A “precision strike” in Beirut has reportedly taken out Ibrahim Aqil and several other others
Ibrahim Aqil, the pinnacle of Hezbollah’s elite Radwan unit, has been killed in a focused strike in Beirut, Lebanon, the Israel Protection Forces (IDF) introduced on Friday.
The US blamed Aqil for the April 1983 bombing of the American Embassy in Beirut that killed 63 folks, and supplied a $7 million bounty on his head in 2019.
“Air Drive fighter jets focused the Beirut space and killed Ibrahim Aqil, the pinnacle of the Hezbollah terrorist group’s operations staff, the appearing commander of the unit Radwan and the commander of the ‘Galile Conquest Plan,’” the IDF stated in a press release.
A number of of Radwan’s high officers had been additionally “eradicated” alongside Aqil, the IDF stated. The Israeli army stated Aqil and his unit had been plotting a raid on Galilee alongside the identical strains as Hezbollah’s October 7 assault from Gaza.
A minimum of three folks had been killed and 17 wounded within the bombing, two Israeli safety sources advised Axios on Friday. Saudi TV outlet Al-Arabiya reported that Aqil was killed within the Israeli strike. Hezbollah has not confirmed his loss of life.
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