08-08-2025
Israel claims assassinations in Lebanon
Shafaq News – Middle East
On Friday, the Israeli army declared it had assassinated the head of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine's (PFLP) military security bureau in Syria, Mohammed Washah, known as 'Abu Khalil,' in an airstrike on Lebanon's Bekaa Valley, and Mohammad Hamza Shahada, an intelligence officer in Hezbollah's Radwan force.
Posting on X, the military claimed that Washah allegedly coordinated with other Palestinian armed factions and oversaw attacks against Israeli targets.
#عاجل 🔻جيش الدفاع وجهاز الشاباك قضيا في لبنان على رئيس الدائرة العسكرية الأمنية لمنظمة الجبهة الشعبية الإرهابية في سوريا🔻هاجم جيش الدفاع امس بتوجيه استخباراتي من جهاز الشاباك، في منطقة البقاع اللبنانية، وقَضى على المخرب المدعو محمد وشاح "أبو خليل"، وهو مخرب سوري بارز في تنظيم…
— افيخاي ادرعي (@AvichayAdraee) August 8, 2025
The PFLP, founded in 1967 by George Habash, is a Marxist-Leninist faction of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and is designated a terrorist group by Israel, the United States, and the European Union. The group has a decades-long record of operations against Israeli interests, from aircraft hijackings in the 1970s to more recent armed attacks.
Later, another strike struck the southern Lebanese town of Adloun killed Shahada, who "during the war allegedly worked to build and maintain the Radwan force's operational readiness activities."
#عاجل 🔸هاجمت طائرة تابعة لسلاح الجو في وقت سابق من اليوم في منطقة عدلون في جنوب لبنان وقضت على الإرهابي محمد حمزة شحادة والذي عمل مسؤول استخبارات في قوة الرضوان التابعة لحزب الله الإرهابي.🔸خلال فترة الحرب شغل هذا الارهايي في بناء القوة والجاهزية العملياتية لقوة الرضوان بما…
— افيخاي ادرعي (@AvichayAdraee) August 8, 2025
Since the US-brokered ceasefire came into effect on November 27, 2024, Lebanese authorities have documented more than 4,245 Israeli violations, resulting in at least 235 fatalities and over 485 injuries. Although the agreement stipulates a full Israeli withdrawal, five military outposts reportedly remain in the south.
