{"id":2222563,"date":"2024-04-16T16:50:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-16T20:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-takes-out-hezbollah-commander-as-it-vows-response-to-iranian-attack\/"},"modified":"2024-04-16T16:51:00","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T20:51:00","slug":"israel-takes-out-hezbollah-commander-as-it-vows-response-to-iranian-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-takes-out-hezbollah-commander-as-it-vows-response-to-iranian-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel eliminates Hezbollah leader following Iranian strike promise"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fisrael-takes-out-hezbollah-commander-as-it-vows-response-to-iranian-attack%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2222563&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Israel Defense Forces eliminated a\u200c Hezbollah commander\u200c in response to Iran&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/yemen-lgbt-refugees-and-white-supremacy-everything-you-need-to-know-about-bidens-first-foreign-policy-speech\/\" title=\"Yemen, LGBT Refugees, And White Supremacy: Everything You Need To Know About Biden\u2019s First Foreign Policy Speech\">missile attack<\/a>, as reported\u2063 by the Jerusalem Post. Ismail Yusef \u2062Baz was the target of the operation. This action comes as Israel\u200b considers its next steps \u200bamid heightened tensions. The\u200c Israel Defense Forces took \u200bout a Hezbollah commander in retaliation for Iran&#8217;s missile strike, according to\u200d the \u2064Jerusalem Post. Ismail Yusef Baz was\u2062 the target. Israel is now strategizing its next moves in light of \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iran-continues-nuclear-program-aims-to-enrich-uranium-to-20\/\" title=\"Iran continues nuclear program, aims to enrich uranium to 20%\">escalating tensions<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<section id=\"article\">\n<article data-post-title=\"Israel Takes Out Hezbollah Commander as It Vows Response to Iranian Attack\" data-post-slug=\"http:\/\/the-biden-campaign-is-looking-for-a-dei-director-here-are-6-promising-candidates\" data-post-url id=\"print-1880091\">\n<div>\n<figure><figcaption> \t\t\t\t \t\t\t\tHezbollah militants (Getty Images)\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>The Israel Defense Forces on Tuesday killed another Hezbollah commander, striking a blow to the Iran-backed terrorist group as the Jewish state weighs its response to Iran&#8217;s Saturday missile attack, according to the <\/span><i><span>Jerusalem Post<\/span><\/i><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The IDF on Tuesday said it had killed Ismail Yusef Baz, who served in the Lebanese terrorist group for decades before rising to the rank of commander. Baz oversaw some of Hezbollah\u2019s missile launches and other terror operations against Israel, the <\/span><i><span>Jerusalem Post<\/span><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/israel-hamas-war\/2024-04-16\/live-updates-797326#google_vignette\"><span>reported<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Israeli strikes have <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/israel-eliminates-hezbollah-commander-in-lebanon\/\"><span>killed<\/span><\/a><span>  around 270 Hezbollah fighters, including nearly a dozen senior officials, since Hamas\u2019s Oct. 7 terrorist attack on southern Israel. As recently as last Monday, the IDF eliminated a Hezbollah field commander who had directly planned and executed attacks against Israelis.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Multiple sources told the <em>Jerusalem Post<\/em> on Tuesday that Israel has also <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/israel-hamas-war\/2024-04-16\/live-updates-797326#google_vignette\"><span>decided<\/span><\/a><span>  how, but not when, it would retaliate against Iran for launching more than 300 missiles and drones toward it over the weekend.  <\/span>\t<\/p>\n<p><span>IDF spokesman Daniel Hagari earlier on Tuesday <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/iran-wont-get-off-scot-free-for-attack-idf-says\/\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span>  Iran would not get off &#8220;scot-free&#8221; for its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cyberattack-hits-world-leading-meat-supplier-wiping-out-20-percent-of-u-s-beef-capacity-ransom-demand-likely-from-russian-criminals\/\" title=\"Cyberattack Hits World-Leading Meat Supplier, Wiping Out 20 Percent Of U.S. \u2018Beef Capacity.\u2019 Ransom Demand \u2018Likely\u2019 From Russian Criminals\">weekend attack<\/a> against Israel. &#8220;We will respond [to Iran\u2019s attack] in our time, in our place, in the way that we will choose,&#8221; the IDF spokesman said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On Monday, the <\/span><i><span>Washington Post<\/span><\/i><span>  reported Israel is <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/israel-weighs-retaliatory-strike-on-tehran-report\/\"><span>weighing<\/span><\/a><span>  a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/secy-blinken-makes-unannounced-visit-to-afghanistan\/\" title=\"Secy. Blinken makes unannounced visit to Afghanistan\">forceful response<\/a> that would &#8220;send a message&#8221; to Tehran but not result in casualties or an escalation into a wider regional war.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Israel Defense Forces eliminated a Hezbollah commander, dealing a blow to the Iran-backed group amid tensions following Iran&#8217;s missile attack. Ismail Yusef Baz, a key figure in Hezbollah, was killed in the operation. The IDF&#8217;s actions come as Israel assesses its response to the recent hostilities<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2807,"featured_media":2222565,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/rsz_gettyimages-1215133974.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2222563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/rsz_gettyimages-1215133974.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2222563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2807"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2222563"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2222563\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2222565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2222563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2222563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2222563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}