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UPDATED: Israel jets eliminated Hezbollah general, murderer of former Lebanese PM

 

Arab media reports that Mustafa Badr al-Din, Hezbollah’s top military commander and leading suspect in the assassination of former Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri, was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Damascus.

By Ben Ariel

 

Arab media reported overnight Thursday that Mustafa Badr al-Din, Hezbollah’s military commander, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on a Hezbollah facility in Damascus.

Hezbollah supporters (archive) – Reuters

The IDF has not responded to the reports, which were published in Al MayadeenAl-Arabiya, the Iranian Al-Alam and the Lebanese Daily Star.

Badr al-Din is considered the successor of senior Hezbollah terrorist Imad Mughniyeh, who was assassinated in 2008, also allegedly by Israel.

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Hezbollah Backed Paper Sabotages UN Investigation of Rafik Hariri Assassination

The newspaper’s leaks demonstrates the lengths to which opponents of the tribunal will go to undermine its mandate: to investigate who was behind the powerful car bomb that killed the former Lebanese PM, Rafik Hariri, and 22 others in 2005.

 

BEIRUT, Lebanon — The first shock came when a leading Lebanese newspaper published a confidential list of 17 witnesses who may testify in the murder trial of a former prime minister — showing their names, passport pictures, dates of birth and where they work.

A man shouted for help at the site of a blast that killed the former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in February 2005. - Photo by Mohamed Azakir-Reuters

A man shouted for help at the site of a blast that killed the former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in February 2005.

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