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We've been reporting on an Israeli attack on a car near the town of Baaouerta in the Chouf district of Mount Lebanon that killed a key commander of Al-Jamaa al-Islamiya. The Lebanese armed group earlier identified the fighter as Hussein Atawi. Israel has now claimed responsibility for the assassination. In a statement, the Israeli military said Atawi was a 'key figure in the Al-Jama'a al-Islamiya with ties to Hamas' and said he was involved in planning attacks from Lebanon against Israel. Al-Jamaa al-Islamiya said Atawi was a leading commander in the armed branch of the group, known as the Fajr Forces, and was killed as he was driving from his home to his office in Beirut. The Fajr Forces were part of the Hezbollah-led contingent that fired rockets across Lebanon's southern border at Israel throughout the war, which ended last year in a ceasefire deal.