Israel says 5 Iran Guards killed in Beirut hotel strike
The Israeli military said on Sunday it had killed three key commanders from the elite Quds Force of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards in a strike on a hotel in central Beirut, which it said left five Guards dead. “Overnight, the Israeli Navy, directed by precise IDF (Israel Defence Forces) intelligence, conducted a precise strike in Beirut,…
The Israeli military said on Sunday it had killed three key commanders from the elite Quds Force of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards in a strike on a hotel in central Beirut, which it said left five Guards dead.
“Overnight, the Israeli Navy, directed by precise IDF (Israel Defence Forces) intelligence, conducted a precise strike in Beirut, Lebanon, targeting five commanders from the IRGC’s Lebanon Corps and Palestine Corps while they were meeting at a hotel in Beirut,” the military said.
In a separate statement, Israel’s military chief Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir said: “There is no safe place for the Iranian axis of evil anywhere in the Middle East – not in Beirut and not anywhere else.”
No one expected an Israeli strike to disturb the relative safety of the touristy area where Beirut’s Ramada hotel is located, a few metres away from Lebanon’s landmark Pigeon Rocks.
The rock formation, which comprises a natural arch and neighbouring sea stack, decorates the area of Raouche, facing a large banner that reads “beautiful romantic scenery”.
They stood witness to Israel’s first attack on central Beirut since the start of its new war against Hezbollah.
