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by Reuters and Algemeiner Staff
Illustrative: Smoke billows over Beirut’s southern suburbs following Israeli strike after issuing an evacuation warning for the area, as seen from Baabda, Lebanon, March 28, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
An Israeli drone strike south of the Lebanese capital killed a top commander from Jama’a Islamiya on Tuesday, the Sunni Islamist group said, in an attack later confirmed by Israel.
The Israeli military announced that it had killed Hussein Atawi, a “key figure in the Jama’a Islamiya with ties to Hamas,” the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Tuesday.
According to the IDF, Atawi was involved in planning and advancing “terrorist” activities from Lebanon into Israeli territory, targeting IDF soldiers on the northern border.
Atawi, a leading commander in the armed branch of the militant Jama’a Islamiya known as the Fajr Forces, was killed as he drove from his home to his office in Beirut, a Jama’a Islamiya statement said.
The Fajr Forces fired rockets across Lebanon’s southern border at Israel throughout the year-long war that ended last year in a ceasefire deal. Israeli airstrikes killed several of the group‘s members during the conflict.
Since the ceasefire, Israel has continued to carry out strikes on Lebanese territory, mostly against fighters from Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah or its arms depots. Israeli troops also still occupy five hilltop positions in southern Lebanon.
Lebanon, Hezbollah, and the Jama’a Islamiya have condemned the strikes and Israeli troop presence, calling them violations of the truce and of Lebanon’s sovereignty. Israel says the fighters and weapons pose a threat to Israeli civilians.
