By Jana Choukeir
(Reuters) -Israel has tracked down and assassinated leaders and commanders of Hezbollah in Lebanon and of the Gaza Palestinian militant group Hamas amid the practically one-year-old conflicts with its arch-enemies.
Here’s a listing of some operations towards Hezbollah and Hamas senior figures which have been linked to Israel.
HEZBOLLAH
HASSAN NASRALLAH
Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has been killed, the Iran-backed group stated on Saturday, confirming his dying after the Israeli navy stated it had eradicated him in an airstrike in Beirut the day earlier than.
His dying marks a devastating blow to Hezbollah because it reels from an escalating marketing campaign of Israeli assaults. It is usually an enormous blow to Iran, given the key position he has performed within the Tehran-backed regional “Axis of Resistance”.
IBRAHIM QUBAISI
An airstrike on the southern suburbs of Beirut on Sept. 24 killed Qubaisi, a commander and main determine in Hezbollah’s rocket division, two safety sources stated.
IBRAHIM AQIL
Hezbollah’s operations commander Ibrahim Aqil, who serves on the group’s prime navy physique was killed by an Israeli strike in Beirut’s southern suburbs on Sept. 20.
Aqil, who has additionally used the aliases Tahsin and Abdelqader, is a member of Hezbollah’s prime navy physique, the Jihad Council.
America accused him of a task within the Beirut truck bombings that struck the American embassy in April 1983, which killed 63 folks, and a U.S. Marine barracks six months later that killed 241 folks.
AHMED WAHBI
Ahmed Wahbi, a prime commander who oversaw the navy operations of the Radwan particular forces within the Gaza conflict till early 2024, was killed in an Israel strike that focused a number of prime commanders within the Beirut suburbs on Sept. 20, together with Ibrahim Aqil.
FUAD SHUKR
An Israeli strike on the southern suburbs of Lebanon’s capital on July 30 killed Hezbollah’s prime commander Fuad Shukr, recognized by the Israeli navy because the right-hand man of Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah.
Shukr was one in every of Hezbollah’s main navy figures because it was established by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards greater than 4 many years in the past.
America imposed sanctions on Shukr in 2015 and accused him of enjoying a central position within the 1983 bombing of the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut, which killed 241 U.S. navy personnel.
MOHAMMED NASSER
Mohammed Nasser was killed in an Israeli airstrike on July 3. Israel claimed duty, saying he headed a unit answerable for firing from southwestern Lebanon at Israel.
Nasser, a senior commander in Hezbollah, was answerable for a piece of Hezbollah’s operations on the frontier, in accordance with senior safety sources in Lebanon.
TALEB ABDALLAH
Senior Hezbollah discipline commander Abdallah was killed on June 12 in a strike claimed by Israel, which stated it had hit a command and management centre in southern Lebanon.
Safety sources in Lebanon stated he was Hezbollah’s commander for the central area of the southern border strip and was of the identical rank as Nasser.
His killing prompted the group to fireside a heavy barrage of rockets throughout the border at Israel.
HAMAS
MOHAMMED DEIF
Israel’s navy stated Deif was killed after fighter jets struck within the space of Khan Younis in Gaza on July 13 after an intelligence evaluation. The elusive Deif had survived seven Israel assassination makes an attempt.
Deif is believed to have been one of many masterminds of Hamas’ Oct. 7 assault on southern Israel, which triggered the Gaza conflict. Hamas has not confirmed his dying.
ISMAIL HANIYEH
Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated within the early hours of July 31 in Iran, the Palestinian militant group stated.
Haniyeh was killed by a missile that hit him straight in a state guesthouse the place he was staying. Israel has not claimed duty.
SALEH AL-AROURI
An Israeli drone strike on Beirut’s southern suburbs of Dahiyeh killed deputy Hamas chief Saleh al-Arouri on Jan. 2, 2024.
Arouri was additionally the founding father of Hamas navy wing, the Qassam Brigades.
