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<h1 class="gmail-reader-title">Hezbollah publishes biography of martyred leader Haitham al-Tabatabai</h1>
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<div class="gmail-reader-estimated-time">November 24, 2025</div>
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look at the life, military career, and legacy of Sayyed Abu Ali, senior
Islamic Resistance commander martyred in an Israeli aggression on Haret
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Hezbollah publishes biography of martyred leader Haitham al-Tabatabai
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<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<h2>A legacy forged on the battlefield</h2>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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\u2019s most
strategic operations on that front.</p>
<p>After the martyrdom of Commander Hajj Imad Mughniyeh, Sayyed Abu Ali
was appointed head of the Resistance\u2019s intervention forces and played a
pivotal role in the establishment and development of the elite Radwan
Force.</p>
<p>He was also entrusted with high-level leadership duties across the
various fronts of the Resistance axis, according to the Resistance's
statement.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>Following the Battle of People of Might, he assumed full military leadership of the Islamic Resistance.</p>
<h2>Hezbollah announces the martyrdom of commander Haitham al-Tabatabai</h2>
<p>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 <a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/israeli-airstrike-hits-residential-building-in-beirut-southe">Harat Hreik in the southern suburbs of Beirut</a>.</p>
<p>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, <a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/israeli-aggression-on-beirut-suburb-kills-5--wounds-28">five were martyred and 28 were wounded in the attack.</a></p>
<p>In an official statement, the resistance mourned the loss of a great
military commander, praising al-Tabatabai\u2019s lifelong dedication to the
Resistance in Lebanon and his role in confronting the Israeli
occupation.</p>
<p>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."</p>
<p>He was recognized as one of the founding leaders of Hezbollah\u2019s
military structure and played a pivotal role in its early formation and
subsequent growth.</p>
<p>"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."</p>
<p>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.</p></div></div></div>
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