Imad mughniyah assassination nation
Imad Fayez Mughniyeh also known by his nom de guerre al-Hajj Radwan (الحاج رضوان), was a Lebanese militant leader who was the founding member of Lebanon's....
The U.S. and Israeli spy agencies used a bomb in a spare tire during a 2008 operation to kill Imad Mughniyah in Damascus, former officials.
Assassination of Imad Mughniyeh
Car bomb explosion in 2008
On 12 February 2008, Imad Mughniyeh, a senior commander of Hezbollah, the political party and armed militia in Lebanon, was assassinated in a car bomb explosion in the Kafr Sousa neighborhood of Damascus.[2] Mughniyeh had a long history of fighting the Israel Defense Forces and was a top target for Tel Aviv.
Mughniyeh actively participated in the 2006 Lebanon War.[3] Mughniyeh, who was on the FBI's most wanted terrorists list,[4] was killed instantly when the explosive device detonated in a Mitsubishi Pajero.
In 2024, former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert publicly acknowledged for the first time that Israel was responsible for assassinating Mughniyeh.[5]
His son Jihad would become a member of the party and was killed in a raid on Mazraat al-Amal in Quneitra during the Syrian civil war.
Imad Mughniyeh was initially involved in the Palestinian Fatah movement during the Lebanese