Hezbollah confirms death of commander Ali Karaki
September 29, 2024, 11:53 AM
Hezbollah confirmed on Sunday that Ali Karaki -- the commander of the militant group's southern front -- was among those killed alongside leader Hassan Nasrallah in an Israeli airstrike in southern Beirut on Friday.
Karaki fought for Hezbollah since 1982, Hezbollah said in a statement. Karaki was "responsible for leading the southern front with all its axes and units" in the group's cross-border fighting with Israeli forces that began on Oct. 8, the statement added.
The Israel Defense Forces reported Karaki's death on Saturday in a statement detailing the strike that killed Nasrallah.
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