Israel’s attacks on Lebanon: Lebanese group Hezbollah has confirmed its senior commander, Ibrahim Aqil was killed in an Israeli attack on the southern suburbs of Beirut.
It seems Israel is winning the battles but no sign of victory of this year long, terror war
Hezbollah commander killed in Israeli airstrike was top military official on US wanted list
BEIRUT, Lebanon, Sept. 20 (UPI) -- Israeli jets carried out a strike Friday targeting a senior Hezbollah military commander in Beirut's southern suburbs, the main stronghold of the Iran-backed group, killing and wounding several people and causing considerable damage, according to witnesses and media reports.
The targeted Hezbollah commander was identified as Ibrahim Aqil, who reportedly was killed in the strike. Hezbollah has not confirmed the assassination of Aqil, who heads the Radwan unit made up of the party's elite fighters.
On April 18, 2023, the U.S. State Department announced a $7 million reward for any information leading to the identification and arrest of Aqil, known as Tahsin and serving on Hezbollah's highest military body, the Jihad Council.
He was a principal member of the Islamic Jihad Organization that claimed the April 1983 bombings of the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, which killed 63 people, and the October 1983 U.S. Marine barracks, which killed 241 U.S. personnel.
He also was involved during the 1980s in the kidnapping and holding of U.S. and German hostages in Lebanon.
The Lebanese Health Ministry said eight people were killed and 59 others injured in the air strike, which led to the collapse of two residential buildings. Eight of the wounded were listed in critical condition.
