Senior Kataib Hezbollah Commander Killed; Tsurkov: "He Kept Me Captive and Spread Lies About Me"
חוסל בכיר של "גדודי חיזבאללה בעיראק". צורקוב: "השאיר אותי בשבי והפיץ עליי שקרים"
Summary
Abu Ali al-Askari, a senior commander in the pro-Iranian Iraqi militia Kataib Hezbollah, has been killed in an airstrike according to Arab media reports. The militia had joined Iran's war effort and was involved in regional operations. Elizabeth Tsurkov, an Israeli-Russian academic who was kidnapped by Kataib Hezbollah, said al-Askari was personally involved in her captivity and had spread "ridiculous lies" about her.
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