Last Sunday, the military announced that it had struck senior Hezbollah aerial unit commander Ali Barakat, who was a commander of Hezbollah’s Aerial Unit (127) and a significant source of knowledge for the unit, spending over a decade planning and carrying out drone attacks on Israel.
He was also involved in the development of cruise missiles and UAVs for Hezbollah. What the IDF did not state at the time was that the attack was carried out by the navy, which it acknowledged on Wednesday and showcased video footage of. (Read More)