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00:00a powerful explosion shook the southern suburbs of beirut after a surprise israeli airstrike

00:08and political circles were shaken by the news of targeting haytham ali tabtabai from hezbollah

00:14and its leadership so who is this prominent commander he is a senior military figure in

00:22hezbollah known by the nickname abu ali tabtabai he belongs to what is known as the second generation

00:29within the group having joined in the 1980s though not one of the founders he held several key

00:36positions most notably leading hezbollah's operations within the radwan force the elite

00:42unit responsible for direct combat with israel he also took part in foreign military missions

00:49on behalf of the group in syria and yemen after senior commanders were killed during the 2023 to

00:562024 war he was appointed as the group's military leader the united states had placed a five

01:04million dollar reward for information leading to his capture and designated him as a global terrorist in

01:102016.