IDF strikes Hezbollah, IRGC terrorist Khalil Al-Maqdah in Sidon

Al-Maqdah is the brother of  Mounir Al-Maqdah, a resident of Lebanon who operates for Hezbollah and the IRGC, attempting to carry out terror attacks, the IDF added. 

IAF carries out airstrikes in Beqaa, Lebanon. August 21, 2024. (Credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT).

An Israel Air Force (IAF) aircraft struck terrorist Khalil Hussein Khalil Al-Maqdah in the Sidon area of Lebanon, the military confirmed on Wednesday. 

Al-Maqdah is the brother of  Mounir Al-Maqdah, a resident of Lebanon who operated for Hezbollah and the IRGC, attempting to carry out terror attacks, the IDF added. 

The two operated for the IRGC and were involved in guiding terror attacks , transferring of funds and weapons for West Bank terror infrastructure.

 Members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) attend an IRGC ground forces military drill in the Aras area, East Azerbaijan province, Iran, October 17, 2022. (credit: IRGC/WANA/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS)
Members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) attend an IRGC ground forces military drill in the Aras area, East Azerbaijan province, Iran, October 17, 2022. (credit: IRGC/WANA/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS)

IDF names IRGC figures responsible for weapon-smuggling, terror attacks

The military specified that weapons that were uncovered in March 2024, which were smuggled into the West Bank, were destined for terror squads, which were enlisted and guided by the two brothers.    

The IDF also named Jawad Jaafari, head of the special operations unit in the IRGC's intelligence wing,  Unit 4000, and Ashgar Bakari, Commander of Unit 840, a special operations unit in the Iranian Quds Force, as the guiding figures behind the smuggling of weapons to Israel and the planning of terror attacks.