Fuad Shukr (1961-2024) was a Lebanese militant leader and senior Hezbollah commander, part of the organization's founding generation in the early 1980s. Born on April 15, 1961, in Beirut, he rose to become one of Hezbollah's longest-serving commanders and a trusted advisor to secretary-general Hassan Nasrallah. Over four decades, he played a central role in Hezbollah's armed resistance against Israel, overseeing operations in southern Lebanon and contributing to military strategy along the border. As a senior commander of Hezbollah's Radwan Force, he was responsible for rocket attacks and cross-border incursions into Israel, particularly during escalations in 2006 and 2023-2024. Designated a terrorist by the United States in 2001, he was accused of involvement in high-profile attacks including the 1983 Beirut bombings and the 2012 Burgas bus bombing. On July 30, 2024, he was killed in an Israeli airstrike on an apartment building in Beirut's southern suburbs, in retaliation for a rocket attack in the Golan Heights that killed 12 children.