Hezbollah confirms top military commander Ibrahim Aqil killed in Israel strike
Lebanon's Hezbollah group said top commander Ibrahim Aqil had been killed by Israeli fire hours after Israel had claimed killing him in a strike on Beirut. Hezbollah said Aqil, "one of its great leaders", had been killed "on the road to Jerusalem", the phrase it uses to refer to fighters killed by Israel.
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- Reuters
- Published Date: 12:53 | 21 September 2024
- Modified Date: 12:53 | 21 September 2024
Lebanon's Iran-aligned Hezbollah group confirmed in the early hours of Saturday that its top military commander Ibrahim Aqil was killed, calling him "one of its top leaders", without providing further details on his killing.
The Israeli military and a security source in Lebanon said Ibrahim Aqil was killed in an Israeli strike on Beirut earlier on Friday.
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