Hezbollah official Sheikh Muhammad Ali Hammadi reportedly died of his wounds after unknown gunmen opened fire on him, killing him instantly, Al-Akhbar, a Hezbollah-affiliated news source, reported on Tuesday.
He was shot outside his home in the Bekaa Valley. At this time, it is unclear who shot Hammadi, Israeli media reported.
An-Nahar reported that the assassination was not political in nature and was instead motivated by a four-year-old family feud.
Security forces have begun an investigation to determine the circumstances, an Al-Manar TV correspondent said.
Hammadi may be the same Muhammad Hamamdi, who is on the FBI's most-wanted list following his hijacking of a West German plane in 1985, during which an American service member was tortured to death.
Hamamdi was reportedly killed in a strike in Pakistan, according to Pakistani intelligence, but this was never confirmed, and the FBI kept him on the list following the strike.
Hamamdi is wanted for over a dozen crimes, including hostage taking, air piracy resulting in murder, and placing explosives aboard an aircraft.
Pudge223 on January 22nd, 2025 at 04:22 UTC »
To me that a guy like this can get hit is more interesting than why he got hit or who hit him. If this was a family feud that means local people are not scared of the repercussions of getting personal with Hezbollah anymore.
spideyghetti on January 22nd, 2025 at 04:19 UTC »
I thought it said "Hezbollah officially", like the whole organisation was done in a single hit
blue_gaze on January 22nd, 2025 at 03:27 UTC »
Don’t forget. Hezbollah has more enemies than just Israel. The Christians of Lebanon hate them. The Sunnis hate them. The Druze hate them. And Hezbollah does more than just lose wars to Israel ; they deal drugs, they sell women, they twist the arm of every small business under their area of influence, they’re gangsters and sometimes gangsters get killed. Anyway. Happy to hear it.