Earlier on Friday, the IDF struck and eliminated the terrorist Ahmad Naeem Maatouk in the area of Sir El Gharbiyeh in southern Lebanon."The terrorist held the position of a battalion staff commander in Hezbollah’s Radwan Force, and during the war, he advanced numerous terror attacks against the State of Israel. The terrorists' actions constituted a violation of the understandings between Israel and Lebanon," said the IDF Spokesperson's Unit."The IDF will continue to operate to remove any threat posed to the State of Israel," it added.(Israel National News' North American desk is keeping you updated until the start of Shabbat in New York. The time posted automatically on all Israel National News articles, however, is Israeli time.)