Israelis Assassinate Hezbollah Leader
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events: 1900-2001
- Categories: Military History, Terrorism
- Subcategories: Murder, Homicide, Execution, Assassination
- Curriculum: Middle Eastern History
- Geographical Location: Lebanon
- Date: February 16, 1992
Article abstract: Using helicopter gunships, the Israeli army fired rockets at the car in which Sheikh Abbas al-Mussawi was riding in southern Lebanon, killing him, his wife, his young son, and several bodyguards.
The Assassination
In the 1980’s and 1990’s, Hezbollah (Party of God) militants mounted a number of attacks on Israel and on Israeli-controlled sections of southern Lebanon. Israel’s military saw Sheikh Abbas al-Mussawi, the leader of Hezbollah, as the chief planner of those actions. Israel believed that the assassination of the sheikh...
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