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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 533

Rafik Hariri

Cars drive past a giant billboard bearing a portrait of Lebanon's slain fromer premier Rafik Hariri (L) and his son Saad Hariri, also a former prime minister, in central Beirut on February 13, 2025, on the eve of the 20th anniversary of Rafic Hariri's assassination. (Joseph Eid / AFP)
February 14, 2025, 9:04 am
Ex-PM Saad Hariri returns to changed Lebanon, marking 20 years since father killed
Saad, son of towering politician Rafik Hariri, killed by Hezbollah in 2005, returns to Lebanon from UAE for annual commemoration, with Iranian-backed terror group historically weak
By AFP and ToI Staff
Salim Jamil Ayyash, who was sentenced for his role in a 2005 suicide bombing in Beirut that killed former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri. (US Rewards for Justice)
November 10, 2024, 8:55 pm
Israeli strike said to kill top Hezbollah assassin wanted for killing Lebanese PM
Salim Jamil Ayyash was sentenced in absentia by UN-backed tribunal to life in prison for role in 2005 suicide bombing that killed Rafiq Hariri
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
A crater formed after a car bomb targeting the motorcade of Lebanon's most prominent politician, former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri, is seen in Beirut, Lebanon, Feb. 14, 2005. (AP Photo)
June 16, 2022, 5:07 pm
UN-backed court sentences 2 Hezbollah men to life for 2005 killing of ex-Lebanese PM
Operatives convicted in absentia of assassinating Rafik Hariri are unlikely to serve time as terror group refuses to hand them over; third man sentenced earlier also still at large
By Julie CAPELLE
Rescue workers and soldiers stand around a massive crater after a bomb attack that tore through the motorcade of former prime minister Rafik Hariri, in Beirut, Lebanon, February 14, 2005. (AP Photo)
June 16, 2022, 7:57 am
2 Hezbollah men to be sentenced in absentia for 2005 killing of Lebanese PM Hariri
Terror group has refused to hand them over; UN-backed tribunal found earlier ruling ‘erred’ with claim of lack of evidence of Syria, Hezbollah involvement
By AFP
Then Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Rafik Hariri leaves the Parliament building in Beirut, Lebanon April 17, 2003. (AP Photo)
March 10, 2022, 6:11 pm
UN-backed tribunal convicts two in 2005 assassination of Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri
Judges at Netherlands-based court say panel ‘erred’ in acquitting two men, together with a third, over lack of evidence in 2020; all are suspected Hezbollah operatives
By AFP
Salim Ayyash (Courtesy)
April 6, 2021, 9:33 pm
International court: Hezbollah fugitive can’t appeal Hariri murder on the run
Salim Ayyash was found guilty in absentia and sentenced to life imprisonment for killing of former Lebanese prime minister in 2005 bombing in Beirut
By Agencies
A car passes under a Lebanese flag with a picture of slain former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in Beirut, Lebanon, August 18, 2020. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
March 29, 2021, 9:26 pm
US offers $10 million reward for info on Hezbollah operative
UN-backed tribunal convicted Salim Jamil Ayyash in 2020 for his part in the assassination of former Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri
By Agencies
Salim Ayyash (Courtesy)
December 11, 2020, 1:22 pm
UN court gives Hezbollah killer of Lebanon’s Hariri life in prison, in absentia
Fugitive Salim Ayyash found guilty of murder and terrorism over 2005 suicide bombing that killed Sunni billionaire politician and injured 226 others; he remains on the run
By Danny Kemp
A Lebanese man walks by a giant poster of slain former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, that was put up near his grave, in preparation to mark the 10th anniversary of his assassination, in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
December 11, 2020, 5:07 am
UN court to sentence Hezbollah member convicted of killing Lebanon’s ex-PM
Prosecutors have said a life term is the ‘only just and proportionate sentence’ for Salim Ayyash, who the Lebanese terror group refuses to hand over
By Danny Kemp
A Lebanese man walks by a giant poster of slain former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, that was put up near his grave, in preparation to mark the 10th anniversary of his assassination, in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
August 27, 2020, 12:40 pm
Hezbollah operative’s family slams UN court’s Hariri ruling as an ‘injustice’
Relatives of Salim Ayyash, who was found guilty of involvement in Rafik Hariri’s assassination, claims he was on hajj in Saudi Arabia when Lebanon’s ex-PM was killed in 2005 blast
By AP
Rescue workers and soldiers stand around a massive crater after a bomb attack that tore through the motorcade of former prime minister Rafik Hariri, in Beirut, Lebanon, February 14, 2005. (AP Photo)
August 19, 2020, 12:39 am
Israel urges action against Hezbollah after tribunal ruling on Hariri hit
Saudi Arabia also calls for terror group to be punished after Special Tribunal for Lebanon finds Asalim Ayyash guilty in 2005 suicide bombing that killed ex-Lebanon PM
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Former Lebanese prime minister Saad Hariri speaks to the press as he leaves the UN-backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon at Leidschendam on August 18, 2020. (KENZO TRIBOUILLARD / AFP)
August 18, 2020, 8:43 pm
Lebanon’s Hariri accepts tribunal’s verdict on murder of ex-PM father
Former PM says guilty verdict for one Hezbollah member in assassination demonstrated court’s objectivity and ‘high credibility’
By Agencies
A Lebanese man walks by a giant poster of slain former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, that was put up near his grave, in preparation to mark the 10th anniversary of his assassination, in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
August 18, 2020, 6:02 pm
UN tribunal convicts 1 Hezbollah member, clears 3 in killing of ex-Lebanon PM
Special Tribunal for Lebanon finds Asalim Ayyash guilty in 2005 suicide bombing that killed Rafik Hariri, but says no evidence terror group’s leadership involved
By Agencies
The Prime Minister of Lebanon Rafik Hariri, left, is greeted by Bertie Ahern, the Irish Prime Minister for talks at Government Buildings, Dublin, April 26, 2004. (AP photo/John Cogill)
August 18, 2020, 3:06 pm
UN-backed court: No proof Hezbollah leaders, Syria tied to Hariri assassination
Special Tribunal for Lebanon says evidence against terror group members accused of involvement in killing ex-PM is ‘almost entirely circumstantial’; verdict to come
By Agencies
Rescue workers and soldiers stand around a massive crater after a bomb attack that tore through the motorcade of former prime minister Rafik Hariri, in Beirut, Lebanon, February 14, 2005. (AP Photo)
August 18, 2020, 9:58 am
UN-backed tribunal to deliver verdict in 2005 murder of former Lebanese premier
Hezbollah refusing to hand over 4 defendants, tried in absentia, for bombing that killed Rafik Hariri, 21 others; ‘circumstantial’ evidence largely based on mobile phone records
By Sara MAGNIETTE and Jean-Marc Mojon
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