The Israeli military captured a senior Islamic terrorist in an overnight raid in southern Lebanon. Arab media reports identified the nabbed terrorist as Atwi Atwi, a top operative of al-Jama’a al-Islamiyya terror organization.
“The Israel Defense Forces said Monday that troops arrested a senior terrorist from the Sunni Jamaa Islamiya organization during an overnight raid in southern Lebanon,” Israel’s Ynetnews reported Monday.
⭕️ APPREHENDED: A senior terrorist from the Jamaa Islamiya terrorist organization was apprehended overnight by IDF troops during a targeted intelligence-based operation in the Har Dov area.
The terrorist was transferred for further questioning in Israel. Weapons were also…
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) February 9, 2026
Al-Jama’a al-Islamiyya is a Muslim Brotherhood-linked jihadist group that wages war on Israel alongside the Iran-backed Hezbollah terror militia. The terrorist group has a significant support base in Lebanon. According to Alma, “Al-Jamaah al-Islamiyah represents a sizable portion of Lebanese Sunnis and is the second-largest Sunni movement.”
On February 8, Attoui Mohammad Attoui was detained by Israel in the Sunni village of Habbariyeh. Attoui served as the head of the Hasbaiyya and Marjaayoun area within the al-Jamaa al-Islamiya organization.
Al-Jamaa al-Islamiya is the Lebanese Muslim Brotherhood organization,… pic.twitter.com/pekmaOSSzE— Israel-Alma (@Israel_Alma_org) February 9, 2026