[News] Hezbollah publishes biography of martyred leader Haitham al-Tabatabai

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Hezbollah publishes biography of martyred leader Haitham al-Tabatabai
Al Mayadeen English
November 24, 2025
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A look at the life, military career, and legacy of Sayyed Abu Ali, senior
Islamic Resistance commander martyred in an Israeli aggression on Haret
Hreik.

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   Hezbollah publishes biography of martyred leader Haitham al-Tabatabai

The Islamic Resistance has released the biography of its late senior
military commander, Haitham Ali al-Tabatabai, callsign Sayyed Abu Ali, who
was martyred on Sunday following an Israeli air aggression in the Southern
Suburb of Beirut. The operation also claimed the lives of several of his
companions.

Born on November 5, 1968, in the al-Bashoura area in Beirut, Sayyed Abu Ali
joined the Islamic Resistance from its inception. Over the decades, he
became a foundational figure within the movement, undertaking extensive
military and leadership training and rising through the ranks to assume
some of its most critical responsibilities, according to his biography that
was released by the Resistance's military media.
A legacy forged on the battlefield

Sayyed Abu Ali participated in numerous pivotal operations, especially
elite missions targeting Israeli occupation forces and their collaborators
prior to the liberation of South Lebanon in 2000. He played a key field
role in repelling Israeli attacks on Lebanon during the 1993 and 1996 wars.

>From 1996 to 2000, he led the Nabatieh Axis, where he was among the
commanders of the operation to capture enemy forces in Berkat al-Naqar,
located in the occupied Shebaa Farms.

Post liberation in 2000 and up until 2008, he assumed command of the Khiam
Axis, where he played a decisive role during the confrontations in the July
2006 aggression, directing several of the Resistance’s most strategic
operations on that front.

After the martyrdom of Commander Hajj Imad Mughniyeh, Sayyed Abu Ali was
appointed head of the Resistance’s intervention forces and played a pivotal
role in the establishment and development of the elite Radwan Force.

He was also entrusted with high-level leadership duties across the various
fronts of the Resistance axis, according to the Resistance's statement.

In 2023, he led operational command within the Islamic Resistance during
the Battle of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood. The following year, during the
Battle of People of Might in 2024, he oversaw and directed Resistance
operations.

Following the Battle of People of Might, he assumed full military
leadership of the Islamic Resistance.
Hezbollah announces the martyrdom of commander Haitham al-Tabatabai

Hezbollah has announced the martyrdom of senior military commander Haitham
Ali al-Tabatabai, also known as Sayyed Abu Ali, who was martyred in an
Israeli airstrike on Harat Hreik in the southern suburbs of Beirut
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On Sunday afternoon, an Israeli airstrike targeted the fourth and fifth
stories of a residential civilian building on al-Areed street in Haret
Hreik. Per the Lebanese Ministry of Health, five were martyred and 28 were
wounded in the attack.
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In an official statement, the resistance mourned the loss of a great
military commander, praising al-Tabatabai’s lifelong dedication to the
Resistance in Lebanon and his role in confronting the Israeli occupation.

The statement added that al-Tabatabai joined his fellow martyred brethren
after a long wait to meet God Almighty, following a path marked by "jihad,
sincerity, and steadfastness."

He was recognized as one of the founding leaders of Hezbollah’s military
structure and played a pivotal role in its early formation and subsequent
growth.

"He never tired or faltered in defending his land and people," the
statement read. "Since the inception of the Resistance, he laid the
groundwork for a movement that remains strong, dignified, and capable of
protecting the homeland and achieving victories."

Hezbollah emphasized that the martyrdom of al-Tabatabai would further
energize resistance fighters and reinforce their determination to continue
resisting the Israeli enemy and its backer, the United States. The group
vowed to carry forward his legacy and that of all martyred commanders.
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