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Top Hezbollah militant is killed: A Hezbollah leader accused of mounting attacks that left hundreds of Americans and Israelis dead has been killed, Hezbollah confirmed this week. Imad Mughniyeh, 45, was reportedly killed in a car bombing in Syria. Hezbollah accused Israel of committing political assassination, but Israel denied any involvement. Mughniyeh was believed to be Hezbollah’s operations chief, and his death is considered a major blow to the group. He had been in hiding for years and was indicted in the U.S. for the 1985 hijacking of a TWA airliner in which a U.S. Navy diver was killed. He was also suspected of masterminding the 1983 attack on the Marine base in Lebanon that killed 241 Americans. Mughniyeh was on an FBI Most Wanted list with a $25 million bounty on his head—the same bounty the U.S. has set for Osama bin Laden.

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