Israeli army: Hezbollah Mustafa Badreddine killed by his men

Israel has concluded that Hezbollah’s top military terrorist, Mustafa Badreddine, was killed in Syria last year by rivals within the Shia terrorist group, Israel’s military chief said Tuesday.

Israeli Lieutenant-General Gadi Eisenkot told an academic conference on Tuesday that Badreddine’s death last May illustrated "the depth of the internal crisis of Hezbollah", according to Aljazeera.

He said Israel "believes that he was killed by his own officers".

"Those findings show to what degree relations between Hezbollah and its patron Iran are tense and complex."

Hezbollah has deployed thousands of terrorists in Syria, where Badreddine had led its intervention in support of Assad terrorists, who are also backed by Russia and Iran.

Israeli intelligence claims Badreddine had been feuding with Iranian military commanders in Syria over the heavy losses his group had suffered on the battlefield.

The US government has said Badreddine, 55, was in charge of Hezbollah’s military operations in Syria.

He was one of five Hezbollah terrorists indicted by the UN-backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon in 2005 in connection to the killing of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik al-Hariri and 21 others.