Sources affiliated with the Shiite axis report that one of the three killed in the Beirut Dahieh strike is Ali al-Hajj, a senior Hezbollah official and the intended target of the attack, according to a single channel. The claim mirrors earlier Hezbollah-linked reports that al-Hajj died days ago from a different strike, though this version attributes his death directly to yesterday's Dahieh operation.
A Shiite-axis source now claims that senior Hezbollah operative Ali al-Hajj was the target and one of three killed in the Israeli strike on Beirut's Dahieh neighborhood — a report that directly ties his death to yesterday's operation. The claim contradicts the previous version reported by Hezbollah-linked media, which stated that al-Hajj had died from wounds sustained in an Israeli Air Force strike in Lebanon several days earlier. That earlier account was published by The Zioneer at 16:17 Jerusalem, based on a single Hezbollah-affiliated source, and was repeated at 16:27 Jerusalem. The new report, attributed to Shiite-axis sources, now places his death in the Dahieh strike, shifting the timeline and cause of death.
The evolution of the reporting on al-Hajj's death shows a pattern of conflicting attributions. The initial report, carried by Al-Arabiya at 16:17 Jerusalem, claimed al-Hajj was killed in the Dahieh strike — but was based on a single unconfirmed source. Hours later, Hezbollah-linked media issued a version placing his death days earlier, from a different strike. Now, a Shiite-axis source returns to the original claim that he died in the Dahieh operation. None of the accounts have been independently corroborated; the source quality across the thread remains a single channel per report, with no on-record confirmation from Hezbollah or Israeli officials.
Attributed background: The Zioneer reported that the Dahieh strike targeted a Hezbollah operative responsible for the killing of five US soldiers in Iraq (17:19 Jerusalem). Separately, an IRGC-affiliated source claimed the strike was carried out in coordination with the US (15:39 Jerusalem). The IDF later confirmed that the strike killed Ali al-Hajj, identified as Hezbollah's liaison unit commander, alongside his wife and sister (18:06 Jerusalem).
What remains open: The precise timing and cause of al-Hajj's death are unresolved — whether he was killed in the Dahieh strike or died days earlier from wounds sustained in a separate attack. No official Hezbollah confirmation has been issued for either timeline. The identity of the source behind the new Shiite-axis claim is undisclosed, and the report has not been verified by any independent party.
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