Who is Fouad Shukr, the leader of Hezbollah who was targeted by Israel in Lebanon?

There is still conflicting information regarding the fate of Hezbollah leader Fouad Shukr, who was the target of an Israeli raid in Beirut on Tuesday evening, in which a number of civilians were killed and dozens injured.

While the Israeli army announced the killing of Hezbollah leader Fouad Shukr in the strike that targeted the southern suburbs of Beirut on Tuesday evening, a source close to Hezbollah told Agence France-Presse that the party’s prominent military leader, Fouad Shukr, had survived this attack. the hit.

The Israeli occupation army spokesman claimed that the raid on the southern suburb of Beirut killed the senior Hezbollah leader, Fouad Shukr. He said in a statement: “In an assassination operation, fighter planes attacked the Beirut area, under the guidance of intelligence, and killed Fouad Shukr “Sayyed Mohsen,” the supreme military commander” in Hezbollah.

Axios quoted an Israeli official as saying that the target in Beirut is Fouad Shukr, who is responsible for all Hezbollah military operations.

Who is Fouad Shukr?

Fouad Shukr was born in 1962 in the town of Nabi Sheet, in Baalbek, and is nicknamed “Hajj Mohsen.”

Fouad Shukr has been working in Hezbollah for more than 30 years, and it is not known what tasks are assigned to him.

There is information showing that Shukr is the party’s first military commander in southern Lebanon.

Another considers Fouad Shukr to be a senior advisor to Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah, and he was also close to the late leader of Hezbollah, Imad Mughniyeh.

Previous leaks indicate that Shukr replaced Mustafa Badr al-Din, the military commander in Hezbollah, who was killed in mysterious circumstances in Syria in 2016.