IDF wipe out two Hezbollah commanders & 13 fighters ‘plotting Oct 7th-style invasion’ in secret underground meeting

TWO Hezbollah panic chiefs person been eliminated successful a pinpoint Israeli airstrike connected a concealed underground bunker.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) accidental the onslaught targeted Hezbollah commanders and fighters plotting to unleash an October 7th-style massacre successful bluish Israel.

Friday's onslaught reportedly left the Iran-backed militia scrambling with Israel besides wiping retired 13 Hezbollah fighters on with the 2 apical brass commanders.

Hezbollah confirmed that the blast killed Ibrahim Aqil - who had a $7m bounty connected his caput from the US.

Aqil was regarded arsenic the 2nd successful bid of the Lebanese panic group.

They aboriginal said it besides took retired chap elder commander, Ahmed Wahbi.

Wahbi was successful complaint of the subject operations of the Radwan peculiar forces during the ongoing Gaza warfare until aboriginal this year.

Some 10 different Radwan chiefs from the panic radical were besides targeted, Israel said.

Hamas described the onslaught connected Aqil arsenic a "crime" and a "folly".

They warned that Israel volition "pay the price" for the airstrike.

IDF spokesperson Daniel Hagari spoke past nighttime connected the airstrike saying the terrorists were cowering nether a residential gathering successful the Lebanese capital.

He announced: "At the clip of the strike, Aqil and the commanders of the Radwan Forces, were gathered underground, nether a residential gathering successful the bosom of the Dahieh successful Beirut.

"Hiding among Lebanese civilians, utilizing them arsenic quality shields.

"They were successful the mediate of readying much panic attacks against Israeli civilians."

Hagari says the men were successful the midst of creating a sinister program to invade bluish Israel overmuch similar their allies Hamas did connected October 7.

He added: "Ibrahim Aqil and the Radwan commanders who were eliminated today, were readying Hezbollah’s 'Conquer the Galilee' penetration program - into Israeli communities.

"These terrorists planned to bash successful bluish Israel what Hamas did successful confederate Israel connected October 7th - invade Israeli homes and termination guiltless people."

Hamas thugs stormed into confederate Israel astir a twelvemonth agone and massacred implicit 1,200 civilians and took hundreds hostage.

Many are inactive suffering successful the hands of their terrorists captors contiguous arsenic warring successful the Gaza portion continues.

Images from Beirut’s Dahiyeh neighbourhood shows the aftermath of the airstrike connected Friday.

A precocious emergence flat artifact tin beryllium seen with fume billowing retired from it aft it was deed astatine astir 4pm section time.

Dozens of residents tin beryllium seen lasting extracurricular the crumbling gathering arsenic cops and exigency officials measure the damage.

Other images amusement debris from collapsed walls piling up extracurricular arsenic locals look connected astatine the chaos connected apical of decimated cars.

At slightest 14 radical were killed with different 66 wounded successful the capital, Lebanon's health ministry announced.

Five children are said to beryllium among those dead, the Lebanese National News Agency reported.

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu posted a connection connected X aft the onslaught saying: "Our goals are wide and our actions talk for themselves."

The IDF besides confirmed they are not seeking an escalation successful the region.

The Israeli aerial onslaught came conscionable earlier Hezbollah launched their ain menacing strikes crossed the border.

Three abstracted Hezbollah barrages, made up of Katyusha rockets, were recorded contiguous with the archetypal being made up of implicit 60 missiles.

Minutes aboriginal the biggest postulation of rockets was fto disconnected from Lebanon with 70 being reported by the IDF.

Another 20 were past reportedly launched astatine the Mount Meron portion in Israel.

The IDF announced that "their awesome Iron Dome had intercepted some" of the rockets.

Several of the missiles are believed to person been capable to breach the Israeli defence strategy with billowing fume seen rising crossed bluish Israel.

Images amusement a children's playground adjacent the Israeli metropolis of Safed connected occurrence with a thick, achromatic unreality soaring from it.

Israel says galore of the fires seen crossed the targeted regions are arsenic a effect of fallen debris alternatively than nonstop hits.

Air raid sirens were raised crossed the northbound aft the archetypal sightings were recorded with the Iran-backed militia saying it was targeting army sites.

This weeks unit started erstwhile Israel launched a double-tap hack successful Lebanon, detonating Hezbollah pagers, walkie-talkies and different physics devices.

Some 37 radical were killed and 3,600 injured successful the fatal explosions, the Lebanese Health Ministry said.

Israel and Hezbollah person been exchanging occurrence across the Israeli-Lebanon borderline successful parallel with the warfare Israel has waged successful Gaza against Hamas aft October 7.

This has adjacent placed the British military connected precocious alert to motorboat an emergency evacuation for those trapped successful Lebanon with 2 ships besides connected standby successful the region.

A defence root told The Telegraph the British authorities "stands prepared" to propulsion Brits to information if the concern explodes.

Foreign caput David Lammy outlined the preparations successful an exigency Cobra meeting.

He yesterday warned Brits surviving successful Lebanon to permission immediately while "commercial options remain".