Friday, May 13, 2016

Lebanon TV Blames Israel For The Assassination Of Hezbollah's Top Military Commander In Syria

Hezbollah commander Mustafa Badreddine, purportedly assassinated by an Israeli strike near Damascus on May 13, 2016. (Twitter screenshot)

The Guardian: Leading Hezbollah commander killed in Syria 'by Israeli military'

Mustafa Badreddine, dubbed the ‘untraceable ghost’, had fought against Israel for decades and was killed in an explosion in Damascus

A leading commander of the Lebanese militia Hezbollah has been killed in Syria, in an attack being blamed on the Israeli military.

Hezbollah confirmed in a statement that Mustafa Badreddine, 55, who was believed to have been the second most powerful figure in the organisation, had been killed in an explosion..

“He took part in most of the operations of the Islamic resistance since 1982,” Hezbollah said in a statement, describing Badreddine as “the great jihadi leader”.

The group said it was an explosion near Damascus airport that killed him, but they have not determined yet if it was an airstrike.

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More News On The Assassination Of Hezbollah commander Mustafa Badreddine

Top Hezbollah military commander killed in Syria -- AP
Hezbollah announces death of top military commander in Syria -- AFP
Top Hezbollah commander killed in Syria -- Reuters
Blast kills Hezbollah military chief in Syria -- AFP
Top Hezbollah commander Badreddine killed -- BBC
Hezbollah's Military Leader Killed in Syria -- VOA
Top Hezbollah commander in Syria killed by Israel, Lebanese TV says -- Times of Israel
Hezbollah suffers big blow as top commander killed -- Al Arabiya

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Viva Israel

James said...

There is good reason to believe this is a result of internal fighting between, Hezbollah, Quds, and the establishment back in Iran. The "hunt" for the traitor is on. There will be an effort to pin it on a staff member of Muqtada Al Sadr.