Hezbollah official Ibrahim Aqil in an undated photo. (US Department of State)<\/p>\n
On Friday, the IDF has confirmed senior Hezbollah commander Ibrahim Aqil was killed in an airstrike in Lebanon\u2019s capital, Beirut.<\/p>\n
In 2023, the US State Department placed a $7 million bounty on Aqil<\/a> for his role in the 1983 bombing of the US Marine Corps barracks in Beirut, which killed 241 service members.<\/p>\n Aqil was also wanted for the 1984 bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Beruit, which killed 63 people.<\/p>\n IDF Spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari shared:<\/p>\n Hezbollah is an internationally recognized terrorist organization. It is a threat to the people of Israel, the people of Lebanon, the Middle East, and the entire world.<\/p>\n Since October eighth, Hezbollah has fired over 8,000 rockets, missiles, and explosive UAVs at Israeli civilians, forcing over 60,000 Israelis to evacuate from their homes. Just today, Hezbollah\u00a0fired over 200 rockets at Israel. The Israel Defense Forces has a duty to defend the people of Israel and ensure their safe and secure return to their homes in Northern Israel.<\/p>\n Today, in pursuit of that goal, the IDF conducted a targeted strike in Beirut on senior terrorist Ibrahim Aqil, the head of Hezbala\u2019s operations and the commander of Hezbala\u2019s elite Radwan forces.<\/p>\n I can now confirm that Ibrahim Aqil was eliminated together with other senior terrorists in Hezbollah\u2019s Radwan forces.<\/p>\n Ibrahim Aqil had the blood of many innocent people on his hands, Israelis, Americans, French, Albanese, and more.<\/p>\n During the 1980s, Akil was a principal member of Islamic Jihad Organization, Hezbollah\u2019s Terror Cell, that claimed the bombings of the U.S . Embassy in Beirut in April 1983, which killed 63 people, and the U.S. Marine Barracks bombing in October 1983, which killed 241 U.S. personnel.Ibrahim Aqil also directed the kidnapping of Americans and Germans in Lebanon.<\/p>\n Ibrahim Akil and the Radwan commanders who were eliminated today were planning Hezbollah\u2019s \u2018conquer the Galilee\u2019 invasion plan into Israeli communities. These terrorists planned to do in Northern Israel what Hamas did in Southern Israel on October 7. Invade, invade Israeli homes, and kill innocent people.<\/p>\n Watch:<\/p>\n \nIDF Spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari statement about the elimination of Ibrahim Aqil and additional Radwan commanders in southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital Beirut. pic.twitter.com\/VkAmEaJ19H<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 EGYPT FIRST (@EGYPTFIRST79459) September 20, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n \nThe Times of Israel reports:<\/a><\/p>\n Alongside Aqil, the top brass of Hezbollah\u2019s operations array and the leadership of the Radwan Force were killed in the strike, according to the military.<\/p>\n \u201cThey gathered underground, under a residential building, in the heart of the Dahiyeh, while using civilians as a human shield. They met to coordinate terror activities against Israeli civilians,\u201d IDF Spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said in a press conference.<\/p>\n Twelve people were killed and 66 were wounded, according to initial figures from Lebanon\u2019s health ministry. The strike took out a pair of multi-story buildings in the Dahiyeh area of south Beirut.<\/p>\n 40 years ago to the day, Ibrahim Aqil helped direct a Hezbollah suicide bombing that targeted the American embassy in Beirut.<\/p>\n Today, Israel eliminated him with a surgical airstrike in Beirut.<\/p>\n Justice is served.<\/p>\n pic.twitter.com\/pyS4XrS5Kl<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Israel War Room (@IsraelWarRoom) September 20, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n\n News of Aqil\u2019s death comes after explosions rocked the country in recent days as\u00a0home solar energy systems,<\/a> pagers,<\/a> and walkie-talkies,<\/a> exploded at various Hezbollah-controlled locations across the country.<\/p>\n The post IDF Confirms Death of Top Hezbollah Commander Involved in 1983 Bombing of US Marine Corps Barracks That Killed 241 Service Members<\/a> appeared first on The Gateway Pundit<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hezbollah official Ibrahim Aqil in an undated photo. (US Department of State) On Friday, the IDF has confirmed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n