✸The Ahmad Qassir operation

On 11 November 1982 Ahmad Qassir (19) blew up his car at the Israeli military governor's headquarters in Tyre, destroying the building and killing some 75 soldiers and officers; the first martyrdom operation against the occupation, which Hezbollah later claimed, making its date "Martyr's Day". By the Israeli military spokesman's count, 74 dead and 27 missing; the name of the bomber remained unknown until 19 May 1985, when the Islamic Resistance announced that Ahmad Qassir, "Haidar", had carried out its first martyrdom operation.