Ghaleb Awwali

Ghaleb Awwali

Ghaleb Awwali was a senior Hezbollah official who was assassinated in a car bombing in Beirut, Lebanon on July 19, 2004. Hezbollah blamed Israel for the attack. However, credit was claimed by a previously unheard of Sunni group called Jund Ash Sham. Ghaleb Awwali has been called a martyr of Lebanon and a martyr of Palestine. [ [http://www.intelligence.org.il/eng/sib/8_04/hezb.htm Hezbollah - Terrorism Information ] ] Hezbollah officials have claimed that the Zionist movement is behind the attacks and have claimed that Jund Ash Sham is linked to Israel, but have offered no evidence. Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah vowed to "cut the hand" of the Jewish state following the death of Ghaleb. [ [http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200407/s1157423.htm Hezbollah vows revenge after militant's killing. 19/07/2004. ABC News Online ] ]

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