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The airstrike on Barji occurred in the town of Chirbet Selm shortly before the funeral of Wisam Tawil, the commander of Hezbollah’s elite forces who was killed in an Israeli strike on Monday. The Israeli army released footage of an attack on a car and barge heading into a parking lot.
Barji’s killing was announced by the Israeli army and subsequently confirmed by the Hezbollah movement, the Times of Israel website reported. The movement announced that Barji was “on his way to Jerusalem,” a euphemism Hezbollah uses to celebrate its fallen fighters. However, Hezbollah has not admitted that Barji was the commander responsible for the drone strikes.
IDF releases footage of airstrike on Ali Hussein Burji, a senior Hezbollah commander responsible for dozens of drone strikes in northern Israel. pic.twitter.com/KOEBgJvvMG
— Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian (@manniefabian) January 9, 2024
According to Israel, Barji was the head of Hezbollah’s air units and was also responsible for Tuesday’s drone strike on the base in Safed, about 10 kilometers from the Lebanese border. Barji’s elimination occurred approximately three hours after the attack.
“Today in the north we killed the commander of the Hezbollah Air Force in southern Lebanon,” Israeli military spokesman Daniel Hagari said on Tuesday evening, adding that Barji had led “dozens of operations against Israel.”
piercing. B announces increasing appetite… Ali Hussein Burji “Abu Mahdi” from the city of Markaba in southern Lebanon pic.twitter.com/UVEgXSdc1x
— bintjbeil.org (@bintjbeilnews) January 9, 2024
In recent days, the conflict on the Israel-Lebanese border has escalated, complicating the work of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who arrived in Israel on Tuesday to ease tensions in the region, according to the Times of Israel.
Israel has repeatedly stated through the mouths of its officials that it will not hesitate to go to war with Hezbollah if rocket attacks on the north of the Jewish state continue.
Hezbollah has come into the “eyes of the state” in Israel. The retribution came quickly
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