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IDF Says Hizbullah Commander behind Deadly Majdal Shams Attack Killed in Beirut Airstrike
(Ha'aretz) Yaniv Kubovich - The Israel Defense Forces said Tuesday that Fuad Shukr, Hizbullah's number two man and in charge of the group's military activities, who was responsible for Saturday's attack which killed 12 children in Majdal Shams, was killed in an airstrike in Beirut. Shukr has been part of Hizbullah's military since its founding. The U.S. State Department previously offered a $5 million reward for information about his whereabouts. According to Western sources, he was a partner in the attack on the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut on Oct. 23, 1983, killing 220 marines, 18 sailors and three soldiers. Another 128 Americans were wounded in the blast. Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said Israel targeted Hizbullah's "chief of staff," whose "hands were covered with the blood of many Israelis." He said that "there is nowhere Israel will not strike in order to exact a heavy price from anyone for harming Israel." CNN reported that Israel notified the U.S. before the strike.