According to sources affiliated with the Shiite axis, one of those killed in the strike in Beirut's Dahieh district is Ali al-Hajj, a senior Hezbollah official who was the target of the operation. The report identifies him as a senior operative, corroborating earlier claims that he was the intended target.
A Shiite axis-aligned source now confirms that Ali al-Hajj, a senior Hezbollah operative, was killed in today's Israeli strike on the Dahieh district of southern Beirut. The confirmation, arriving at 18:54 Jerusalem time, names al-Hajj as the intended target of the operation, updating earlier reports that had identified him only as a senior figure. This marks the fourth published version of this story since 16:17 Jerusalem, when Al-Arabiya first reported al-Hajj's death in today's strike — a claim that was then contradicted by Hezbollah-linked media.
At 16:17, Al-Arabiya, cited by N12's Yaron Schneiderman, reported that al-Hajj was killed in the Dahieh strike, though no official Israeli or Hezbollah confirmation was available. Minutes later, at 16:17, a Hezbollah-affiliated source told the organization's media that al-Hajj had actually died from wounds sustained in a separate Israeli airstrike several days earlier — directly contradicting the initial report. That version held for hours, until a new Shiite axis source at 16:17 attributed al-Hajj's death to the Dahieh operation, corroborating the original Al-Arabiya claim. The present confirmation, also from a Shiite axis source, solidifies that attribution.
As The Zioneer reported at 18:52, the target of the Dahieh strike was initially described as a senior Hezbollah figure; al-Hajj's identity has now been confirmed by affiliated sources. The thread illustrates a rapid evolution from a single unverified report, through a competing Hezbollah narrative, to multiple axis-aligned sources converging on the same account.
The confirmation remains sourced solely from Shiite axis outlets. No independent verification from Israeli officials or Hezbollah's formal channels has yet been published. The identities of other casualties in the strike remain unspecified.
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