It was carried out by Ahmad Jafar Qasir, a Lebanese Shia Muslim who drove an explosive-laden Peugeot 504 towards the IDF command centre in the city.

[10][14][excessive citations] At 7:00 a.m. on 11 November 1982, an 18- or 19-year-old Lebanese Shia Muslim named Ahmad Jafar Qasir drove a Peugeot 504, which had been outfitted as a car bomb, towards the Israeli military command centre at high speeds and then detonated upon crashing into the first floor of the inspection building.

"عملیات "احمد قصیر" روند مقاومت علیه صهیونیست‌ها را دگرگون کرد / حزب‌الله با چالش‌های گسترده‌ای مواجه است" [Operation "Ahmed Qasir" changed the process of resistance against the Zionists / Hezbollah is facing extensive challenges] (in Persian).

"شاهکارِ تاریخ تشیع روی صفحه اول روزنامه اسرائیلی" [The masterpiece of Shiite history on the front page of the Israeli newspaper] (in Persian).

"سید حسن نصرالله: عملیات شهادت‌طلبانه احمد قصیر آغاز پیروزی‌های مقاومت بود" [Seyyed Hassan Nasrollah: The martyrdom operation of Ahmad Qasir was the beginning of the victories of the resistance] (in Persian).