Aql Hashem
| Akel Hashem | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born |
1952 Debel, Lebanon |
| Died |
January 30, 2000 Debel, Lebanon |
| Nationality | Lebanon, Free Lebanon State |
| Spouse(s) | Lea Kassab |
| Children |
Rita Hashem Odine Hashem Elias Hashem Georges Hashem Chantal Hashem |
| Occupation | South Lebanese Army Colonel |
| Religion | Maronite |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |
 Army of Free Lebanon/Free Lebanon State/South Lebanon Army |
| Years of service | 1976 - 2000 |
| Rank | Colonel |
| Battles/wars |
Lebanese Civil War South Lebanon conflict (1985–2000) |
Aql Hashem, also spelled Akel Hashem, was a colonel in the South Lebanon Army who served under Saad Haddad and later Antoine Lahad, he was born in Debel, Lebanon and spoke Hebrew and Arabic fluently.[1]
Akel Hashem was responsible for the day-to-day operations of the SLA[2] and had avoided many assassination attempts by Hezbollah militants, but was eventually killed by a bomb outside his farm in Debel. Ephraim Sneh blamed Syria for the assassination [3]
Akel's family fled to Israel, but his wife and two of his children returned to Lebanon in 2013.[4]
References
- ↑ https://www.meforum.org/meib/articles/0002_l1.htm
- ↑ http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Terrorism/hizbollah.html
- ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2000/01/31/world/israel-allied-militia-officer-inlebanon-killed-by-bomb.html
- ↑ http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Local-News/2013/Feb-26/207917-family-of-sla-officer-aql-hashem-returns.ashx
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