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Pictured alongside another leading Hezbollah military commander Imad Mughniyeh, right, who was assassinated in Syria in February 2008
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Senior Hezbollah commander Wissam Tawil, left, who was killed in southern Lebanon on Monday, pictured with Maj Gen Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in Baghdad by a US drone strike in January 2020. Hezbollah Military Media via AP
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The elite commander, pictured shaking hands with Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, was killed in Israeli air strike, as the conflict at the border escalates
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Mr Tawil's death has raised fears of the Israel-Gaza war spreading across the Middle East
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Mr Tawil, right, is pictured with senior Hezbollah commander Mustafa Badreddine, who was killed in Syria on May 2016
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This undated picture released by Hezbollah Military Media, shows senior Hezbollah commander Wissam Tawil, who was killed in Kherbet Selem village, south Lebanon, on Monday, Jan. 8, 2024. An Israeli airstrike killed Tawil, who is an elite Hezbollah commander in southern Lebanon, the latest in an escalating exchange of strikes along the border that have raised fears of another Mideast war even as the fighting in Gaza exacts a mounting toll on civilians. (Hezbollah Military Media, via AP)
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Pictured alongside another leading Hezbollah military commander Imad Mughniyeh, right, who was assassinated in Syria in February 2008
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Senior Hezbollah commander Wissam Tawil, left, who was killed in southern Lebanon on Monday, pictured with Maj Gen Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in Baghdad by a US drone strike in January 2020. Hezbollah Military Media via AP
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The elite commander, pictured shaking hands with Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, was killed in Israeli air strike, as the conflict at the border escalates
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Mr Tawil's death has raised fears of the Israel-Gaza war spreading across the Middle East
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Mr Tawil, right, is pictured with senior Hezbollah commander Mustafa Badreddine, who was killed in Syria on May 2016
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This undated picture released by Hezbollah Military Media, shows senior Hezbollah commander Wissam Tawil, who was killed in Kherbet Selem village, south Lebanon, on Monday, Jan. 8, 2024. An Israeli airstrike killed Tawil, who is an elite Hezbollah commander in southern Lebanon, the latest in an escalating exchange of strikes along the border that have raised fears of another Mideast war even as the fighting in Gaza exacts a mounting toll on civilians. (Hezbollah Military Media, via AP)
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Pictured alongside another leading Hezbollah military commander Imad Mughniyeh, right, who was assassinated in Syria in February 2008
Israeli strike kills elite Hezbollah unit commander in Lebanon
Latest attack increases fears that cross-border clashes will intensify
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08 January, 2024
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