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Israel says killed top Hezbollah commander Ibrahim Aqil in Beirut strike

The Israeli military announced that the commander of Hezbollah's elite Radwan unit, Ibrahim Aqil, and other senior figures of the Lebanese armed group had been killed in an air strike in Beirut on Friday.

Reuters MIDDLE EAST
Published September 20,2024
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The Israeli military confirmed on Friday that it had killed top Hezbollah commander Ibrahim Aqil and other senior commanders of the movement's Radwan special forces unit, in a strike in southern Beirut.

"Following precise intelligence, the Israeli Air Force fighter jets carried out a targeted strike in the Beirut area, eliminating Ibrahim Aqil, commander of the Radwan unit" along with other "senior figures in the operations network and command chain" of Radwan, the military said in a statement.