'Haytham Ali Tabtabai had been wanted by both the US and Israel for years'

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00:00Given the fact that he is a very high rank official in Hezbollah, the Lebanese public

00:06had absolutely not a lot of information on who this man was, besides the fact that he

00:10had been wanted by both the U.S. and Israel for years.

00:16In terms of his rank, he is officially the chief of staff of Hezbollah.

00:21He assumed that duty during the past year when other more senior commanders of the party

00:27were eliminated.

00:28He joined the organization's ranks in the 1980s, held a number of top-ranking positions,

00:35such as commander and leader of the Radwan elite force, as well as the leader of Hezbollah's

00:41operations in Syria before the collapse of the Assad regime.

00:47What we know also, according to what the Israelis have announced, is that he assumed the position

00:51of commander of Hezbollah's operations systems and was responsible for most of the attacks

00:57and for reshaping Hezbollah after the severe blows it took over the past two years.

01:04So, this is indeed one of the highest figures, or the highest indeed figure in Hezbollah which

01:10has been assassinated after the ceasefire started almost exactly a year ago.

01:16Exactly.

01:17Exactly.

01:18A year ago.

01:18Exactly.

01:19Exactly.

01:20A year ago.

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