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Ahmad Jafar Qasir | |
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أحمد جعفر قصير | |
| Born | 1963 Deir Qanoun an-Naher, Lebanon |
| Died | 11 November 1982 (aged 18–19) Tyre, Lebanon |
Cause of death | Suicide attack |
| Known for | Carrying out the first of the dual 1982–1983 Tyre headquarters bombings |
| Movement |  Hezbollah |
Ahmad Jafar Qasir (Arabic: أحمد جعفر قصير, romanized: ʾAḥmad Jaʿfar Qaṣīr; 1963 – 11 November 1982) was a Lebanese militant who carried out the first of the dual 1982–1983 Tyre headquarters bombings against the Israel Defense Forces during the 1982 Lebanon War. On 11 November 1982, Qasir drove an explosive-filled Peugeot 504 into an Israeli military installation in Tyre before detonating it.[1][2][3][4][5] In the aftermath of the suicide attack, 75 Israeli personnel were killed and another 27 were wounded, while 14 to 27 Arab (Lebanese and Palestinian) prisoners were killed and another 28 were wounded. Hezbollah claimed responsibility for Qasir's actions and has commemorated the day of his death as "Martyrs' Day" in Lebanon, while Iran formerly renamed a street in Tehran in his honour.
Early life
Qasir was born in 1963 in Deir Qanoun an-Naher, Tyre District, to a family of Lebanese Shia Muslims.[6]
Militant career
At some point in his teenage years, Qasir joined Hezbollah and would go on to conduct his first and only attack during the 1982 Lebanon War. The bombing by Qasir in Tyre was the first major suicide attack in Hezbollah's history, resulting in 102 Israeli casualties and up to 55 Arab casualties.[2][7][8] A year later, the same site was subject to another vehicular suicide bombing by Hezbollah, killing 28 Israeli personnel and 32 Lebanese prisoners, while wounding 40 others.
Legacy
Hezbollah's erstwhile leader Hassan Nasrallah designated Qasir as "ʾAmīr al-Esteshhādiyyūn" (أمير الاستشهاديون, lit. 'Leader of the Martyrs') and directed the organization to observe 11 November as "Martyrs' Day" in Lebanon.[7][9]
In Iran, Qasir was commemorated when Bucharest Street near Tehran's Arjantin Square was renamed after him,[10] although it has since been removed for unknown reasons.[11]
Two years after Qasir's death, his brother Hassan also carried out a suicide bombing that killed a number of Israeli soldiers during the South Lebanon conflict.[12][13]
See also
- Hezbollah–Israel conflict (since 1982)
References
- ↑ "چرا روز شهادت «احمد قصیر» در لبنان روز شهید نامگذاری شده است؟" [Why is the day of martyrdom of "Ahmad Qasir" in Lebanon named Martyr's Day?] (in Persian). Retrieved 13 October 2024.
- 1 2 "مدل «احمد قصیر» برای بیرون کردن آمریکا از منطقه / حزبالله چگونه اسرائیل را از لبنان اخراج کرد؟" ["Ahmed Qusayr" model for expelling America from the region / How did Hezbollah expel Israel from Lebanon?] (in Persian). Retrieved 13 October 2024.
- ↑ "بزرگداشت روز شهید در صور لبنان" [Martyr's Day commemoration in Tyre Lebanon] (in Persian). Retrieved 13 October 2024.
- ↑ "احمد قصیر بزرگترین عملیات استشهادی با اسرائیل را انجام داد" [Ahmed Qasir carried out the biggest martyrdom operation with Israel] (in Persian). Retrieved 13 October 2024.
- ↑ "شهید فاتح" [The Victor Martyr] (in Persian). Retrieved 13 October 2024.
- ↑ احمد قصیر؛ شهیدی که «شارون» را بهت زده کرد [Ahmad Qasir; A martyr who surprised "Sharon".] (in Persian). Archived from the original on 2024-11-09. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
- 1 2 "احمد قصیر آغازگر عملیات شهادت طلبانه در لبنان" [Ahmed Qasir, the initiator of the martyrdom operation in Lebanon] (in Persian). Retrieved 13 October 2024.
- ↑ "سید حسن نصرالله:عملیات شهادتطلبانه احمد قصیر آغاز پیروزیهای مقاومت بود" [Seyyed Hassan Nasrollah: The martyrdom operation of Ahmad Qasir was the beginning of the victories of the resistance] (in Persian). Retrieved 13 October 2024.
- ↑ "دبيرکل حزب الله: احمد قصير امير شهدای مقاومت است" [Secretary General of Hezbollah: Ahmed Qasir is the leader of resistance martyrs] (in Persian). Retrieved 13 October 2024.
- ↑ "خیابان احمد قصیر تهران" [Ahmad Qasir Street of Tehran] (in Persian). Archived from the original on 10 October 2018. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
- ↑ "نام خيابان بخارست احياء شد" [The name of Bucharest street was revived] (in Persian). Retrieved 13 October 2024.
- ↑ "حماسه برادران قصیر و شعار امسال «روز شهید» در لبنان" [The saga of the Qasir brothers and this year's slogan "Martyr's Day" in Lebanon] (in Persian). Retrieved 13 October 2024.
- ↑ "شهيد «احمد قصير» كيست" [Who is the martyr "Ahmad Qasir"?] (in Persian). Retrieved 13 October 2024.
External links
- 1963 births
- 1982 deaths
- Hezbollah members
- Suicide bombers
- Suicide bombings in 1982
- 1982 crimes in Lebanon
- Suicide bombings in Lebanon
- Attacks on military installations in 1982
- Attacks on military installations in Lebanon
- History of Tyre, Lebanon
- People of the Lebanese Civil War
- 20th-century murderers
- Male murderers