Israeli Intelligence Exposes Hezbollah Leader's Secret Marriages Before Targeted Strike

Mossad's decades-long infiltration of Hezbollah revealed Fuad Shukr's covert relationships and led to his assassination in Beirut.

Fuad Shukr, a senior Hezbollah commander and co-founder, was killed in an Israeli airstrike in July after decades of surveillance by Mossad.
Israeli intelligence uncovered Shukr's four extramarital relationships, which he attempted to legitimize through over-the-phone weddings arranged by Hezbollah's top cleric, Hashem Safieddine.
Shukr's location was compromised after a phone call, likely facilitated by an Israeli infiltration of Hezbollah's communications network, led him to move within his hiding place in Beirut.
Shukr was a key figure in Hezbollah's military operations, including the 1983 Beirut Marine barracks bombing that killed 241 U.S. servicemen, and had been on the U.S. terrorist watchlist for years.
The assassination of Shukr and other Hezbollah leaders highlights the depth of Mossad's penetration into the organization, achieved through decades of intelligence gathering and spy recruitment.