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]

One of the Hezbollah fighters who participated in his assassination was Khalid Bazzi, who was later killed by an Israeli airstrike during the 2006 Lebanon War.

Hashem's family fled to Israel, but his wife and two of his children returned to Lebanon in 2013.^[4]

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