Eight people were killed and dozens injured in an Israeli attack on a Hezbollah stronghold in the Lebanese capital Beirut on Friday.
According to the Lebanese Ministry of Health, eight people were killed and 59 injured in the attack.
A source close to the Lebanese military organization Hezbollah said that Ibrahim Aqeel, head of the organization’s elite unit Rizwan Force, was killed in the attack.
According to the Reuters news agency, the Israeli army confirmed that 10 senior commanders, including Ibrahim Aqeel, were killed in the attack in southern Beirut.
According to the French news agency AFP, a source close to Hezbollah said on condition of anonymity that the Israeli airstrike killed commander Ibrahim Aqeel, who was second in command of Hezbollah’s armed forces after Fawad Shukar. .
Fawad Shukar was killed in an Israeli attack on a Hezbollah stronghold in South Beirut in July this year.
According to Lebanon’s Ministry of Health, a total of three people were killed and 17 injured in the attack.
Earlier on Friday, Israel said that Hezbollah fired dozens of rockets at Israel.
Hezbollah said it hit at least six Israeli military bases with rockets after an overnight bombardment in southern Lebanon.
The spokesman of the Israeli army said that ‘140 rockets were fired from inside Lebanon within an hour.’
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The military says its jets overnight targeted Hezbollah infrastructure and “about 100 launchers” ready to fire rockets.
Hezbollah says two of its fighters were killed.
Lebanon’s civil defense department said two residential buildings collapsed in the Israeli attack, according to Reuters. After the attack, the missing persons were searched through the rubble of the destroyed buildings.
The fresh Israeli attack dealt another blow to Hezbollah. to the organization earlier this week Pagers And had faced an unusual attack in the form of walkie-talkie blasts.
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2024-09-21 04:10:38
