### [2026-06-14](/feed/2026/06/14/index.md)

##### Middle Eastern crisis
# The Israel Defense Forces confirmed that Hezbollah commander Ali Musa Daqduq, who was responsible for orchestrating the killing of five American troops in Iraq during the Iraq War, has been killed in a recent airstrike in southern Lebanon. 




### Sources:

1. [Al Jazeera](https://aje.news/y3hc1w?update=4658451)

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