The Israeli army confirmed today, Wednesday, that it killed Taleb Abdullah, a high-ranking leader in Lebanese Hezbollah, along with three other militants from the group in an airstrike on a command and control center in southeastern Lebanon. In response to Abdullah's death, Hezbollah launched dozens of rockets towards northern Israel, marking a significant escalation in the conflict that has seen near-daily exchanges of fire between the two sides since the onset of the war in Gaza last October.
Since October 7, Hezbollah has announced the death of 334 members, while the Israeli army reported the death of over 320 members. Among the prominent leaders killed during this period are:
- Ismail Youssef Bazz: Commander of the Coastal Sector of Hezbollah.
- Mohammed Hussein Mustafa Shahouri: Commander of the Missile Unit in the Western Sector of the Radwan Force.
- Ali Ahmed Hussein: Commander of the Hajir area affiliated with the Radwan Force.
- Ali Abdul Hassan Naim: Deputy Commander of the Missile and Shell Unit in Hezbollah.
- Ali Mohammed Dabous: Central Commander in the Radwan Force.
- Hassan Mahmoud Saleh: Assault Commander in the Mount Dov area.
- Mohammed Alawiya: Commander of the Maroun al-Ras area.
- Hassan Hussein Salami: Leader in the Nasser Unit.
- Wissam Al-Tawil: Commander of the Radwan Force affiliated with the party.
- Ali Hussein Barji: Commander of Southern Lebanon from the party's aerial unit.
- Hussein Yabkak: Local commander in Naqoura.
- Abbas Mohammed Raad: Leader in the Radwan Force and son of the head of Hezbollah's parliamentary bloc.
