Top Hezbollah captain Fahad Shukr, who was the goal of an Israeli attack on Beirut, was alleged to be a close friend of the group’s leader and wanted by the US government for his role in the 1983 bombing attack that claimed the lives of about 300 American and French soldiers. In the reach, Israel confirmed on Wednesday that Shukr had been killed, as well as his name, al-Hajj Mohsin.
The Israeli military attributed Shukr’s involvement in the Golan Heights assault and the shooting of several extra Israeli civilians. According to a mature Israeli military official, Shukr had close ties to Hezbollah head Hassan Nasrallah. After the shooting of a mature Hezbollah captain, Mustafa Badreddine, in Syria in 2016, Shukr is said to have assumed some of his duties.
Assaf Orion, a retired Israeli general common, described Shukr as” an expert former” who had worked carefully to create Hezbollah’s precision-guided weapon apparatus. According to experts, Israeli military managers are particularly concerned about the weapons. Shukr’s past with Hezbollah goes back generations. He played a vital part in several of the team’s key goals, said Matthew Levitt, an analyst on Hezbollah at Washington Institute for Near East Policy.
