13 Facts About Fuad Shukr

Fuad Shukr was a Lebanese militant leader who was a senior member of Hezbollah.

Fuad Shukr was, according to Israeli intelligence, a key figure in the transfer of Iranian guidance systems for Hezbollah's long-range missiles.

Fuad Shukr was believed to have played a role in the 1983 Beirut barracks bombings, that killed 241 US and 58 French military personnel, six civilians and two attackers.

On 30 July 2024, Fuad Shukr was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut for his alleged responsibility for the Majdal Shams attack three days earlier, which killed 12 children.

Fuad Shukr was born on 15 April 1961, at the village of Al-Nabi Shayth, in eastern Lebanon, which was the birthplace of Hezbollah co-founder Abbas al-Musawi.

Fuad Shukr received his military education at Imam Hossein University in Tehran.

Fuad Shukr was part of the group's founding generation and its most senior military commander, serving as an advisor on military operations to Hezbollah's leader Hassan Nasrallah.

Fuad Shukr participated in the planning and execution of the 1983 Beirut barracks bombings, which resulted in the deaths of 307 people, including 241 US military personnel and 58 French soldiers.

Fuad Shukr was responsible for procuring the group's more advanced weapons arsenal, including precision-guided missiles, cruise missiles, antiship missiles, long-range rockets, and UAVs According to US intelligence, Shukr was sent to Tehran in 1994 to handle a shipment of Stinger missiles from Iran.

Fuad Shukr's prominence grew after Mughniyeh was assassinated in Damascus in 2008.

Fuad Shukr was added to the RFJ program alongside Hezbollah's head of foreign operations Talal Hamiyah as part of the first rewards for Hezbollah figures in a decade.

On 30 July 2024, Fuad Shukr was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut for his alleged responsibility for the Majdal Shams attack on 27 July that killed 12 Druze children.

Fuad Shukr had his office on the second floor, and lived on the seventh floor of the same building.