Severe retaliation awaits 'Israel' for Shokor's assassination: IRGC

By Al Mayadeen English
Source: Al Mayadeen
2 Aug 2024 16:20
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In his letter to Hezbollah Secretary-General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, IRGC Commander Hossein Salami says martyr Sayyed Fouad Shokor "embodied the essence of Hezbollah's martyrs."

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Head of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC), General Hossein Salami, arrives for the inauguration of the new Iranian President at the Parliament in Tehran, on July 30, 2024. (AFP)

The commander of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC), Major General Hossein Salami, sent a condolence letter to Hezbollah Secretary-General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, mourning the Lebanese Resistance group's assassinated top military leader Sayyed Fouad Shokor (Sayyed Mohsen).

In his letter, Salami assured Sayyed Nasrallah that the assassination of Shokor "instills hope for a great victory for the front of the truth," vowing that "the Zionists will face severe retaliation."

The IRGC commander pointed out that martyr Shokor "embodied the essence of Hezbollah's martyrs."

Hezbollah on July 30 mourned Shokor after he was targeted by an Israeli airstrike in Haret Hreik, the Southern Suburb of Beirut, hours before the Israeli occupation assassinated the head of Hamas' political bureau Ismail Haniyeh in the Iranian capital Tehran.

Hajj Mohsen, from the town of Nabi Sheet in the Bekaa Valley, is considered one of the founding members of the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon.

Fouad Shokor, a senior military commander and Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah's close confidant was targeted by "Israel" in the Southern Suburb of #Beirut, #Lebanon, on Tuesday evening.

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Shokor began his militant activities in the Ouzai area in Lebanon's capital, Beirut, and quickly became a key figure in the Resistance against the 1982 Israeli invasion.

He participated in notable battles such as those in Khalde and the Faculty of Sciences in Beirut, where he emerged as a significant commander and helped establish Resistance groups.

Shokor was considered one of Sayyed Nasrallah's closest advisors and has been pursued by the United States for the alleged role he played in a bombing operation that eliminated US and French soldiers deployed in Lebanon in 1983.

Following the operation, the US placed a $5 million bounty for any information on Shokor but failed to find him. He was designated as a "Specially Designated Global Terrorist" by the United States in 2019 after he was designated by the Department of the Treasury in 2015.