Fuad Shukr
Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr was lured to his seventh-floor apartment by a phone call, according to the Wall Street Journal.
However, Hezbollah “is still a wild card,” according to U.S. officials cited by The Washington Post • Iran may be delaying a strike until after the OIC meeting in Jeddah, according to Saudi media.
“The enemy is waiting in a state of loss and anxiety,” said the Hezbollah leader, adding that the waiting “is part of the punishment.”
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah had vowed to resume attacks on northern Israel in support of Hamas.
Shukr was mourned by the Iranian terror proxy as a “great martyr on the path to al-Quds,” Jerusalem.
The prime minister in his address to the nation did not mention the death in Iran of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh.
Israel eliminated Hezbollah’s chief of staff but seeks to keep the focus on Gaza • War decision now rests with senior leader Hassan Nasrallah.
Fuad Shukr served as a senior “military” adviser to Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah.
The move is part of amending an executive order to strengthen and expand the U.S. State and Treasury departments’ authority to target terrorists and their supporters.
