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| By: Associated Press |
| Published: August 16, 2006 |
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Israeli forces killed a senior Hezbollah leader just before the U.N. cease-fire took effect, the army said early Wednesday.
The army said its forces killed the head of Hezbollah's special forces, who they identified as Sajed Dawayer.
Both sides continued attacks right up until the cease-fire went into effect at 8 a.m. Lebanon time Monday.
A Hezbollah official in the southern Lebanese port city of Sidon dismissed the Israeli report as "baseless," saying he had not heard of a Hezbollah military leader named Sajed Dawayer. Speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to the press, he said Hezbollah might issue a denial of the Israeli report later Wednesday. Hours earlier Hezbollah official Naim Kassem said that none of the guerrilla group's senior leaders died during the fighting.
Israeli war planes carried out dozens of raids during the 34-day conflict, trying kill Hezbollah leaders. |
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