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Beirut strike kills IRGC
The Israeli Defence Forces announced it eliminated five senior IRGC Quds Force commanders in a precise strike in Beirut in what it called Operation Roaring Lion.
“eliminated five senior commanders in the IRGC Quds Force’s Lebanon Corps in a precise strike in Beirut”
News On AIR said the targeted commanders included Commander of the Lebanon Corps Daoud Ali Zadeh and Majid Hassini, along with Commander of the intelligence sector of the Lebanon Corps – Ali Reza Bi-Azar, and Hasan Ahmadlo, an intelligence operative in the Lebanon Corps, among others.
In a separate account focused on Lebanon, هلا اخبار described Iran’s allies and militias in Lebanon as facing pressure tied to “the state decided to wage a battle for sovereignty and a single decision against Iran’s influence and Hezbollah’s weapons.”
The same News On AIR report added that the IDF said it also eliminated “the new Head of the Military Office of the Supreme Leader” and “the Chief of Staff of the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, Abu al-Qassem Baba’iyan.”
Passports and alleged networks
In Beirut, يالibnan described a strike on March 4 at the Ramada Plaza Hotel in the Raouche area that targeted five Iranian officers belonging to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, with four killed and a fifth wounded, along with nine Lebanese civilians.
yalibnan reported that judicial sources said the Iranian officers entered the hotel using “genuine Lebanese passports issued under false names,” and that additional passports and reservations at the Mövenpick Hotel belonging to another group from the Revolutionary Guard were found inside the room.
The investigation described a company called “Power” as handling booking accommodations, with security sources telling Alhurra that “Power” was a limited partnership company established in 2012 with declared activity “car trading.”
yalibnan also said MP Ghadeh Ayoub filed a report with the Public Prosecutor’s Office, and that she confirmed she has “indications and evidence” that these passports were used by members of the Revolutionary Guard and leaders in Hezbollah to facilitate their movement.
What Lebanon faces next
The passport-forgery account tied the case to Lebanon’s security and institutional screening, saying hotels rely on an electronic system linked to the Lebanese General Security Directorate that sends guest data immediately upon check-in for security checks.
“linked to the Lebanese General Security Directorate, through which guest data is sent immediately upon check-in”
yalibnan further stated that the data are also sent, according to its sources, to the Lebanese Army Intelligence Directorate, “especially in light of the recent war.”
In the broader political framing from هلا اخبار, the article argued that Iran’s regional position has weakened and that it has “lost the loyalty of major institutions in Lebanon,” while the Lebanese state moved toward negotiations with Israel to build a “South security equation under state authority.”
Together, the two narratives place Lebanon’s internal security and sovereignty at the center of the fallout described in the sources, with yalıbnan pointing to “the issuance of Lebanese passports under aliases or in violation of proper procedures” and News On AIR describing the IDF’s elimination of IRGC Lebanon Corps commanders in Beirut.