Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed terrorist organization illegally occupying southern Lebanon, fired hundreds of rockets into Israel on Wednesday night and into the morning after the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) struck a senior Hezbollah commander.
An Israeli Air Force aircraft killed Sami Taleb Abdullah, commander of the Hezbollah terrorist organization’s Nasr Force, last night as part of an attack on Hezbollah’s command and control center in the Juayya district of southern Lebanon, which was used to direct terrorists. pic.twitter.com/DE4qKnC7Mk
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) June 12, 2024
The attack coincided with the Jewish holiday of Shavuot (Pentecost), which marks the receiving of the Ten Commandments and the Torah on Mount Sinai. Many Israelis in northern Israel were forced to evacuate. One video shows a family returning from a picnic scattering in bomb shelters, with the father filming and trying to calm the children.
These aren’t fireworks celebrating Shavuot. These are air defense systems to protect civilians from a barrage of Hezbollah rockets in northern Israel. pic.twitter.com/Z6hoGDvpT8
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) June 11, 2024
The Israel Defense Forces said in a statement:
Last night (Tuesday) the Israeli Air Force struck a Hezbollah command and control center in the Juayya district of southern Lebanon. In recent months the center has been used to direct terrorist attacks from southeast Lebanon into Israeli territory. As part of the attack, Sami Taleb Abdullah, commander of Hezbollah’s Nasr Force terrorist organization, was killed. Sami Taleb Abdullah was one of Hezbollah’s most senior commanders in southern Lebanon.
Over the years, the terrorist has planned and carried out numerous terror attacks against Israeli civilians, and this attack also took out three additional Hezbollah terrorist operatives.
Hezbollah Fired More than 200 rockets landed in northern Israel, including near the holy city of Tiberias on the shores of Sea of Galilee, The Times of Israel reported. No one was killed or injured, but several wildfires broke out and firefighters had to put out the blazes.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaking in Doha, Qatar Said A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza would help ease tensions between Israel and Hezbollah, as it would eliminate a reason for Hezbollah to wage war.
Hezbollah is committed to the destruction of Israel and advanced its aims outside the Gaza war by moving into the border areas of southern Lebanon several years ago, in defiance of UN Security Council Resolution 1707 (2006).
It began sporadic artillery bombardment of Israel after a Hamas terrorist attack on Oct. 7. It paused the bombardment during a November truce in which Hamas released Israeli hostages and Israel released Palestinian terrorists, but has since stepped up its attacks.
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