Sheikh Hussein Atwi, a very senior figure in Al-Jamaa Al-Islamiya – Al-Fajr Forces, was killed on the morning of April 22 in an airstrike while driving his car on Awarta road in the Haret Al-Naameh area, south of Beirut. Al-Fajr Forces operates in Lebanon as an organic framework within Hamas-Lebanon-Military, and therefore, Atwi is also considered a senior figure in the Hamas-Lebanon military branch. According to an estimate, Al-Fajr Forces currently numbers about 1,000 operatives within the Hamas-Lebanon military branch. Al-Fajr Forces were part of seven different organizations that operated in coordination with Hezbollah in the war against Israel in southern Lebanon. Their first terrorist activity during the war was launching rockets into Israeli territory on October 18, 2023. From October 2023 until the ceasefire in November 2024, 14 Al-Jamaa Al-Islamiya / Al-Fajr Forces operatives (some of them senior) were killed. Atwi is the 15th eliminated.
