BEIRUT, Lebanon (CNN) -- A Hezbollah commander suspected in some of the deadliest terrorist attacks of the last 25 years and a reputed role model for Osama bin Laden has been killed in Syria, Hezbollah TV said Wednesday. Hezbollah released this undated photograph of Imad Mughniyeh. Imad Mughniyeh died in an explosion in a residential section of the Syrian capital, Damascus, said Hezbollah's television station, Al-Manar. Hezbollah blamed Israel for the killing, but Israeli officials denied involvement. "Israel rejects the attempt by terrorist elements to ascribe to it any involvement whatsoever in this incident," Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said in a statement.
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State Department, FBI welcome news of militant's death, await confirmation
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Terror experts call Imad Mughniyeh a role model for Osama bin Laden
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Mughniyeh dies in Syrian blast, according to Hezbollah TV
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Mughniyeh suspected in 1983 Lebanon bombings, 1985 plane hijacking
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