Retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Blaine Holt told Newsmax on Friday that Israel’s recent actions against Iranian-backed Hezbollah terrorists in Beirut could be signaling an imminent military ground operation into Lebanon.
Israel was behind attacks earlier this week on Hezbollah operatives by booby-trapping pagers and walkie-talkies to explode, killing dozens and injuring thousands. Earlier Friday, Israel Defense Forces reportedly killed Hezbollah’s top military commander, Ibrahim Aqil, and at least 10 other senior commanders in an airstrike in Beirut. Aqil had a $7 million bounty on his head by U.S. authorities for his role in the 1983 bombings of a U.S. Marine barracks and the U.S. Embassy in Beirut.
Friday’s attack marked the second time in less than two months that Israel targeted a leading Hezbollah military commander in Beirut. In July, an Israeli airstrike killed Fuad Shukr, whom Aqil replaced as the group’s top military commander.
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