Lebanon’s Hezbollah, designated as a terrorist organization by several countries, including the United States and Israel, reported on Thursday that five of its fighters, including Abbas Raad, the son of senior lawmaker Mohammed Raad, were killed during skirmishes at the Israel-Lebanon border amid the Israel-Hamas conflict. The group stated that Abbas Raad was “martyred on the road to Jerusalem,” using this phrase to announce the deaths of its members due to Israeli actions since the onset of the war on October 7. The organization issued separate statements providing the identities and photographs of the other four fighters who were also killed.
On November 22, 2023, Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah confirmed that five of its fighters, including Abbas Raad, the son of senior lawmaker Mohammed Raad, were killed during skirmishes at the Israel-Lebanon border amid the Israel-Hamas war. The group announced Raad’s death using the phrase “martyred on the road to Jerusalem,” a term it has employed to signify members killed by Israeli fire since the war began on October 7. Separate statements with identities and photographs of the other four fighters killed were issued. a terrorist organization
A source close to the family, speaking on condition of anonymity, informed AFP that Abbas Raad, along with several other Hezbollah members, was killed in an Israeli strike on a house in Beit Yahun, south Lebanon, on Wednesday. Lebanon’s National News Agency reported that the Israeli enemy’s airstrike on a house in Beit Yahun resulted in four casualties, without identifying the victims.