Assassinations
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- 8 July 1949Execution of Antoun SaadehSaadeh was the founder of the Syrian Social Nationalist Party. Several clashes broke out between party members and the…
- 16 July 1951Assassination of Riad al-SolhOn his way to Marka airport north-east of Amman, returning to Beirut after visiting King Abdullah, Riad al-Solh was…
- 10 July 1970Attempt on Wadie Haddad
- 15 July 1970Attempt on George Habash
- 8 July 1972Assassination of Ghassan KanafaniOn 8 July 1972 the novelist and Popular Front spokesman Ghassan Kanafani and his niece were killed by a bomb in his car…
- 26 February 1975Assassination of Maarouf SaadThe killing of Maarouf Saad by the Lebanese army during the fishermen's demonstration in Sidon.
- 13 April 1975Shots at Pierre Gemayel's motorcade
- 6 December 1975Black SaturdayOn 6 December 1975 the bodies of four young Kataeb members were found on the Fanar road. Kataeb gunmen led by Joseph…
- 27 May 1976Assassination of Kamal Jumblatt's sisterOn 27 May 1976 Linda Jumblatt al-Atrash, Kamal Jumblatt's sister, was shot dead by gunmen in her house in Beirut; the…
- 16 June 1976Assassination of the US ambassadorOn 16 June 1976 the American ambassador Francis Meloy, the economic counsellor Robert Waring and their driver were…
- 1 December 1976Attempt on Raymond EddéIn December 1976 Raymond Eddé, the National Movement's presidential candidate and an opponent of the Syrian…
- 16 March 1977Assassination of Kamal JumblattOn 16 March 1977 Kamal Jumblatt was shot dead by gunmen on the Moukhtara road near Baakline; Syrian intelligence was…
- 28 March 1978Assassination of Wadie Haddad
- 7 June 1978Joud al-Bayeh killed in ZghartaOn 7 June 1978 Joud al-Bayeh, the Kataeb official who had tried to open a party office in Zgharta, was killed by gunmen…
- 28 June 1978Syrian retaliation at Qaa
- 1 November 1978Assassination of Captain Samir al-Ashkar
- 22 January 1979Assassination of Abu Hassan SalamehOn 22 January 1979 the Mossad assassinated Ali Hassan Salameh, "the Red Prince", commander of Force 17, head of…
- 23 February 1979Attempt on GemayelOn 23 February 1979 a bomb exploded in Bachir Gemayel's car in Ashrafieh, killing his daughter Maya (18 months).
- 25 February 1980Abduction and killing of the journalist Salim al-Lawzi
- 23 July 1980Assassination of Riad Taha, head of the press syndicate
- 4 September 1981Assassination of the French ambassadorThe assassination of the French ambassador to Lebanon, and the shelling of the French embassy over its support for…
- 3 June 1982Attempt on ambassador Shlomo Argov in LondonOn 3 June 1982 gunmen of the Abu Nidal group shot the Israeli ambassador in London, leaving him paralysed; Israel took…
- 14 September 1982Assassination of Bachir GemayelOn 14 September 1982 president-elect Bachir Gemayel was killed with 26 others in a huge explosion at the Kataeb…
- 18 January 1984AUB president Malcolm Kerr assassinatedOn 18 January 1984 Malcolm Kerr, president of the American University of Beirut, was assassinated with two shots…
- 16 February 1984Assassination of Sheikh Ragheb HarbOn 16 February 1984 Sheikh Ragheb Harb, the imam of Jibsheet and the symbol of the resistance in the South, who had…
- 4 March 1985The Maarake mosque bombing and the killing of Mohammad Saad
- 4 October 1985William Buckley's execution announcedOn 4 October 1985 "Islamic Jihad" announced the execution of the CIA's Beirut station chief William Buckley, kidnapped…
- 5 March 1986Death of French hostage Michel Seurat announced
- 17 April 1986Three hostages killed after the US raid on LibyaOn 17 April 1986, two days after the American raid on Tripoli and Benghazi, the bodies of the American Peter Kilburn…
- 7 October 1986Assassination of Sheikh Subhi al-Saleh
- 17 February 1987Assassination of Hussein Mroueh, then Mahdi Amel
- 1 June 1987Assassination of Rashid KaramiOn 1 June 1987 prime minister Rashid Karami was killed by a bomb planted in the military helicopter carrying him from…
- 15 February 1989Attempt on GeageaA meeting to calm tensions between Aoun and Geagea had been agreed at Baabda palace. On his way to the meeting, Samir…
- 16 May 1989Assassination of the Sunni MuftiOn 16 May 1989 the Mufti of the Republic, Sheikh Hassan Khaled, was assassinated by a car bomb in Aisha Bakkar (22…
- 31 July 1989Execution of Col. William Higgins announcedOn 31 July 1989 the "Organisation of the Oppressed on Earth" broadcast a tape showing the body of the American Colonel…
- 22 November 1989Assassination of René MoawadOn 22 November 1989, Independence Day, President René Moawad was killed by a car bomb in Aisha Bakkar together with 23…
- 19 January 1990Elias al-Zayek assassinated
- 21 October 1990Assassination of Dany Chamoun and his familyOn 21 October 1990, eight days after the fall of Baabda, Dany Chamoun, head of the National Liberal Party, his wife and…
- 16 February 1992Assassination of Sayyed Abbas al-MusawiOn 16 February 1992 Israeli helicopters assassinated Hezbollah's secretary-general Sayyed Abbas al-Musawi with his wife…
- 5 October 1992Killing of Hussein Abdel-Nabi, SLA security chief in Bint JbeilOn 5 October 1992 the Islamic Resistance killed Hussein Abdel-Nabi, head of Lahd's militia's security apparatus in the…
- 31 March 1995Assassination of commander Abu Ali Rida YassineOn 31 March 1995 an Israeli helicopter assassinated Rida Yassine, "Abu Ali Rida", commander of the resistance in the…
- 31 August 1995Assassination of Sheikh Nizar al-Halabi, head of al-AhbashOn 31 August 1995 Sheikh Nizar al-Halabi, head of the Association of Islamic Charitable Projects (al-Ahbash), was shot…
- 16 September 1995Israeli officer killed at AdaissehOn 16 September 1995 an Israeli officer was killed and two wounded in an Islamic Resistance operation in the town of…
- 28 February 1999Israel's southern commander killedOn 28 February 1999 General Erez Gerstein, commander of the Israeli liaison unit in South Lebanon, was killed by a…
- 8 June 1999Four judges assassinatedOn 8 June 1999 gunmen stormed a courtroom in the Sidon courthouse and killed four judges during a trial session; the…
- 16 August 1999Assassination of commander Ali Hassan Deeb "Abu Hassan Salameh" in SidonOn 16 August 1999 Ali Hassan Deeb, commander of the Islamic Resistance in the Sidon area, was martyred by two bombs…
- 30 January 2000Assassination of Aql HashemOn 30 January 2000 the resistance killed Colonel Aql Hashem, the second man in Lahd's army and commander of its western…
- 4 February 2000Apache strike on Ibrahim Aqil's car in Barish
- 24 January 2002Assassination of Elie HobeikaOn 24 January 2002 the former minister and deputy Elie Hobeika, the former Lebanese Forces commander accused over Sabra…
- 2 August 2003Assassination of Ali SalehOn 2 August 2003 Ali Hussein Saleh, a Hezbollah cadre, was killed when his car exploded in the southern suburbs; the…
- 29 August 2003Assassination of Sayyed Mohammad Baqir al-Hakim
- 6 September 2003Assassination attempt on Sheikh Yassin and Haniyeh in Gaza
- 22 March 2004Assassination of Sheikh Ahmad YassinOn 22 March 2004 Israel assassinated Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, the founder of Hamas, with helicopter missiles as he left the…
- 17 April 2004Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi assassinated
- 19 July 2004Assassination of commander Ghaleb AwaliOn 19 July 2004 the commander Ghaleb Awali, the Hezbollah cadre in charge of the file of support for the Palestinian…
- 1 October 2004Attempt on Marwan HamadehOn 1 October 2004 a car bomb exploded beside the convoy of the former minister Marwan Hamadeh, a close associate of…
- 14 February 2005Assassination of Rafik HaririRafik Hariri and MP Bassel Fleihan were killed by a car bomb in the Saint George–Ain el-Mreisseh area on 14 February.
- 2 June 2005Samir Kassir assassinatedOn 2 June 2005 the journalist and historian Samir Kassir, one of the figures of 14 March and an opponent of the Syrian…
- 21 June 2005George Hawi assassinatedOn 21 June 2005 the former secretary-general of the Communist Party George Hawi was killed by a bomb in his car in Wata…
- 25 September 2005Attempt on May ChidiacOn 25 September 2005 a bomb exploded in the car of the broadcaster May Chidiac in Jounieh; she lost an arm and a leg.…
- 12 December 2005Gebran Tueni assassinatedOn 12 December 2005 the deputy and editor of "An-Nahar" Gebran Tueni was killed by a car bomb in Mkalles the day after…
- 26 May 2006Assassination of the Majzoub brothersOn 26 May 2006 the Islamic Jihad leaders Mahmoud and Nidal al-Majzoub were assassinated by a car bomb in Sidon. The…
- 7 June 2006Killing of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
- 21 November 2006Assassination of Pierre GemayelOn 21 November 2006 the industry minister Pierre Amine Gemayel was assassinated by gunmen who intercepted his car in…
- 30 December 2006Execution of Saddam Hussein
- 13 June 2007Assassination of Walid EidoOn 13 June 2007 the deputy Walid Eido (Future Movement) and his son were assassinated by a car bomb at the Manara in…
- 19 September 2007Assassination of Antoine GhanemOn 19 September 2007 the Kataeb deputy Antoine Ghanem was assassinated by a car bomb in Sin el-Fil together with six…
- 12 December 2007Assassination of General François al-HajjOn 12 December 2007 Brigadier General François al-Hajj, the army's chief of operations, commander of the Nahr al-Bared…
- 25 January 2008Assassination of officer Wissam EidOn 25 January 2008 Captain Wissam Eid, the Information Branch investigator who analysed the telecommunications networks…
- 12 February 2008Assassination of commander Imad MughniyehOn 12 February 2008 commander Imad Mughniyeh, "Hajj Radwan", Hezbollah's military commander and the man most wanted by…
- 14 February 2008Nasrallah at Mughniyeh's funeral: "open war"On 14 February 2008 Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah addressed the funeral of the martyr commander Hajj Imad Mughniyeh in the…
- 20 May 2012Sheikh Ahmad Abdel Wahed shot at an army checkpointOn 20 May 2012 Sheikh Ahmad Abdel Wahed and his companion Mohammed Merheb were shot dead by army soldiers at the…
- 19 October 2012Assassination of Wissam al-HassanOn 19 October 2012 Major General Wissam al-Hassan, head of the Information Branch of the Internal Security Forces and…
- 4 December 2013Assassination of commander Hassan al-LaqqisOn the night of 3–4 December 2013 Hassan al-Laqqis, the Hezbollah cadre in charge of manufacturing and technology, was…
- 27 December 2013Assassination of Mohamad ChatahOn 27 December 2013 the former minister Mohamad Chatah, Saad Hariri's adviser and an opponent of Hezbollah's…
- 18 January 2015Assassination of Jihad MughniyehThe assassination of the martyr Jihad Mughniyeh and his comrades in Quneitra. Three days earlier Sayyed Hassan…
- 19 December 2015Assassination of Samir KuntarOn 19 December 2015 Samir Kuntar was killed in an Israeli strike on Jaramana near Damascus. On 21 December Sayyed…
- 2 October 2018Jamal Khashoggi killed in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul
- 3 January 2020Assassination of Hajj Qassem SoleimaniAt dawn on 3 January 2020 an American drone strike killed the commander of the Quds Force, Qassem Soleimani, and the…
- 4 February 2021Assassination of Lokman SlimOn 4 February 2021 the Shia activist and researcher Lokman Slim, an opponent of Hezbollah, was found shot dead in his…