Israel killed a top Hezbollah commander in an airstrike on Beirut's southern suburbs on Friday 20 September 2024 the Israeli military and security sources in Lebanon said, escalating a year-long conflict between Israel and the Iran-backed group
Here is a list of some operations against Hezbollah and Hamas leaders and commanders, blamed on Israel
Hezbollah
Ibrahim Aqil – 20 September 2024
Hezbollah's operations commander Ibrahim Aqil, who serves on the group's top military body,
Aqil, who has also used the aliases Tahsin and Abdelqader, is a member of Hezbollah's top military body, the Jihad Council
The United States accuses Aqil of a role in the Beirut truck bombings that struck the American embassy in April 1983 which killed 63 people and a U.S. Marine barracks six months later that killed 241 people
Fuad Shukr – 30 July 2024
An Israeli strike on the southern suburbs of Lebanon's capital Beirut killed Hezbollah's top commander Fuad Shukr, identified by the Israeli military as the right-hand man of Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah
Shukr was one of Hezbollah's leading military figures since it was established by Iran's Revolutionary Guards more than four decades ago
The United States imposed sanctions on Shukr in 2015 and accused him of playing a central role in the 1983 bombing of the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut, which killed 241 U.S. military personnel
Mohammed Nasser – 03 July 2024
Mohammed Nasser was killed in an Israeli airstrike Israel claimed responsibility, saying Nasser headed a unit responsible for firing from southwestern Lebanon at Israel
Nasser, a senior commander in Hezbollah, was responsible for a section of Hezbollah's operations at the frontier, according to senior security sources in Lebanon
Taleb Abdallah – 12 June 2024
Senior Hezbollah field commander Abdallah was killed in a strike claimed by Israel, which said it had hit a command and control centre in southern Lebanon
Security sources in Lebanon said Abdallah was Hezbollah's commander for the central region of the southern border strip and was of the same rank as Nasser
Abdallah's killing prompted the group to fire a massive barrage of rockets across the border at Israel.
Hamas
Ismail Haniyeh – 31 July 2024
Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in the early hours of July 31 in Iran, the Palestinian militant group said
Haniyeh was killed by a missile that hit him directly in a state guesthouse where he was staying. Israel has not claimed responsibility
Mohammed Deif – 13 July 2024
Israel's military said Deif was killed after fighter jets struck in the area of Khan Younis in Gaza after an intelligence assessment The elusive Deif had survived seven! Israel assassination attempts
Deif is believed to have been one of the masterminds of Hamas' 07 October 2023 attack on southern Israel, which triggered the Gaza war Hamas has not confirmed his death
Saleh Al-Arouri – 02 January 2024
An Israeli drone strike on Beirut's southern suburbs of Dahiyeh killed Deputy Hamas chief Saleh al-Arouri
Arouri was also the founder of Hamas military wing, the Qassam Brigades
