Israeli envoy in US says Israel killed senior Hezbollah chief responsible for deadly 2007 attack on US troops

Israel’s Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter says Ali Mussa Daqduq, a senior Hezbollah commander, is dead. He was previously reported to have been killed in November 2024 in an Israeli airstrike in Syria.

Leiter’s post comes as notices of Daqduq’s death circulate on Hezbollah-linked social media, including the large pro-Iran Iraqi Telegram channel Sabereen News, suggesting that 2024 reports of Daqduq’s death were greatly exaggerated.

However, it remains unconfirmed and unclear, even with Leiter’s post, when or where the Israeli strike occurred.

He is described by Sabereen as a “brother of the Islamic Resistance in Iraq” who fought against the US military and Islamic State.

“Today, after a long period in the various realms of Jihad, he ascends to his lord while engaged in battle… in south Lebanon,” the notice says.

As the death notices circulate, Leiter says, without elaborating, that Daqduq “was eliminated by the IDF as he led the fighting for Hezbollah in south Lebanon.”

Leiter notes that Daqduq was responsible for a 2007 attack that killed five US troops. He says Daqduq also “managed the ‘Golan Portfolio’ — Hezbollah’s plan to invade and take over northern Israel.”

This is Ali Moussa Dakdouk, a senior Hezbollah commander.

– He is personally responsible for a terror attack in 2007 targeting U.S. troops.

– He was imprisoned by the U.S. and had a bounty of $5M on his head.

– He also managed the “Golan Portfolio” – Hezbollah’s plan to… pic.twitter.com/FR63USyHjz

— Ambassador Yechiel (Michael) Leiter (@yechielleiter) June 14, 2026