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‘His Miserable Life Was Terminated’: U.S. Military Strikes ISIS No. 2 Terrorist Leader Abdallah Makki Muslih al-Rifai

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A U.S.-led coalition airstrike killed the second-highest-ranking leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) Thursday, authorities announced.

WATCH: Footage of the head of ISIS being taken out by the U.S. military

The U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said its forces — together with Iraqi Intelligence and Security Forces — “conducted a precision airstrike in Al Anbar Province, Iraq, that killed the Global ISIS #2 leader, Chief of Global Operations and the Delegated Committee Emir – Abdallah Makki Muslih al-Rifai, alias ‘Abu Khadijah’, and one other ISIS operative.”

“Today the fugitive leader of ISIS in Iraq was killed,” U.S. President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social. “He was relentlessly hunted down by our intrepid warfighters. His miserable life was terminated, along with another member of ISIS, in coordination with the Iraqi Government and the Kurdish Regional Government. PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH!”

A video accompanying CENTCOM’s statement shows what appears to be a vehicle traveling along a road before becoming enveloped in an explosion, then veering off course in a plume of smoke.

Local forces examined the site of the strike and found the two terrorists dead while clad in unexploded suicide vests and possessing multiple weapons, CENTCOM added.

The forces identified al-Rifai as his DNA matched that collected from the site of a previous raid from which he barely escaped, CENTCOM said.

The strike came two days before Trump ordered “decisive and powerful Military action against the [Iran-backed] Houthi terrorists in Yemen” Saturday for their “unrelenting campaign of piracy, violence, and terrorism against American, and other” assets. He told the Houthis that their time was up and warned Iran to stop supporting the Houthis or else “America will hold you fully accountable and, we won’t be nice about it!”

U.S. National Security Advisor Mike Waltz said the strike was a notice to terrorists as “President Trump will find you.”

“Peace Through Strength,” U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said.

“The Iraqis continue their remarkable victories against the forces of darkness and terrorism,” wrote Iraqi Prime Minister Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, who also praised the forces.

Al-Rifai was the “Emir” of ISIS’s highest decision-making council, making him responsible for the transnational Salafi jihadist quasi-state’s global operations, logistics and planning, and much of its finances, according to CENTCOM.

Holding “the so-called position of (Deputy Caliph),” al-Rifai “was considered one of the most dangerous terrorists in Iraq and the world,” P.M. al-Sudani wrote, while also congratulating his country and “all peace-loving nations on this significant security achievement.”

“Abu Khadijah was one of the most important ISIS members in the entire global ISIS organization. We will continue to kill terrorists and dismantle their organizations that threaten our homeland and U.S., allied and partner personnel in the region and beyond,” said Gen. Michael Erik Kurilla, CENTCOM’s commander.

ISIS’s leader and self-proclaimed caliph Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi — trapped in a surprise Trump administration-led military operation codenamed Operation Kayla Mueller after the American humanitarian worker who had been abducted by ISIS and killed — blew himself and two of his children up with a suicide belt as a military K-9 chased him down a tunnel Oct. 26, 2019. Russia had claimed it killed the terrorist two years earlier.

CENTCOM buried him at sea, NPR reported. His son had reportedly been killed in a suicide attack on a Syrian battlefield July 2018.

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VIDEO UPDATES ON YEMEN AIRSTRIKES: Heavy significant bombing

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Israel Attacks Yemen: IDF Jets Bomb Hodeidah Port After Houthi Drone Strike On Tel Aviv | Watch

In Yemen, casualties are reported in a mysterious attack that hit the coastal town of Hodeidah and the city’s airport.

According to the same sources, the attack was aimed at oil tanks stored in the area

The Saudi Al-Hadath channel (which is often fed by sources in Jerusalem) claims that this is an Israeli attack in Yemen

The pictures from Yemen show that these are significant targets and intense attacks.

Daring day time attack against the Houthis

This can also be learned from the huge fire that is currently burning in the area.

When Israel damages (according to the publications) the Houthi oil reserves – it significantly damages an important economic source of the Houthis, after 9 months of their significant damage to the Israeli economy at the port of Eilat

Al-Arabiya network claims now that the attack in Yemen — Is by Israel, the USA and the UK — but this is as yet unconfirmed.

Houthis firing missiles at attacking jets

The Houthis are said yo be firing surface-to-air missiles at the fighter jets.

Extensive damage is said to have been caused to oil reservoirs in the port of Hudiedah.

A senior American who spoke with Barak Ravid informed: Israel is behind the attack in Yemen.

Houthis: “The response to the Israeli attack is inevitable”

Senior sources in Yemen: “The response to the Israeli attack is inevitable.” According to the reports, there are dead and wounded. In addition, widespread power outages were reported in the area after the power station in Hodeidah was attacked.

Here are several reports coming in on Air attack on Yemen port city of Hodeidah

American source: “Israel is behind the attack in Yemen”

  • Reports of power outages throughout the attack area in Hodeidah, Yemen.
  • The Yemenis report a number of dead and wounded in the area. And at the same time it is reported that “painful revenge” will come to Israel and it will come.
  • The attack in Yemen targeted oil installations in the port town of Hodeidah. It can be estimated that beyond the casualties reported in Yemen, the economic damage is also very large.
  • Saudi news channel reports on 10 attacks carried out on the port of Hodeidah
  • Hezbollah telegram account: Yemeni Ministry of Health: Martyrs and wounded as a result of Israeli enemy raids on oil storage facilities in the port of Hodeidah.

NEWSRAEL: If this is an IAF attack – it would be the first Israeli attack after 9 months of Yemeni attacks, in which the Biden administration demanded we do not respond.

Behind the unusual scenes of the attack in Yemen

Prime Minister Netanyahu insisted on a significant attack, and not a relatively minor “demonstration of capability” as was done in Iran.

In the end, and after confrontations in the room, Netanyahu’s line was accepted and it was decided to attack the Houthis’ oil infrastructure.

This goal was chosen for several reasons:

  1. The Houthis have almost no sources of income except for the oil industry – we hit them where it hurts the most.
  2. A message to Iran: your oil facilities, which are no further than those of the Houthis – next in line.
  3. A strong mind effect due to the massive explosions in the refineries and other oil infrastructures.

The Air Force planes covered a distance of about 4,000 km (round trip), as mentioned – slightly greater than the distance to Iran and back. Squadron 120 (“Desert Giants”) participated in the attack, the refueling squadron of the Air Force, which helped the attack planes reach their destination and return safely.

DM Gallant: “The fire that burning in Yemen can be seen all over the Middle East”

The first time the Houthis harmed an Israeli citizen, we prepared them — we will do it as much as it takes, the blood of Israeli citizens is not in vain”

“I have now left the air force pit where I stayed together with the prime minister, the chief of staff and the commander of the air force following the attack by the air force planes in the port of Hodeida, 2,000 kilometers from the State of Israel.”

“The fire now burning in Hodeidah is seen all over the Middle East and this matter has clear implications. The Houthis have attacked us over 200 times – the first time they hit an Israeli citizen we prepared them and we will do it wherever this is required.’

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