Hezbollah has officially confirmed the death of Fuad Shukr, also known as Al-Hajj Muhsin, a military adviser to Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah.
Shukr's body was found under the rubble of a building in Dahiya, a suburb of Beirut, following an Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) airstrike the previous evening.
The IDF announced Shukr's elimination on the night of July 31, describing him as the "chief of staff" and the second-in-command in Hezbollah.
According to the IDF Spokesperson's Office, Shukr, as head of Hezbollah's Strategic Department, was responsible for the group's advanced weaponry, including precision-guided, ballistic, and cruise missiles, long-range rockets, and drones. The IDF also implicated Shukr in the killing of children in Majdal Shams and the deaths of Israelis and foreigners.
Shukr's death was a result of an Israeli Air Force (IAF) airstrike in Beirut, based on military intelligence.
The IDF's dossier on Shukr states that in the 1990s, he organized attacks on IDF soldiers and South Lebanon Army fighters and was involved in the kidnapping of the bodies of three Israeli soldiers—Benny Avraham, Adi Avitan, and Omer Suad—killed by Hezbollah militants while patrolling the Mount Dov border area.
Shukr was also one of the masterminds behind the October 23, 1983, truck bombing of the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut, which killed 241 American and 58 French servicemen, as well as six civilians. The U.S. has declared Shukr an international fugitive, with the State Department offering a $5 million reward for information leading to his capture.
