israeli military says it killed head of lebanese hezbollah communications network
2024-10-05
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this article is reproduced from [xinhuanet];
xinhua news agency, jerusalem, october 4 (reporter luo chen and wang zhuolun) the israel defense forces issued a statement on the 4th saying that mohammed rashid sakafi, the head of the lebanese hezbollah communications network, died in an israeli air strike on the 3rd.
the statement said that on the 3rd, the israeli air force attacked an area of beirut, the capital of lebanon, based on intelligence. sakafi died in the air strike. the statement said that sakafi is a senior official of hezbollah and has been in charge of hezbollah's communications force since 2000.
the israeli army said on the 4th that since it conducted a "limited ground operation" against hezbollah targets in the southern border area of lebanon on september 30, it has killed about 250 hezbollah members, including 21 commanders.
a reporter from xinhua news agency in beirut reported that explosions were heard multiple times in beirut from late night on the 3rd to early morning on the 4th. according to the lebanese news agency, the southern suburbs of beirut came under heavy israeli air strikes during this period.
in addition, sources in the lebanese security department said on the 4th that israeli warplanes airstrike an international highway near the meisna border port in eastern lebanon early that morning, cutting off lebanon's road to syria. the israeli military said on the 3rd that lebanese hezbollah smuggled weapons from syria through the border crossing.
the ministry of public health of lebanon said in the early morning of the 4th that israel launched attacks in many places in lebanon in the past 24 hours, resulting in a total of 37 people killed and 151 injured.
