From Nasrallah's right hand to Hamas' top leader...7 top leaders were killed in one year of war.

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The war that has been going on in the Middle East for about a year now seems to be taking a more fierce form, Israel and Hezbollah are attacking each other continuously. On Tuesday, the Israeli army killed Hezbollah's rocket and missile chief Ibrahim Kubaishi in an attack.

 

 

Israel has killed 7 top leaders and commanders of Hamas and Hezbollah in the war that has been going on for nearly a year, including Nasrallah's right-hand man and top Hamas leaders, but still, both rebel organizations are constantly challenging it.

 

  1. Hezbollah's missile-rocket chief Ibrahim Kubaishi

Israel and Hezbollah have declared war against each other. The Israeli army is carrying out air strikes on hundreds of Hezbollah bases in Lebanon, while Hezbollah is also firing rockets in the northern part of Israel. Hezbollah's rocket and missile chief Ibrahim Kubaishi was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut on September 24. Israel has claimed that Kubaishi was involved in the kidnapping and murder of 3 Israeli soldiers in the year 2000.

  1. Nasrallah's special commander Fuad Shukar

On July 30, the Israeli army dropped bombs on the southern part of the Lebanese capital. Hezbollah's top commander Fuad Shukr was killed in these attacks. Fuad Shukr was considered the right hand of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah. Fuad Shukr was one of the main military leaders of Hezbollah since its inception. He also used to oversee Hezbollah's modern weapons. He is accused of playing a key role in the bombing of the US Marine barracks in Beirut in 1983. Fuad Shukr is also accused of the Golan Heights attack, in which 12 children lost their lives in rocket attacks on a football ground.

  1. Hezbollah commander Ibrahim Aqeel

Senior commander of Hezbollah's military wing Ibrahim Aqeel has also been killed in the latest Israeli attacks. Hezbollah's operations commander Ibrahim Aqeel was killed in an Israeli airstrike in the southern suburbs of Beirut on September 20. Ibrahim is considered one of the top commanders of Hezbollah's military wing.

Ibrahim Aqeel, also known by aliases such as Tahseen and Abdelkader, was a member of Hezbollah's Jihad Council. The US has accused Aqeel of playing a role in the April 1983 Beirut truck bombings of the US embassy, ​​which killed 63 people. Six months later, a US Marine barracks in Beirut was bombed, killing 241 people. The US has accused Ibrahim Aqeel of being involved in this attack as well.

  1. Hezbollah commander Mohammed Nasser

Hezbollah commander Mohammad Nasir was killed in an Israeli airstrike on July 3. Israel carried out heavy airstrikes in several cities of southern Lebanon in early July, in which the Israeli army claimed that Nasir was killed. It is said that he was leading the unit that fired on Israel from Lebanon. Apart from this, he also led 3 regional divisions of Hezbollah. Hezbollah, enraged by Nasir's death, claimed to have fired 200 rockets at Israel in an hour.

  1. Hamas Chief Ismail Haniya

Hamas chief Ismail Haniyya was killed in an attack in Tehran on 31 July. Ismail Haniyya was the chief of Hamas' political wing and had come to Tehran to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Iran's new President Masoud Pezeshkian. After the program, a massive explosion took place in the government guesthouse in Tehran where Haniyya was staying, in which he lost his life. Iran and Hamas blamed Israel for this attack, although Israel neither denied these allegations nor took responsibility for the attack.

  1. Qassam Brigade chief Mohammed Daif

Israel carried out airstrikes in Khan Younis, Gaza on 13 July, a few days later Israel confirmed the killing of Hamas' Al-Qassam Brigade chief Mohammad Daif in these attacks. Israel calls Daif the mastermind of the 7 October attacks. It is said that the Israeli army had received intelligence about Daif's whereabouts, after which it carried out an airstrike in the Khan Younis area and killed him. However, the Israeli army confirmed Daif's death the next day after Ismail Haniyeh's death.

  1. Hamas deputy chief Saleh al-Arouri

Hamas leader Saleh al-Arouri was killed in an Israeli drone attack in the Lebanese capital on January 2 this year. Saleh was the deputy chief of Hamas' political wing and founder of the military wing Al-Qassam Brigades. 57-year-old Saleh al-Arouri played an important role in Hamas' military activities. He established Hamas' military wing in the occupied West Bank, which became part of Hamas in 1987. He was considered very close to Iran and Hezbollah.