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full screen One of the leaders of Hezbollah’s military branch, Ibrahim Aqil, was killed in Israel’s attack on an area in the Lebanese capital Beirut on Friday. The picture has been sent out by the Hezbollah militia. Photo: Hezbollah’s Media Department Via AP/TT
The Iran-backed Shia militia Hezbollah confirms Israeli reports that a high-ranking commander, Ibrahim Aqil, was killed in Israel’s attack on an area in the Lebanese capital Beirut.
Aqil was part of the leadership of Hezbollah’s military branch, the Jihad Council.
He was wanted and sanctioned by the United States for connection, among other things, to the 1983 bombings of the US embassy and a US Marine Corps facility in Beirut, killing 300 people.