Who are the Hezbollah fighters killed by Israel in 2024?

Adam Lucente

Jan 9, 2024

Hezbollah militants carry the coffin of slain Hezbollah military commander Wissam Tawil (Jawad) during his funeral in his hometown village of Khirbet Selm, south of Beirut on January 9, 2024. Hezbollah announced on January 8 the killing of a "commander" for the first time, naming him as Wissam Hassan Tawil. A security souce in Lebanon, requesting anonymity for security reasons, said Tawil "had a leading role in managing Hezbollah's operations in the south", and was killed there by an Israeli strike targetin — Hezbollah militants carry the coffin of slain Hezbollah military commander Wissam Tawil (Jawad) during his funeral on Jan. 9, 2024. — MAHMOUD ZAYYAT/AFP via Getty Images

Several Hezbollah fighters have been killed in Lebanon amid the fighting with Israel in recent days, furthering the risk of a full-blown war between the two enemies, in a way not seen since 2006.

More than 135 Hezbollah fighters have been killed in clashes since the Israel-Hamas war started on Oct. 7, but an increasing number of targeted Hezbollah commanders were assassinated by Israel in the first week of 2024.

Just on Tuesday, Hezbollah announced that four of its fighters were killed. They are: Hassan Abd al-Hussein Ismail, from Ayta ash Shab in southern Lebanon; Muhammad Sharif al-Sayid Nasr, from Hay El Fikani in central Lebanon; Issa Ali Nur al-Din, from Burj Qalawiya in southern Lebanon; and Ali Hussein Burji, known as Abu Mahdi, from Markaba in southern Lebanon.

The Iran-backed group did not specify how exactly they were killed.