IDF: IDF Spokesperson, Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari:
“This evening, the IDF carried out a targeted strike in Beirut on Fuad Shukr, also known as “Sayyid Muhsan”, Hezbollah’s most senior military commander and the Head of its Strategic Unit.”
Please find attached an English briefing by the IDF Spokesperson, Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari: https://bit.ly/3ygrxrf
IDF: Attached is the profile of the terrorist Fuad Shukr “Sayyid Muhsan”: https://idfanc.activetrail.biz/ANC310724551
IDF: The Military Court accepted the request of the Military Prosecutor and extended the apprehension of eight suspects until Sunday, August 4th. In its decision, the court stated that evidence substantiates a reasonable suspicion that the harm to the detainee occurred at the hands of the suspects.
The decision also states that “it is forbidden to harm detainees unnecessarily, no matter how serious their crimes may be, this is what the law requires and this is what the IDF values require.”
IDF: Following the siren that sounded a short while ago in the area of Yir’on, it was determined to be a false identification.
IDF: The Chief of the General Staff at an Exercise in the North: We Have Confidence in Our Moves Going Forward, Our Intention with Hezbollah is Not to Return to October 6th
Today (Wednesday), the Chief of the General Staff, LTG Herzi Halevi, visited the brigade-level exercise of the Kfir Brigade on the northern border, with the Commanding Officer of the Northern Command, MG Ori Gordin, the Commanding Officer of the Central Command, MG Avi Bluth, the Commanding Officer of the Training Command, MG David Zini, the Commanding Officer of the 99th Division, BG Barak Hiram, the Commander of the Ground Forces Training Center (“Mali”), BG Kobi Heller and other commanders.
The exercise took place in cooperation with different units, during which the soldiers of the Kfir Brigade practiced a variety of extreme scenarios, combat in thicketed and mountainous terrain, the activation of fire, and combat in a built-up area, as part of increasing the readiness for combat in the northern arena.
In addition, the Chief of the General Staff met with the head of the Yarka Council, Salman Moula.
Attached is a video of the remarks of the Chief of the General Staff: https://bit.ly/4c8JlSQ
Attached is a related video: https://bit.ly/3StiQAw
Attached are related photos: https://IDFANC.activetrail.biz/ANC13003107
Attached are the full remarks of the Chief of the General Staff: “Yesterday afternoon, we had an opportunity to eliminate Muhsan. Muhsan is the most senior military figure in Hezbollah, and he is also a person very close to Nasrallah; he essentially arranges all military matters for him—arranged for him in the past tense. This man is responsible for giving all the orders, for the 12 children who were killed on Saturday afternoon in Majdal Shams, for the person killed yesterday in HaGoshrim during the afternoon hours. We have confidence in our planned moves going forward, because our intention with Hezbollah is not to return to October 6th. Muhsan will not be there, but we will also not let the situation return to having [Hezbollah] present on the border, 200 meters from Metula, or from Shtula, or from Rosh HaNikra. The IDF knows how to operate and reach a certain window in a neighborhood in Beirut, it knows as well how to target a certain point underground, and we also know how to operate inside on the ground very strongly, and this week you are training for this, and this is a very important capability.”
Joint IDF and ISA announcement:
Following the terror attack this morning adjacent to the Beit Einun junction, and upon the conclusion of a joint, hours-long operation, the IDF and ISA located and apprehended a suspect suspected of carrying out the terror attack.
During initial questioning, the suspect established a link to the attack and was transferred to the ISA for further questioning.
