Assassination of Abbas al-Musawi | |
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Part of the South Lebanon conflict (1985–2000) | |
Location | Southern Lebanon |
Date | 16 February 1992 |
Target | Abbas al-Musawi |
Attack type | Airstrike |
Deaths | 8 |
Injured | 10 |
Perpetrators | Israeli Air Force |
On 16 February 1992, Abbas al-Musawi, the secretary-general of Hezbollah, was assassinated in an Israeli airstrike on his vehicle in southern Lebanon, as part of the South Lebanon conflict (1985–2000). Israel code-named the operation Night Time Operation (Hebrew: מבצע שעת לילה).[1]