Jerusalem, Israel on Friday, September 20, carried out an airstrike on Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, killing a senior Hezbollah commander and several senior officials of the armed movement. In addition, he pledged to keep up new military operations until the border with Lebanon was secure. This is in line with a Reuters press release.
Hezbollah also declared that it was responsible for the attack on Israel early on Saturday, claiming that its leader, Ibrahim Aqil, had been slain. However, the group did not specify the cause of the deaths. merely referring to him as a senior leader of Hezbollah. Ibrahim Aqil and senior members of a special Hezbollah unit were killed in an Israeli airstrike on Beirut on Friday, according to Israeli military and security sources in Lebanon. Nine of the 66 injuries were considered serious, and at least 14 people lost their lives, according to the Lebanese Ministry of Health.
The US has long sought Ibrahim Aqil and is offering a $7 million reward for information that leads to his capture in relation to the 1983 bombing of the US embassy in Beirut. The leader of Hezbollah's Radwan Force is Aqil.
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