Salim Ayash, accused of killing Rafiq Hariri, was killed in an Israeli raid in Syria.

Salim Ayash, accused of killing Rafiq Hariri, was killed in an Israeli raid in Syria.

November 12, 2024 Catherine Williams - Chief Editor News

This evening (Sunday), a source in the Saudi Al Arabia Television Network reported that “Selim Ayash, the Hezbollah military commander convicted of killing former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, was killed in an Israeli strike, apparently five days ago.” According to reports, Ayash was killed last week in Qusayr near the Lebanese border and died of his wounds yesterday.

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Salim Jamil Ayash was one of four Hezbollah members who were tried in absentia for their involvement in Hariri’s assassination. Court records show he was born in Kafr Harouf in southern Lebanon in 1963 and holds Lebanese citizenship.

The Public Prosecution of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon in The Hague charged him and three others (Hussein Onisi, Hassan Habib Meri and Asad Sabra) with participating in a conspiracy to carry out a criminal act similar to the assassination of Hariri on 14 February. . 2005, according to the complaint.

The US State Department’s security service has offered $10 million for information about Salim Ayash. It said in a statement: “Salim Jamil Ayash, also known as Jabeer, is a senior member of Hezbollah’s assassination squad 121 and was convicted by an international court and sentenced in absentia to five consecutive life sentences for his involvement. A truck attack in Beirut in February 2005 killed 22 people and injured 226, including former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.

27 aThe US State Department’s Security Service has announced a $10 million reward for information about Salim Ayash.27 a

They also mentioned: “If you have information about him, send us a text via Signal, Telegram or WhatsApp on the number below, you may be eligible for a reward.”

27The building that was attacked in Damascus today27

It is noteworthy that in the afternoon Syria reported that an Israeli bomb had been launched in the Sayyida Zeinab area of ​​Damascus, an area where Iranian forces and their supporters are active.

Later, the Saudi al-Hadath channel reported that nine people were killed in an attack on a Hezbollah building in the Sayyida Zeinab area of ​​Damascus. file