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Senior IRGC Officers Believed Trapped in Hizbullah Command Center
(Reuters) Maya Gebeily - Iran has warned the U.S. that it would respond forcefully to an Israeli offensive on the Ali al-Taher mountain ridge in southern Lebanon where Iranian military personnel are holed up alongside Hizbullah fighters, three officials said. Hizbullah built an underground command center and weapons stores within the Ali al-Taher ridge. The Israeli military occupies territory to Ali al-Taher's south and has identified the ridge as one of its "primary operational focuses." Two officials said over a dozen members of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, including at least two senior officers, were with the Hizbullah fighters. Despite a ceasefire announced in June, the Israeli military has said Hizbullah is still operating around the ridge.