Ghaleb Awwali

{{Short description|Lebanese official}}

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Ghaleb Awwali was a senior Amal Movement and later Lebanese Islamic Jihad official who was assassinated in a car bombing in Beirut, Lebanon in a Hezbollah controlled area, on 19 July 2004. Hezbollah blamed Israel and the Jund Ash Sham organization but offered no evidence, while others blamed Hezbollah itself, as Awwali had been active independently, and had been involved with Sunni Palestinian militant organizations. Awwali has been called a martyr of Lebanon and a martyr of Palestine. Hassan Nasrallah, the chief of Hezbollah, vowed to "cut the hand" of Israel, which he said was behind the killing of Awwali.{{Cite web |url=http://www.intelligence.org.il/eng/sib/8_04/hezb.htm |title=Hezbollah – Terrorism Information |access-date=18 July 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207005153/http://www.intelligence.org.il/eng/sib/8_04/hezb.htm |archive-date=7 February 2012 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|title= Hezbollah vows revenge after militant's killing|url= https://www.abc.net.au/news/2004-07-19/hezbollah-vows-revenge-after-militants-killing/2011958|website=ABC News|date=19 July 2004|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20250527043133/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2004-07-19/hezbollah-vows-revenge-after-militants-killing/2011958|archive-date=27 May 2025|access-date=27 May 2025}} Consequently, violent clashes erupted the next day on 20 July in response to Awwali's assassination between the Israel Defense Forces and Hezbollah, killing two Israeli soldiers and one Hezbollah militant.{{cite web|title= Israeli jets violate Lebanese airspace|url= https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2004/7/22/israeli-jets-violate-lebanese-airspace|website=Al Jazeera|date=22 July 2004|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20250527044051/https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2004/7/22/israeli-jets-violate-lebanese-airspace|archive-date=27 May 2025|access-date=27 May 2025}}