Timeline Summary: Israeli Forces Claim to Have Killed Senior Hezbollah Members Since the Beginning of the Month
The Israeli military confirmed that Hashem Safieddine, believed to be the potential successor to Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, was killed in an airstrike launched by the Israeli army earlier this month. As a result, the Israeli military claims that all members of Hezbollah's senior military leadership have been killed. Hezbollah has not yet responded to this, but has taken responsibility for the attack on Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's private residence and claims it will continue similar actions. The direction in which the situation in the Middle East will head has sparked widespread concern in the international community.
Next, let's outline the Israeli military's actions against the high-ranking members of Hezbollah through a timeline:
- On the specified date, Fuad Shukur, the military advisor to Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, was killed.
- On the date, Ibrahim al-Akil, commander of the elite unit of Hezbollah, the Radwan Unit, along with several others including Ahmad Mahmud al-Wehbi, were killed.
- On the date, Ibrahim al-Kawtharani, commander of the rocket and missile forces of Hezbollah, was killed.
- On the date, Mohammed Hussein Al-Saour, commander of the Hezbollah drone forces, was killed.
- On the date, Nasrallah, the leader of Hezbollah in Lebanon, was killed in an airstrike, along with Ali Qarqee, the commander of Hezbollah in the southern region of Lebanon.
- On the specified date, Ahmad Mustafa Hajj Ali, a commander of the Lebanese Hezbollah forces on the Houla frontline in southern Lebanon, and Mohammad Ali Hamdan, a commander of the anti-tank unit in the Mays al-Jabal area, were killed.
- On the specified date, a commander of the Lebanese Hezbollah's Radwan unit was killed.
- On the date, Khadir Baghdadi, a member of Hezbollah in Lebanon, was killed. The Israeli military claimed that he was the commander of Hezbollah's aerial combat unit in the area north of the Litani River, and had multiple times commanded drone attacks on Israel.
- On [date], the Israeli military claimed to have killed Hashem Safieddine, the head of Hezbollah's Executive Council, and Ali Hussein Khazima, the commander of its intelligence headquarters.