As the Arabic news service Sky News reports, Hassan Jafar Kathir, son-in-law of Hassan Nasrallah, former secretary general of the terrorist organization Hezbollah, died as a result of an IDF airstrike in Damascus.
Hasan Jafar Kathir is the brother of Muhammad Jafar Kathir, the commander of Unit 4400, who was killed by Israel the day before. Mohammed oversaw the supply of weapons from Iran and other Hezbollah allies to Lebanon.
According to the Syrian Army, on October 2 at 17:25, the IDF attacked a three-story building in the Mezza area of Damascus, killing three people and wounding three others. Syrian media report that the Iranian embassy is in the area.
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The Kassir family has a long history of involvement in terrorism, dating back to the 1982 Lebanon War. During that period, on November 11, Ahmad Kathir, one of the family members, crashed a car into a base Israeli in Tyre, detonating the car with explosives. The incident was the first suicide bombing in Lebanon and inspired Imad Mughniyeh, one of the founders of Hezbollah, who was killed in Damascus in 2008.
According to Hezbollah’s official bulletin, Al-Ahed, the attack “marked the beginning of martyrdom operations and became a symbol of resistance for young people seeking to defend their homeland.”
Ahmad’s death is commemorated annually on “Martyrs’ Day,” when Hezbollah pays tribute to suicide bombers. To carry out the attack he needed religious approval, received in the form of a fatwa from Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. After this, the Kathir family acquired the status of “royal family of terror” and Ahmad became known as the “first martyr”.
His brothers, Mohammed and Hassan, also joined Hezbollah. Mohammed became a key figure in supplying Iranian weapons from Syria, while Hassan strengthened ties with Hezbollah by marrying Nasrallah’s daughter.
Muhammad became such a prominent figure that the United States offered a $10 million reward for information leading to his capture or expulsion. In 2018, the US Treasury Department designated him an international terrorist, resulting in the freezing of his assets and a ban on US citizens from interacting with him.
Under the sanctions, he controlled several front companies involved in transferring money to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, including funds received from the sale of oil and other hard-to-find goods.
Previously, Cursor reported on how Nasrallah was treated in the Middle East after his death.
