Press Briefing by IDF Spokesperson RAdm. Daniel Hagari- July 31, 2024

This evening, the IDF carried out a targeted strike in Beirut on Fuad Shukr, also known as "Sayyid Muhsan", Hezbollah's most senior military commander and the Head of its Strategic Unit.

Fuad Shukr was the right-hand man to Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah’s leader, and his adviser in planning and directing attacks and operations.

Fuad Shukr was the commander responsible for the Majdal Shams massacre, in which 12 children were murdered after Hezbollah fired an Iranian Falaq-1 rocket directly at a soccer field in northern Israel on Saturday evening.

He was a senior terrorist
who has the blood of Israelis and many others,
on his hands.

One day after Hamas’s Massacre on October 7th, Hezbollah joined Hamas in attacking Israelis.

Since then, Hezbollah has fired thousands of rockets, missiles and UAVs at Israel over the last nine and a half months,
killing Israeli civilians and soldiers, and forcing 60,000 Israelis to evacuate from their homes.

The IDF will not tolerate terrorist attacks on Israeli civilians.

We have been responding to these attacks with precise strikes on Hezbollah commanders, terror opratives and military infrastructure in Lebanon.

Hezbollah's ongoing aggression and brutal attacks are dragging the people of Lebanon and the entire Middle East into a wider escalation.

While we prefer to resolve hostilities without a wider war, the IDF is fully prepared for any scenario.

We have a duty
to ensure the safe and secure return of Israelis to their homes in northern Israel, and we will continue to act to defend all the people of Israel.