Atwi Mohammed Atwi, the official of the Islamic Group in Hasbaya and Marjayoun, southern Lebanon, was abducted from his home in the village of Al-Hebbariyeh in the early morning hours of Monday, February 9, 2026. Around 4:00 am, Zionist forces invaded Al-Hebbariyeh -- of which Atwi Atwi formerly served as mayor -- which sits at least 4 kilometers from the border with occupied Palestine. According to reports, the invading "Israeli" force reached the house on foot through olive groves and stormed it while Atwi and his wife were inside.
Five Zionist soldiers entered the house, one of them masked, and assaulted both of them. The wife was then taken to the kitchen, handcuffed and blindfolded. The force later withdrew through the olive grove, leaving behind a large stretcher. Witnesses from the town reported that three military jeeps were seen leaving the center of the town toward Jabal al-Saddaneh via a paved road running through wooded areas.
Atwi Atwi is a prominent community leader, and a leader of the Islamic Group, which the United States designated as a so-called "foreign terrorist organization" on January 13, 2026, seemingly providing the Zionists with a "green light" for just such an attack and invasion and underlining the ongoing U.S. role and complicity in the attacks on Lebanon, including repeated assassinations, bombings, drone strikes and abductions.
Indeed, the Zionist military and security agencies have since boasted of their "accomplishment" of abducting a political figure from his village in the middle of the night while the resistance has continued to uphold its commitment to the ceasefire of November 2024. There are now more Lebanese prisoners abducted after the ceasefire than prior to it, with at least 21 Lebanese imprisoned in Zionist jails since 2024, with three additional historic figures who have been the subject of enforced disappearance by the Zionist regime for decades.
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