19 August 1988
✸The Haitham Dabbouq martyrdom operation
AttackerHezbollah➜TargetIsrael / IDFSLA (Haddad / Lahad)
On 19 August 1988 Haitham Dabbouq blew up his car at an Israeli convoy of some fifty soldiers on the Tal al-Nahas road; the enemy admitted eight dead and nine wounded. One of Hezbollah's largest martyrdom operations.