Ali Karaki

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Ali Karaki (1962–27 September 2024) was a Lebanese Hezbollah militant and senior commander. Born in Ain Bouswar, Nabatieh, he joined Hezbollah during the Lebanese Civil War and rose through the ranks to lead the Southern Front and serve on Hezbollah’s Jihad Council, its top leadership. He fought in the 2006 Lebanon War and, in 2019, the U.S. State Department sanctioned him as a significant figure in Hezbollah’s military leadership. In February 2024, an Israeli car bombing in Nabatieh targeted him, but he was not in the car. In September 2024, during ongoing clashes with Israel, he survived an airstrike in the Dahieh district of Beirut on 23 September. He was killed on 27 September 2024 in an airstrike in Beirut, reportedly alongside Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah. Hezbollah confirmed Karaki’s death on 29 September, with Nasrallah’s death announced by the group the following day.