Israel hits Hezballah leadership meeting

 Jerusalem Post:

The IDF conducted a targeted strike on Radwan Force commander and head of Hezbollah Operations Ibrahim Aqil in Beirut, Lebanon, on Friday, killing the high-ranking terrorist.

Hezbollah later confirmed that an Israeli strike killed Aqil.

Including Aqil, some sixteen senior Hezbollah commanders were eliminated in the strike, the terror group confirmed the following day. Security sources told Reuters that other members of Hezbollah's Radwan Force were killed when the Israeli strike hit a meeting they were attending.

Hezbollah-run publication Al-Manar claimed that more than one strike targeted southern Beirut. Lebanese media placed the strike site in the Al-Qaim neighborhood of Beirut.

The Lebanese Health Ministry claimed that 12 had been killed in the strike and that another 66 were wounded, nine of whom were in critical condition.
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The strike follows massive Hezbollah rocket attacks on northern Israel overnight between Thursday and Friday, during which some 50 homes in the Israeli border community of Metulla were reportedly damaged. Additionally, rocket falls and shrapnel sparked fires across several locations in the North.
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Hezballah's attacks on Israel were foolish.  The group's leadership let their religious bigotry against Jews in the Holy Land overcome common sense. Israel had previously attacked the terrorist leadership by triggering explosives in their electronic devices like beepers.  That attack killed or injured about 3,000 of the terrorists.  The US had previously warned Hezballah that it would restrain Israel if the attacks against it continued.

The US had its own reasons for dealing with Aqil who was responsible for the attack on the Marine Barracks in Lebanon several years ago killing around 200 Marines.  Good riddance to an Islamic religious bigot.

See also:

What's going to explode next? The fridge? My phone? The scenes here in Lebanon are from a horror film - fleshless faces, eyes hanging out. With dozens dead and thousands hurt, none of us feel safe, writes HASSAN HARFOUSH

And:

 Israel kills Ibrahim Aqil, Hezbollah leader who US said was behind 1983 Marine barracks bombing that killed 241 Americans

And:

 Report: Hezbollah Had an 'October 7-Like' Attack in the Works Before It Was Blown to Smithereens

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