Israel eliminated a senior Islamic Group (Al Jama’a al-Islamiyya) terrorist commander on Thursday morning in a targeted drone strike in the western Beka’a district of southern Lebanon.
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The IDF confirmed the strike.
“An IAF aircraft struck and eliminated the terrorist Mohammed Jabara, a Hamas operative in Lebanon, in the area of Beqaa. Mohammed Jabara was responsible for carrying out terror attacks and missile launches against the State of Israel, including attacks coordinated with the Jama’a Islamiyya terrorist organization,” the IDF said.
“His elimination diminishes the capabilities of the Hamas terrorist organization to plan and carry out attacks against the State of Israel in the area of the northern border.”
The “Islamic Group” — Al Jama’a al-Islamiyya — is a Sunni terrorist organization with ties to both Hamas — also a Sunni terror group — and Hezbollah, a Shiite terrorist army affiliated with Iran.
Video footage posted on social media shows a missile hitting the vehicle in which Mohammed Hamed Jabara, a member of the terror organization’s “Fajr Forces” was riding near the village of Jbal al-Botm.
Moment when a car of Islamic Jihad member was targeted in Bekaa, southern Lebanon. pic.twitter.com/HToXsNbFYE
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Jabara was killed in a strike in the village of Ghazze. Lebanese media blamed Israel for the strike.
The Al Jama’a al-Islamiyya organization officially confirmed that “Commander Muhammad Jabara” was killed in the village of Ghazze in the Beka’a district. It was the first of three such strikes carried out on Thursday morning. Israeli forces also reportedly carried out a drone strike on a vehicle in the village of Zibqin in the southern Lebanese area of Wadi al-Aziah, Lebanese media reported.
