Commandos land in northern Lebanon in unprecedented operation to capture supposed militant group member
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The Israeli military abducted who it said was a senior Hezbollah official in an unprecedented operation on Saturday morning during which Israeli commandos landed on the shores of Batroun, northern Lebanon, captured the alleged official and escaped via speedboat.
In a statement, an Israeli military official said its forces captured a “senior operative of Hezbollah” and transferred him to its territory to be investigated by military intelligence. Axios media outlet cited Israeli sources as saying the captured man – Imad Amhaz – was responsible for Hezbollah’s naval operations.