A portrait of Ahmad Hussein Salameh, known as "Abou Ali," published by Hezbollah after his assassination in an Israeli drone strike on Jan. 21, 2026, in southern Lebanon. (Credit: Image circulating on social media)
Amid a series of Israeli airstrikes Wednesday across southern Lebanon and the Bekaa Valley, one name appeared in Israeli army communications: Abou Ali Salameh. Described as a “Hezbollah liaison officer in the village of Yanouh” in the Sour district, Ahmad Hussein Salameh was 61. Also known by his nickname, Abou Ali, he was killed in an Israeli drone strike while traveling on a road between Burj al-Shemali and Bazourieh, near Yanouh.A son killed in the last warAs is often the case, Israeli army Arabic spokesperson Avichay Adraee released a video on X of the attack captured by a drone. Photos of the charred remains of the vehicle carrying Salameh also circulated on social media. Other images show Salameh at the funeral of one of his sons, Abdallah Salameh, who was killed during the last war between Hezbollah and Israel. The political...
Amid a series of Israeli airstrikes Wednesday across southern Lebanon and the Bekaa Valley, one name appeared in Israeli army communications: Abou Ali Salameh. Described as a “Hezbollah liaison officer in the village of Yanouh” in the Sour district, Ahmad Hussein Salameh was 61. Also known by his nickname, Abou Ali, he was killed in an Israeli drone strike while traveling on a road between Burj al-Shemali and Bazourieh, near Yanouh.A son killed in the last warAs is often the case, Israeli army Arabic spokesperson Avichay Adraee released a video on X of the attack captured by a drone. Photos of the charred remains of the vehicle carrying Salameh also circulated on social media. Other images show Salameh at the funeral of one of his sons, Abdallah Salameh, who was killed during the last war between Hezbollah and Israel. The...
