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Israel killed dozens of senior Hezbollah and Hamas officials in the first year of the Gaza war, which erupted on Oct. 7, 2023. Most were assassinated in airstrikes in Lebanon and Gaza, although one of the most daring operations was carried out against Ismail Haniyeh, the Hamas political leader, in Tehran, more than 1,000 miles east of Israel. The following is a breakdown of Hezbollah and Hamas leaders killed in Israeli operations.听

Hezbollah Losses

Israeli airstrikes killed dozens of senior Hezbollah commanders in Lebanon鈥攁s well as more than 400 fighters鈥攁s the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians increasingly spilled across the border. The Israeli campaign against the Lebanese militia was initially conducted on fighters deployed south of the Litani River. It stopped short of attacking Beirut or the upper echelons of Hezbollah鈥檚 military, apparently calibrated to avoid sparking a full-scale war.

But Israeli military operations intensified in mid-2024. The first major turning point was an airstrike on July 30, 2024 that killed Fuad Shukr, the group's most senior military official and a close advisor to chief Hassan Nasrallah, in a residential building in the Dahiyeh, a Hezbollah stronghold in southern Beirut. Tensions escalated further on Sept. 17 and 18, 2024, when Israel triggered sophisticated cyberattacks on pagers and walkie-talkies in the possession of Hezbollah fighters and followers based in Beirut, southern Lebanon, the eastern Bekaa Valley as well as in Syria. More than 30 were killed and more than 3,000 were injured in the back-to-back operations.听

On Sept. 20, Israeli warplanes then killed several senior commanders in Hezbollah鈥檚 elite Radwan unit as the special forces officers met in southern Beirut. Among them was Ibrahim Aqil, commander of the Radwan unit. 鈥淲e will continue pursuing our enemies in order to defend our citizens, even in Dahiya, in Beirut,鈥� Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. He added that the operation marked 鈥渁 new phase of war.鈥�

Shukr and Aqil had long played major roles in orchestrating attacks against U.S. and Israeli targets. Both men had played a role in the 1983 suicide bombing of U.S. Marine peacekeepers, which killed more than 240 and injured more than 100. Aqil was also allegedly involved in the 1983 bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Beirut; more than 60 were killed and 120 injured. The United States had issued rewards for Shukr ($5 million) and Aqil ($7 million).听

Hezbollah鈥擨ran鈥檚 closest ally in the Middle East and the most heavily armed non-state actor in the world鈥攈as long been considered the centerpiece of Tehran鈥檚 鈥渇orward defense.鈥� Formed with Iranian backing in 1982, Hezbollah symbolized Iran鈥檚 grand strategy to create proxy forces across the Middle East to promote the Islamic Republic鈥檚 interests and ideology. The following is a list of senior Hezbollah commanders killed in Israeli operations between October 2023 and September 2024. 听

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Jan. 8, 2024: a senior commander in Hezbollah鈥檚 Radwan unit, was killed in an Israeli airstrike in the village of Majdel Selm. He was responsible for the strike on Israel鈥檚 Mount Meron just before his death, and previously facilitated weapons transfers to the Syrian Arab Army and the Houthis in Yemen.听听

Jan. 9, 2024: , the Hezbollah aerial force commander in southern Lebanon, was killed in an Israeli drone strike near the town of Khirbet Selm.听听

Feb. 15, 2024: , a senior commander in the Radwan unit, and his deputy Hassan Ibrahim Issa were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a building in Nabatieh. Al Debes reportedly planned and facilitated the deadly attack at Megiddo junction in Israel.听听

March 21, 2024: commander of the rocket and missile array in Hezbollah's Coastal Sector, was killed in an Israeli airstrike.听听

March 29, 2024: , the deputy commander of Hezbollah鈥檚 rocket and missiles unit, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Bazourieh.听

March 31, 2024: senior commander in the anti-tank missile unit of Hezbollah鈥檚 Radwan unit, was killed by an Israeli warplane in the village of Kounine.听听

April 8, 2024: of Hezbollah鈥檚 Radwan unit was killed in an Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon.听

April 16, 2024: Hezbollah coastal commander, and rocket and missile unit commander in the Radwan unit, were killed in an Israeli drone strike near Ain Baal.听听

April 23, 2024:听, a member of Hezbollah鈥檚 Radwan unit, was killed in an Israeli overnight strike in southern Lebanon. A separate Israeli airstrike killed aerial defense engineer and another Hezbollah operative.听

May 15, 2024: , a senior commander in Hezbollah鈥檚 Southern Front unit, was killed in an Israeli drone strike near Tyre. Makki previously commanded Hezbollah鈥檚 coastal division and facilitated several attacks against Israel.听听

June 12, 2024: , a senior commander, and two other Hezbollah operatives were killed in an Israeli airstrike in the town of Jouaiyya. Abdullah was one of the highest-ranking Hezbollah commanders in southern Lebanon.听听

June 20, 2024: , a Hezbollah field commander in southern Lebanon, was killed by an Israeli airstrike in Jouaiyya.听

July 3, 2024: , head of Hezbollah鈥檚 Aziz unit, was killed in an Israeli airstrike near the southern city of Tyre.听听

July 8, 2024: , an operative in Hezbollah's Rockets and Missiles Unit, was killed in an overnight strike from an Israeli aircraft in the Qlaileh area of southern Lebanon.听听

July 9, 2024: , a former bodyguard of Hezbollah secretary general Hassan Nasrallah, was killed in an Israeli strike on a car in Syria near the border with Lebanon. He had facilitated weapons shipments to the group.听

July 30, 2024: , a top Hezbollah military commander, was in an Israeli airstrike on a residential building in Haret Hreik, a southern suburb of Beirut and a Hezbollah stronghold. Shukr served on the Jihad Council, Hezbollah鈥檚 highest military body. He had played a central role in the 1983 bombing of the U.S. Marine Corps Barracks in Beirut. Israel that he was responsible for the rocket attack on the Druze village of Majdal Shams in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights on July 27 that killed 12 children and teenagers.听

Aug. 3, 2024: , a senior Southern Front operative, was killed in an Israeli strike in the area of Wadi Jilou in southern Lebanon.

Aug. 5, 2024: , a Radwan unit commander, was killed in an Israeli drone strike in the village of Aabba in southern Lebanon.

Aug. 6, 2024: , the nephew of the late Hezbollah military commander Mustafa Badreddine, and four other were killed in an Israeli airstrike on the town of Maifadoun in southern Lebanon. His rank was not publicized.

Aug. 7, 2024: , the commander of Hezbollah鈥檚 anti-tank missile array, was killed in an Israeli drone strike in the village of Jouaiyya in southern Lebanon.

Aug. 13, 2024: and , Hezbollah Southern Front field commanders, were killed in an Israeli strike on a car in the town of Baraachit in southern Lebanon. 听

Aug. 17, 2024: , a Radwan unit commander, was killed while riding a motorcycle near Tyre, a coastal city in southern Lebanon. 听

Sept. 20, 2024: , the commander of Hezbollah鈥檚 elite Radwan unit and a member of the Jihad Council, was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut. About 10 other Radwan unit commanders were killed in the , according to the Israeli military. Aqil was linked to two bombings in 1983 that 63 people at the U.S. Embassy in Beirut and 241 U.S. personnel at the U.S. Marine barracks. The United States sanctioned Aqil in 2015 and designated him a 鈥渟pecially designated global terrorist鈥� in 2019. The State Department had a reward of up to $7 million for information on him.

Sept. 28, 2024: Hassan Nasrallah, the leader and one of the founding members of Hezbollah, was killed in an Israeli airstrike in a southern suburb of Beirut.

Oct. 8, 2024: Hashem Safieddine, HassanNasrallah's likely successor, was killed in a confrontation with Israel.听

Hamas Losses

Israel killed at least a dozen senior Hamas military and political officials during the first year of the Gaza war. 听Its most daring operations killed Haniyeh in Tehran and Mohammed Deif, the chief Hamas military commander, in Gaza, both in July 2024. In January, Mossad chief David Barnea听听that Israel was 鈥渃ommitted to settling accounts鈥� with everyone involved鈥斺�渄irectly or indirectly,鈥� including 鈥減lanners and envoys鈥濃�攊n the Hamas invasion of Gaza. 鈥淚t鈥檒l take time, as it took time after the Munich massacre, but we will put our hands on them wherever they are,鈥� he said, referring to the murder of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympics.

The military commanders were part of the听Izz ad-Din al Qassam Brigades, the military unit named for a Muslim preacher in the 1930s who opposed the British occupation. Established in听, the Qassam Brigades have targeted Israel with rockets, in suicide bombings, and cross-border raids.听The following is a rundown of the Israeli assassinations.听

Oct. 17, 2023: Ayman Nofal, a key member of the听,听was听听in an Israeli airstrike.听Nofal also coordinated attacks on Israel with other Palestinian factions.听

Oct. 19, 2023: Jamila al Shanti, the first woman elected to the Hamas political bureau, was听听in an Israeli airstrike on Gaza City. Shanti was the听听of Hamas co-founder Aziz al Rantisi and founder of the Hamas women鈥檚 wing.听

Oct. 31, 2023: Ibrahim Biari,听the commander of the Jabaliya Battalion responsible for operations in northern Gaza, was in an Israeli airstrike that also killed at least 126 civilians. Israel claimed Biari dispatched the fighters that raided southern Israel on Oct. 7. For two decades, he had also organized rocket attacks on Israel military and civilian targets.听

Nov. 21, 2023: Khalil Kharaz, the听听of the Qassam Brigades in Lebanon, was听听by an Israeli drone strike on a car carrying Hamas fighters near听.

Dec. 25, 2023: Saleh al Arouri, a co-founder of the Hamas military wing in the West Bank and a deputy political leader, was along with two other Hamas officials in an Israeli drone strike on a Hamas office in southern Beirut. Arouri was key intermediary between Hamas and Hezbollah. 听

March 10, 2024: Marwan Issa, the deputy commander of the Hamas military wing in Gaza, was in an Israeli airstrike on the Nuseirat refugee camp. He reportedly was one of the key planners of the October 7 attacks.听

July 13, 2024: Mohammed Deif, the top Hamas military commander, reportedly in an airstrike on Khan Younis in southern Gaza that also killed at least 90 other Palestinians and injured over 300. Hamas claimed that he survived. He was reportedly the mastermind of the Oct. 7 attack that killed more than 1,100 Israelis and foreigners.听

July 31, 2024: Ismail Haniyeh, the head of the Hamas political office, died while visiting Iran for the inauguration of President Masoud Pezeshkian.听He was听听killed by a bomb smuggled into the Iranian compound months before his visit and detonated by remote control. Haniyeh was the chief negotiator 鈥� through Qatar and Egypt 鈥� with Israel and the United States on terms for a ceasefire and hostage release. He was based in Doha.

Aug. 4, 2024: Jaber Aziz,the commander of the Al Furqan Battalion reportedly, as killed in an Israeli on a school in Gaza City. He reportedly plan and train for the Oct. 7 attack.听

Aug. 5, 2024: Abdel Fattah al Zeriei, the economy minister, and his mother were killed by an Israeli airstrike on Deir al Balah in central Gaza. He reportedly the distribution of funds, supplies, and fuel for Hamas; he also allegedly directed the seizure of international humanitarian aid entering Gaza.听

Aug. 9, 2024: Samer Mahmoud al Haj, the commander of Hamas forces at the Ain al Hilweh refugee camp in Lebanon, was killed by an Israeli airstrike in Sidon, Lebanon. He reportedly and trained operatives.听

Aug. 10, 2024: 听Youssef al Kahlout, was killed with around 100 other Palestinians in an Israeli on a school used to shelter civilians in Gaza City. Israel said that at least 31 of the dead were members of either Hamas or Palestinian Islamic Jihad. Israel that Kahlout was a member of Hamas鈥� central leadership while Arab media him as a professor of Arabic language at the Islamic University of Gaza.听

Aug. 10, 2024: Amgad Yemini, a platoon commander was in an Israeli airstrike on a school in Gaza City that left about 100 dead.

Aug. 17, 2024: Ahmed Abu Ara, a senior operative involved in manufacturing explosives for Hamas, was killed in an Israeli drone strike on a car in Jenin along with operative Rafaat Dawasi. Abu Aara was involved in the and execution of a deadly Jordan Valley shooting on August 11 as well as two West Bank bombings on June 27 and July 23.听

Aug. 17, 2024: Raafat Dawasi, the commander of the Jenin Battalion, was killed in an Israeli drone strike on a car in Jenin along with Ahmed Abu Ara. 听Dawasi was reportedly in a deadly Jordan Valley shooting on Aug. 11 as well as two West Bank bombings on June 27 and July 23.听

Aug. 30, 2024: Wassem Hazem, the head of Hamas in Jenin, was 听in an IDF operation in Jenin along with two others. He reportedly carried out and directed various shooting and bombing attacks. 听

August 2024: Ahmed Fawzi Nasser Muhammad Wadiyya, the head of the Daraj-Tuffah Battalion in the Nukhba Force, was 听in an Israeli airstrike on a compound near Al Ahli hospital in Gaza. He reportedly led the assault on Netiv Ha鈥檃sara during the October 7 attacks.听

Sept. 9, 2024: Samer Abu Daqqa, the head of Hamas' aerial unit in Gaza, was 听in an Israeli airstrike on a Hamas command and control center within a Khan Yunis humanitarian zone on

Sept. 9, 2024: Osama Tabesh, the chief of the Hamas surveillance and targeting division within military intelligence, was killed听in an Israeli airstrike on a command and control center within a Khan Yunis humanitarian zone.

Oct. 17, 2024: Yahya Sinwar,听the head of Hamas鈥� military wing and political leader of the organization after the Israeli assassination of Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, considered to be the primary architect of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood which led to the massacre of 1,200 in southern Israel and abduction of over 250 hostages on October 7, 2023, is dead. Sinwar was one of three militants killed in a 鈥渉eavy gun battle鈥� with IDF forces.听