Hezbollah in Mourning: Meet Ibrahim Qubaisi, the New Face of Resistance

Early Wednesday, Hezbollah mourned a new leader in its ranks, Ibrahim Muhammad Qubaisi (Haj Abu Musa), who was killed in an Israeli airstrike targeting a southern suburb of Beirut on Tuesday afternoon.

In a statement of condolence, he said,

– He was born in 1962 in Jabdin, South Lebanon. – He joined the ranks of the Islamic Resistance since its founding in 1982 and planned many resistance campaigns against the Israeli occupation, especially in the regional axis, which he took over between 1998 and 2000. – He took charge of the Badr military unit north of Litani between 2001 and 2018. – He led several missiles formed in the resistance.

Instead, the Israeli military said it had “eliminated Ibrahim Muhammad al-Qubaisi, commander of Hezbollah’s rocket and missile systems.”

He added in a statement that Qubaisi was an official with special experience in activating missiles, including precision-guided missiles, and was responsible for several operations against Israel, including Tuesday’s missile launch towards Haifa.

The Israeli army added that Qubaisi “planned to kidnap and kill First Sergeant Benjamin (Benny) Abraham, First Sergeant Adi Avitan and First Sergeant Omar Sweed of Mount Dove in the first decade of the 21st century. They were taken to Israel. For burial in 2004.”

On Tuesday afternoon, Israeli warplanes targeted Ibrahim Qubaisi in an airstrike on a residential building in the Ghobeiri neighborhood of the southern suburbs of Beirut, killing him.

According to the latest figures from Lebanese Health Minister Firas al-Abiad, the death toll from Israeli bombing in southern and eastern Lebanon has risen to 558, including 50 children and 94 women, and 1,835 wounded.

Moreover, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to launch new attacks against Hezbollah in Lebanon.