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The Guardian

Hezbollah military leader among at least 12 killed in airstrike on Beirut, Israel says



IDF claims it assassinated Ibrahim Aqil and other commanders in strike on suburbs of Lebanese capitalIsrael carried out an airstrike in the southern suburbs of Beirut on Friday that killed at least 12 people and wounded 66, in what it said was a targeted assassination of a senior Hezbollah leader.The Israeli military said the strike killed Ibrahim Aqil, a figure on the group’s top military council who is wanted by the US for his alleged connection with the 1983 bombing of the US embassy in Beirut. Continue reading…



Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/20/top-hezbollah-leader-airstrike-beirut-israel

Author : William Christou in Beirut and Lorenzo Tondo in Jerusalem

Publish date : 2024-09-20 17:13:37

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