An attempt to assassinate one of Hezbollah’s top commanders, Mohammed Haider, also known as Abu Ali, failed.
Israel Info writes about this.
Haider, who previously served as an adviser to the group’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah, is considered a key Hezbollah strategist and was previously a member of the organization’s Lebanese parliament.
According to Lebanese sources, Haider was not in the attacked building. A Lebanese security official said via Al Jazeera that there were no senior Hezbollah members in the destroyed house in the Basta al-Fawqa neighborhood in central Beirut.
The attack took place at night when the Israeli Air Force hit an eight-story residential building with at least six rockets. The nature of the attack’s destruction resembled bunker attacks: the missiles were likely aimed at underground structures. The building is completely destroyed. Lebanese media reported 11 dead and dozens injured.
Israeli sources claim that the target of the operation could have been not only Mohammed Haider, who heads Hezbollah’s operations department, but also other key figures in the organization. Mentioned among them was Talal Hamia, the foreign operations chief previously implicated in attacks on American and French military personnel in 1982.
However, Israel’s Channel 12 hinted that the target could be an even more important person. There were suggestions online that the attack was aimed at Hezbollah deputy secretary general Naim Qassem.
Therefore, the attack, although it did not achieve its intended objective, demonstrated a complex, large-scale operation aimed at undermining Hezbollah’s senior leadership.
Previously, Kursor wrote that Israel and the United States gave Hezbollah a strict ultimatum.
Israel and the United States made it clear to Hezbollah that they were not going to delay negotiations and made strict demands on the group.
