Middle East tension further escalates: IDF eliminates Hezbollah terrorist Mahmoud Yusef Anisi

The terrorist was identified as Mahmoud Yusef Anisi.

Sharing details on the X page, the forces said: "Mahmoud Yusef Anisi, a senior terrorist involved in Hezbollah’s precision-guided missile manufacturing chain in Lebanon."

"Anisi joined Hezbollah over 15 years ago and was one of the leaders of the Hezbollah PGM campaign in Lebanon. He was a significant source of knowledge with many technological abilities in the field of weapons manufacturing," he said.

In another post, IDF said it has recovered a woman who was held in captivity by Hamas terrorist affiliated  𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐈𝐒𝐈𝐒.

IDF said she's been returned to her family members in Iraq.

"𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐆𝐚𝐳𝐚, 𝐚 𝟐𝟏-𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫-𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐘𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐝𝐢 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐚 𝐇𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐈𝐒𝐈𝐒 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐪," the group posted on X.

"In an operation coordinated by the IDF and led by @cogatonline @USEmbassyJLM and other international actors, Fawzia Amin Sido was freed from captivity and returned home to Iraq. At 11-years-old, Fawzia was trafficked by ISIS to a Hamas terrorist in Gaza, who was presumably killed during IDF strikes. She fled to a hideout in which she was rescued in a secret mission through the Kerem Shalom Crossing," the forces said.

IDF said the incident showed the link between Hamas and ISIS.

" We will continue to act to dismantle the Hamas-ISIS terrorist organization and free all hostages in Hamas captivity," IDF said.

The Israeli force also informed that it eliminated terrorist Aziz Salha who was involved in the Ramallah lynching in October 2000.

."We eliminated terrorist Aziz Salha, who took part in the Ramallah lynching in Oct. 2000, in the area of Deir El Balah in central Gaza," the force said.

"Salha took part in the brutal lynching of Sergeant First Class (Res.) Yosef Avrahami and Corporal (Res.) Vadim Norzhich in Ramallah in 2000. Salha was photographed with blood on his hands waving from a window following the lynching," IDF said.

IDF said Salha was involved in terrorist activity in Judea and Samaria and remained involved in 'Hamas terrorist activities'.

Meanwhile, Peacekeepers positioned along the “Blue Line” of separation between Israel and Lebanon remain committed to their mandate, and will remain in place until conditions allow, the UN’s peacekeeping chief said on Thursday.

Jean-Pierre Lacroix, UN Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, expressed deep alarm over the escalation in southern Lebanon and the impact on civilians, reiterating the need for a cessation of hostilities and negotiations to restore calm.

“UNIFIL peacekeepers feel duty-bound to the mandate given to them by the Security Council, and they feel duty-bound to the population in southern Lebanon,” he told journalists at UN Headquarters in New York, referring to the UN Interim Force in Lebanon.

“The peacekeepers are currently staying in their position…Team UNIFIL remains united and committed.”

He added that the mission continues working with partners “to do whatever they can” to protect the population, providing temporary shelter to affected populations in recent weeks and supporting the delivery of humanitarian assistance.

Vital mandate

The mission is mandated to confirm the withdrawal of Israeli forces from southern Lebanon and assist the Lebanese Government in restoring its authority in the area.

In 2006, the mandate was broadened to also monitor the cessation of hostilities in the aftermath of the war between Israel and Hezbollah, which largely controls the south.

It is also the only channel of communication between Israeli and Lebanese armed forces.

As of 2 September, UNIFIL’s force consists of 10,058 peacekeepers from 50 troop contributing countries. There are also about 800 civilian personnel at the mission.