The Jerusalem Post reports:
Hezbollah confirmed on Wednesday that its military commander, Fuad Shukr, was killed in the IDF's strike in Beirut on Tuesday, the Hezbollah-affiliated Al-Mayadeen said.Earlier on Wednesday, two security sources told Reuters that the body of Hezbollah military commander Fuad Shukr has been found in rubble in the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital, Beirut,Lebanon's Hezbollah said early on Wednesday its senior commander was in the building in the southern suburbs of Beirut targeted by an Israeli strike.The IDF announced late on Tuesday it had killed Shukr, whom it named as Hezbollah's most senior commander and blamed for an attack at the weekend that left a dozen youths dead in the Golan Heights.
If you follow IDF statements, you find something interesting: They never lie.
If they say something, it ends up being true. If they deny something, it ends up being true.
Israel-haters point to IDF statements about Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh's death claiming that Israel lied and said that it wasn't the IDF that killed her, but they never said that. They said they "don't think they killed" her.
Like all professional organizations, the IDF is very careful about their public statements. During the Gaza war they have investigated incidents remarkably quickly and issued findings in timeframes far faster than any army in history, but even with those time constraints, they have not once been found to be wrong in any definitive statement they make.
So when the IDF said on Tuesday night that they had killed top Hezbollah military commander Fuad Shukr, they knew they had. Even though the people on the ground in Lebanon didn't confirm it.
Even though his body was apparently not recovered until the following morning.
Perhaps terrorist leaders should be more frightened of the IDF confident announcement that they had killed Shukr more than the actual killing. Because it indicates that the IDF knows more about what is happening on the ground in Lebanon than the Lebanese officials themselves know, better than Hezbollah knows.
A strike like this, and like the one that killed Ismail Haniyeh, requires incredible, timely intelligence. It almost certainly requires inside knowledge.
Which means that the terrorists cannot trust each other. Probably because they all know they themselves would sell their colleagues down the river given the right incentive.
Today, the IDF announced that they had confirmed "100%" that they eliminated Hamas military leader Mohammed Deif in a July 13 airstrike. Even though the IDF was reasonably certain they had killed Deif, they did not make a definitive announcement until today. Remember, Hamas officials have denied Deif's death, claiming that he was laughing at reports of his probable death.
Which brings up the other issue of why the media still keeps giving IDF and Hamas statements equal weight when the IDF track record of telling the truth is stellar while Hamas' history is abysmal.
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