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Ahmad Qasir
Ahmad Jafar Qasir (born 1963, died November 11, 1982) was a 19-year-old Lebanese youth and a member of the Lebanese Hezbollah, who on November 11, 1982, carried out a suicide attack on one of the military buildings of the Israeli army in the city of Tyre, Lebanon with his car that was full of explosives. 71 Israeli officers and soldiers and Shin Bet operatives along with 14 to 27 Palestinian and Lebanese prisoners who were kept in the building were killed in this attack. Also, 27 Israelis and 28 Arabs were injured during the attack.[1][2][3][4][5] BirthAhmad Qasir was born in 1963 in Lebanon (Deir Qanoun En Nahr, one of the suburbs of Tyre).[6] Political and military activitiesHe was attracted to Lebanon's Hezbollah and attacked one of the Israeli army buildings in a suicide operation with a white Peugeot 504 car filled with explosives. This operation was carried out following Israel's attack on southern Lebanon during the 1982 Lebanon war and on November 11, 1982. In this suicide operation, 71 Israeli officers and soldiers and Shin Bet agents were killed along with 14 to 27 Palestinian and Lebanese prisoners who were kept in the building. Also, 27 Israelis and 28 Arabs were injured during the attack.[2] Ahmad Qasir's suicide attack is the first suicide operation carried out by Hezbollah of Lebanon.[7][8] The day of this operation was named Martyr's Day by Hassan Nasrallah, the former Secretary General of Hezbollah of Lebanon, and he gave the title of "Amir al-Esteshhadiyun" (lit. 'The leader of those who want to be martyred') to Ahmad Qasir.[7][9] Two years later, his brother (Hassan Qasir) also killed a number of Israeli military personnel during a suicide operation.[10][11] In Iran, Bucharest street in Tehran near Arjantin Square has been renamed to "Ahmad Qasir" after his martyrdom.[12] Of course, after some time, this name was removed from that street for some reasons.[13] See also
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