| Ali Hussein Barji | |
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Ali Hussein Barji (Arabic: علي حسين برجي; alleged death on 9 January 2024) was a Lebanese militant and the commander of Hezbollah's aerial forces in southern Lebanon. He was killed by an Israeli airstrike in Khirbet Selm, Lebanon, during the Israel–Hezbollah conflict (2023–present),
Barji played a key role in the development of Hezbollah's suicide drone system. During the Syrian civil war, he was one of the highest-ranking Hezbollah officials engaged in combat in the Idlib region. Barji orchestrated numerous drone attacks on Israeli forces during the Israel–Hezbollah conflict (2023–present). Notably, he orchestrated a strike on an Israeli airbase in Mount Meron on 6 January 2024, and targeted Israel's Northern Command headquarters in Safed on 9 January 2024.[1] [2]
On 9 January 2024, he was killed in an Israeli airstrike while attending the funeral of Wissam al-Tawil, another Hezbollah senior commander who had been killed the previous day. Israel stated that his killing was a response to the drone attack in Safed that had occurred earlier that day.[3] [2] [4] [5]