The Israeli army carried out a ‘targeted attack’ in Lebanon’s capital Beirut on Friday, in which Hezbollah’s top commander Ibrahim Aqeel was killed. Apart from this, 7 others died and 59 people were injured. This is the third major airstrike in the southern suburbs of Beirut since the start of the Israel-Hamas war on 7 October. It is certain that this week the violence dramatically shifted from Gaza to Lebanon. In fact, Hezbollah faced an unprecedented attack on Tuesday and Wednesday. Thousands of communication equipment used by the militants of the terrorist group began to explode, killing 37 people and injuring thousands. Let us know who was Hezbollah’s top commander Ibrahim Aqeel who was killed by the Israeli army…
Ibrahim Aqeel was the chief of Hezbollah’s top military unit, the Radwan Force. He was also the second-in-command in the armed forces after Fuad Shukr. Earlier this year, Hezbollah commander Shukr and his associate Hamas leader Saleh al-Aruri were killed in an attack. Israel was blamed for this attack. However, Hezbollah did not officially confirm his death. But it was later said that it targeted an Israeli intelligence base, which was responsible for many murders.
It also kept troubling America
According to the US State Department, Ibrahim Aqeel worked in Hezbollah’s top military body, the Jihad Council. He became a mastermind of bombings. In the 1980s, he used to be a prominent member of Hezbollah’s Islamic Jihad organization, which claimed responsibility for the bombing of the US embassy in Beirut in April 1983. 63 people were killed in this attack. It also bombed the US Marine Corps barracks in October 1983, killing 241 Americans. Ibrahim Aqeel also instructed to take American and German hostages in Lebanon at that time. In view of this, the US announced a reward of $ 7 million for information about him in April 2023.