to Mr Hagari, Fouad Chokr was a “high-ranking terrorist with the blood of Israelis and many others on his hands”.
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