Israeli fighter jets have carried out major air strikes in the Lebanese capital of Beirut, eliminating a very top Hezbollah Commander named Fuad Shukr.
Although Israel has eliminated several top Hezbollah commanders in Lebanon and Syria over the past nine months, Fuad Shukr was the highest-ranking Hezbollah Commander yet to be eliminated by Israel. He was the mastermind behind and ordered the heinous massacre on Saturday in the Majdal Shams, located in Northern Israel, in which 12 children between the ages of 10 and 20 were killed by a Hezbollah rocket as they played soccer.
What will be the Hezbollah response to Israel’s response? This was a heavy blow to Hezbollah. Will they now feel pressure to respond?
Shukr was a senior member of Hezbollah’s Jihad Council, and he answered directly to the terror group’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah. This was a big fish. In many ways, Shukr was Hezbollah’s version of Qasem Soleimani, who answered directly to Iran’s supreme leader before he was erased from the earth in January 2020. Ironically, Hassan Nasrallah also answers to Iran’s supreme leader, who is the puppet master pulling the strings behind all of the regional terror.
Shukr, also known as Al-Hajj Mohsen, was also a senior military advisor to Nasrallah, giving you an idea of his importance to the terror group.
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant released a statement saying, “Fuad Shukr ‘Sayyid’ Muhsan has the blood of many Israelis on his hands. Tonight, we have shown that the blood of our people has a price, and that there is no place out of reach for our forces to this end.”
Shukr directed many lethal terror attacks over the years, especially in the last nine and a half months since Hezbollah unilaterally began reigning rockets, missiles, and attack drones onto Northern Israel. Fuad Shukr, a point man, did all of thatโand he’s not going to be easy to replace.
80,000, some say 100,000, Israelis remain evacuated from the communities of Northern Israel. I was there a few months ago, and it’s only gotten worse since then. Northern Israel is largely a ghost town right now, thanks to Fuad Shukr and others who are directing those daily Hezbollah barrages. Some 6,000 projectiles have been launched since October 8th, one day after its brothers in Hamas conducted the October 7th massacre.
Furthermore, Fuad Shukr seems to have been involved in Hezbollah’s Precision-guided Missile Program. Those PGMs are one of the components that make Hezbollah such a dangerous beast and a different Beast than Hamas… and I do mean beast. PGMs do exactly what their name says: they are able to hit a target with great precision. They are a red line for Israel. Targeting their shipment of these weapons is one of the reasons Israel has carried out so many airstrikes in Syria over the past several years.
Israel’s targeted strike on Tuesday was in Beirut, the southern suburbs of which are the beating heart of this demonic Jihadi Terror movement.
The United States also had a considerable bounty of $5 million on Shukr’s headโfor his killing or captureโdue to the American blood on his hands. Fuad Shukr was one of the point men in the 1983 Marine Corps Barracks Bombing in Beirut in which 243 brave US servicemen were killed by a Hezbollah suicide bomber on orders from the Iranian regime. Shukr’s demise was of great benefit to the United States. Will the Biden Administration thank Israel for it? I doubt it.
Was Israel’s response enough? Is more to come? The Biden Administration is tying Israel’s hands once again. The US on Monday talked about a diplomatic offensive to constrain and restrain Israel. None of the onus has been on Iran and Hezbollah. It’s all about a pressure campaign on Israel. It’s a world turned upside down where good is called evil, and evil is called good.
These are Biblical times. Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem. Pray for the residents of Northern Israel to be able to return to their homes. Pray for discernment and strength among the leaders of Israelโthey need spines of steel and the wisdom of Solomon in these tumultuous times. God is in control, and when it comes to Israel, “He neither slumbers nor sleeps.”
