ANSARIYAH, LEBANON — The Israel Defense Forces and Israel’s Shin Bet security agency announced Thursday that they had eliminated a senior terrorist of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force in a joint operation in southern Lebanon.
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Hussein Mahmoud Marshad al-Jawhari, described by the Israeli military as a key terrorist in the Quds Force’s operational Unit 840, was killed earlier in the day in the Ansariyah area.
According to a joint statement from the IDF and Shin Bet, al-Jawhari had been involved in recent years in planning and advancing terror attacks against Israel from Syria and Lebanon.
He operated under the IRGC and was engaged in Iran-directed terror activities targeting Israel and its security forces, the statement said.
Unit 840, the operational arm of the Quds Force, is headed by Asghar Baqeri with Mohammad Reza Ansari as his deputy. The unit is responsible for directing and overseeing Iranian terror activities against Israel, according to the Israeli announcement.
The IDF and Shin Bet said they view with great severity any attempt by the Iranian regime and its proxies to advance terror plans, and will continue to act to remove threats against Israel.