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IDF kills deputy commander of Hezbollah’s Radwan Force

Mustafa Ahmad Shakhadi managed the terror unit's combat operations in Southern Lebanon.

Hezbollah gunmen and rocket launchers in Southern Lebanon, May 2023. Credit: Tasmin News Agency via Wikimedia Commons.
Hezbollah gunmen and rocket launchers in Southern Lebanon, May 2023. Credit: Tasmin News Agency via Wikimedia Commons.

The IDF announced on Wednesday that Mustafa Ahmad Shakhadi, deputy commander of Hezbollah’s Radwan Force, had been killed in an Israeli airstrike near Nabatieh in Southern Lebanon.

The IDF emphasized that his removal from the battlefield “further impairs the Radwan Force’s ability to function and carry out terror activities against IDF forces and the Israeli civilian front along the northern border, specifically its plan to seize the Galilee.”

Shakhadi in his previous roles was responsible for Radwan operations during the Syria conflict from 2012 to 2017, and also managed the unit’s combat operations in Southern Lebanon.

“The Radwan Force is Hezbollah’s elite unit, aimed at infiltrating Israeli territory and capturing areas near the northern border,” the military said. “The IDF will continue to act against Hezbollah terrorists and commanders and to thwart any threat facing Israeli citizens.”

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