On 8 January, senior Allah commander Wissam Tawil was tragically killed in an Israeli drone strike, followed by Ali Hussein Barji, commander of the Allah Air Force, in an Israeli drone strike on 9 January. The two men were responsible for directing and orchestrating a series of terrorist attacks against Israel after the start of the Israeli-Hamas war three months ago.
On January 9, Ali Hussien Barji, commander of the Allah Air Force in southern Lebanon, was tragically killed in an Israeli drone attack. Interestingly, he was pinpoint hit by Israeli drones as he passed through the town of Khirbet Selm on his way to attend the funeral of Wissam al-Tawil, a senior commander of Allah.
Barji has reportedly been the mastermind behind rocket and drone attacks in northern Israel since Lebanon*** joined forces with Allah to launch attacks on Israel in support of Hamas.
One of the attacks took place on 9 January and targeted the IDF headquarters in northern Safard. About half a day before Barji was targeted, Israel could have attacked the funeral site directly. However, in order to reduce civilians**, Israel chose the more difficult way, sending the commander of the Allah Air Force to attack him on his way to the funeral. This decision highlights the fundamental difference between the regular army and ***.
Wissam Tawil was killed in an Israeli drone strike on January 8 and plunged into hell a day before Ali Hussein Barji.
Wissam Tawil is a 48-year-old commander of Allah's secret Radwan force, stationed in the border area with Israel. He was killed in his hometown of Khirbet Silem when he was attacked while driving inside an SUV. The attack took place about 10 kilometers (6 miles) outside the border, outside villages and towns where the two sides have exchanged fire for the past three months.
Tawil joined Allah in 1989 and is the highest-ranking Israeli targeted killing** since the deadly attack on southern Israel by Allah's ally Hamas on October 7.
According to Allah's statement, Tawil commanded a series of "special military operations" against Israeli border posts after the outbreak of Israel's war with Hamas three months ago. A Allah** party told The Associated Press that Tawil was instrumental in triggering the war with Israel in the summer of 2006 and was also involved in the Syrian civil war. There, he coordinated combat coordination between the Lebanese Allah armed group, the Syrian army and the Islamic State group.
Throughout the group's long history, Tavir had strong ties with Allah's military leader, Imad Mughniyeh, a tie that lasted until Mughniyeh was killed in the Syrian capital in 2008.
In addition, Tavel has close ties with the head of the Iranian Quds Force, General Qassem Soleimani. However, Soleimani was tragically killed in a US drone strike in Baghdad in 2020.
In the early hours of January 9, the base of Israel's Northern Command was attacked by a drone carrying explosives. Allah claimed responsibility for the attack in response to Israel's targeted killings of Wissam Tawil on 8 January and Hamas Saleh Al-Aruri last week.
The IDF said the attack on the Northern Command base triggered rocket alerts in several cities in northern Israel. The military pointed out that the attack by Allah was intercepted by air defense systems, so it did not create ** personnel**.
The IDF did not comment on the drone attack that led to Barji's death. However, they admitted to carrying out a series of air strikes against Allah in southern Lebanon on 9 January.
During the operation, the Israeli army carried out air strikes on several military infrastructure facilities of the terrorist organization Allah in the village of Kira in southern Lebanon. In addition, an Air Force fighter jet attacked the group's terrorist infrastructure in the village of Yalong in southern Lebanon, and the IDF targeted several areas in southern Lebanon**, while several drones carried out targeted killings.
In this attack, the commander of the Allah Air Force, Barji, was killed.
Over the past few weeks, Israel** has been calling for Allah forces to withdraw from the border areas so that tens of thousands of Israelis displaced by the fighting can return to their homes. During a visit to Israel last month, U.S. adviser Jake Sullivan said a negotiated outcome with Allah would be the best way to reassure Israel's northern residents.