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Mohammad Ali Younes

Died
April 4, 2020

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Mohammad Ali Younes, Lebanese spy, head of Hezbollah's counter espionage unit, shot.

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Mohammad Ali Younes (died 4 April 2020) was the head of Hezbollah's counter espionage unit, and a member of the Islamic Resistance, the military wing of Hezbollah.

Younes was reportedly a close associate of Qasem Soleimani.

Death

He was shot in between Qaqiyat al-Jisr and Zawtar El Gharbiyeh, near Nabatiyeh in southern Lebanon on 4 April 2020 (after first being stabbed according to Al Arabiya).

The Associated Press reported that he had at least two stab wounds and four bullet wounds.[citation needed]

The Lebanese state run National News Agency reported that a suspect had been arrested.[citation needed]

It appears is reported that the vehicle he was in was ambushed.

Hezbollah's media source and Iran's Fars News described him as a martyr.

Opposition Lebanese media blamed the Mossad for the killing.

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