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Nearly 30 members of Lebanon Kyokushinkai karate group eliminated, Hezbollah cell uncovered

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Nearly 30 members of Lebanon Kyokushinkai karate group eliminated, Hezbollah cell uncovered

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TL;DR

The Lebanese Kyokushinkai (Japanese karate) association was in fact a Hezbollah front, according to reports. Nearly 30 of its members have been eliminated by Israel since early March, including veterans of the war in Syria and a commander of Hezbollah's Radwan special forces unit.

01 · THE DISPATCH

The Lebanese Kyokushinkai karate association, a Japanese martial arts organization, was operating as a Hezbollah front, according to reports. Nearly 30 of its members have been eliminated by Israeli forces since the beginning of March — many of them veterans of the war in Syria, including a commander of the Radwan special forces unit, Hezbollah's elite ground force. The revelation sheds light on how Hezbollah used civilian sports organizations as cover for its military infrastructure.

02 · How it developed

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    Nearly 30 members eliminated, including a Radwan Force commander.

  2. Lebanese karate federation uncovered as Hezbollah front, report alleges

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