Majdal Shams, head of Lebanon’s Hezbollah terror group, was killed in an Israeli airstrike. Fuad Shukar, Hezbollah’s most senior military commander and the right-hand man of militant leader Hassan Nasrallah, was among those killed.
Washington had announced a $5 million bounty on Shukur’s head. That is 50 lakh US dollars. The slain terrorist leader was also a senior military adviser to Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah. The United States is investigating the 1983 bombing of a US Marine barracks in Beirut, which killed 241 US soldiers.
Israel launched a massive operation that took America by surprise. The now-slain Hezbollah leader had control of much of Hezbollah’s most advanced weaponry, including precision-guided missiles, cruise missiles, anti-ship missiles, long-range rockets and UAVs. Israeli Defense Minister Gallant said that those who carry out terrorist attacks against the State of Israel will be sentenced to death without trial.
