Israel Says It Has Killed Top Hezbollah Commander in Beirut Strike

An IDF airstrike killed Ibrahim Aqil while he met with other senior commanders in an underground bunker outside Beirut.
Israel Says It Has Killed Top Hezbollah Commander in Beirut Strike
People check the damage at the scene of an Israeli strike in Beirut's southern suburbs on Sept. 20, 2024. Anwar Amro/AFP via Getty Images
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In yet another devastating strike on Hezbollah, Israeli officials said an Israeli airstrike on Sept. 20 killed its operations commander and a dozen other top leaders as they met in a bunker beneath a residential building outside Beirut, Lebanon.

Hezbollah had responded overnight, as it promised it would, to this week’s deadly exploding pager and radio attacks, launching nearly 150 rockets at Israel.