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UPDATE: Israel Takes Out Dozens of Top Hezbollah Terrorists in Precision Strike

Katie Pavlich
Katie Pavlich  |  September 20, 2024 10:45 AM

UPDATE: Israel took out dozens of high ranking terrorists, including members of Iran's IRGC. 

"Ibrahim Aqil, the Head of Hezbollah's Operation Unit and the Commander of Hezbollah's elite Radian Forces, was eliminated in a targeted intelligence-based strike in Beirut earlier today," the Israeli Defense Forces confirmed on X Friday. 

"During the strike, senior operatives in Hezbollah's Operations Staff and commanders from the Radwan Unit were eliminated alongside Aqil. Ibrahim Aqil and the Radwan commanders who were eliminated today were planning Hezbollah’s “Conquer the Galilee” attack plan, in which Hezbollah intended to infiltrate Israeli communities and kidnap and murder innocent civilians in a similar manner to the October 7 Massacre," the IDF statement continues. "The IDF will continue to remove the threat of Hezbollah's capabilities and will continue to operate in all arenas to protect Israeli civilians."


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The Israeli Defense Forces launched a precision strike in Beirut, Lebanon Friday, targeting one of Hezbollah's top leaders. 

The strike was against Ibrahim Aqil, a man Israel and the United States have been tracking for decades. Aqil served as Iranian backed Hezbollah's director of operations and was number three in command of the organization. From the Jerusalem Post:

Ibrahim Aqil, also known as Tahsin, "serves on Hezbollah’s highest military body, the Jihad Council," according to the Rewards for Justice Program, United States Department of State's national security interagency program that offers reward for information leading to the location or an arrest of leaders of terrorist groups.

During the 1980s, Aqil, according to the program, "was a principal member of Islamic Jihad Organization—[Hezbollah's] terrorist cell—that claimed the bombings of the US Embassy in Beirut in April 1983, which killed 63 people."

The US Department of State designated Aqil as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist in 2019 as a result of his involvement in multiple terrorist plots, including the kidnapping of national officials in the 1980s.

The stike comes just days after the Mossad successfully carried out a mass attack against thousands of Hezbollah terrorists, whose pagers and radios caused death and severe injury when detonated. 

Given today is the 40th anniversary of the U.S. Embassy bombing in Beirut, the timing is fitting. 

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