Israel confirms the death of two “key terrorists” of Hezbollah in Lebanon and an Islamic Jihad fighter in Gaza

MADRID 3 Nov. (EUROPA PRESS) –

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed this Sunday that they have killed two commanders of the Shiite party-militia Hezbollah in Lebanon, as well as a fighter from the Palestinian group Islamic Jihad in the Gaza Strip, within the framework of the escalation. of tensions in the region after the Hamas attacks of October 7, 2023.

“The IDF continues to attack Hezbollah and Hamas terrorists. In the Lebanese region of Al Khiam, two key terrorists of the Hezbollah terrorist organization have been eliminated. In the Gaza Strip, a terrorist from Nakhaba who stormed Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7 has been eliminated,” they reported in a publication on the social network X.

The Israeli Army has identified among those killed in Khiam Farouk Amin Alashi, whom they have identified as “responsible for the execution of numerous plans to launch anti-tank and anti-tank missiles towards the settlements of the Finger of Galilee, and Metula in particular.”

The second deceased has been identified as Yosef Ahmed Nun, “platoon commander of Hezbollah’s elite Radwan force in Khiam”, who was dedicated among other tasks to launching “anti-tank fire towards Israeli settlements and forces in the region”, according to IDF reports.

Finally, in Gaza, Israeli troops have acknowledged being behind the death of Rafat Ebrahim Mahmoud Akadih, whom they have identified as a “Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) fighter who acted as assistant to the head of the Nukhaba of the Khan Yunis” and who also participated in the “assault on Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7.”

The authorities of the Gaza Strip, controlled by the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), have reported this Saturday the death of 55 people during the last day of attacks by Israel, bringing the total number of deaths to 43,314 and 102,019. that of wounded since the beginning of the military offensive launched against the enclave after the attacks carried out on October 7, 2023.

In this sense, he stressed that “there are still victims among the rubble and lying in the streets, without ambulances and Civil Defense teams being able to reach them.” Gazan authorities have stated on several occasions that at least 10,000 people are listed as missing.

The offensive against Gaza was launched after the aforementioned attacks on October 7, 2023, which left some 1,200 dead and nearly 250 kidnapped, according to Israeli authorities. Added to these tolls are more than 750 Palestinians killed at the hands of Israeli security forces and in attacks perpetrated by settlers in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.