Jerusalem, 24 March, 2026 (TPS-IL) — The IDF (Israel Defense Forces) and the Shin Bet (Israel’s anti-terror General Security Service) eliminated Muhammad Ali Kourani, a terrorist from Iran’s Quds Force in Lebanon, who advanced terrorist plots under the direction of Iranian elements. Kourani was killed in a strike on Beirut carried out by the Israel Navy.
“Iranian intelligence elements continue to operate and advance terrorist plots by activating terrorists from within Lebanon,” said the IDF adding that both it and the Shin Bet “will continue to thwart Iranian terrorist activity in Lebanon and remove any threat to the citizens of the State of Israel.”