Hezbollah identifies second top commander killed in Israeli airstrike in Lebanon

The Lebanese violent radical Hezbollah announced Saturday that different 1 of its apical commanders was killed successful Friday’s targeted Israeli airstrike connected the country’s superior of Beirut. 

Ahmed Wahbi, who oversaw the subject operations of Hezbollah’s Radwan peculiar forces portion until aboriginal 2024, is among the 16 members of the radical who were eliminated successful the strike, Reuters cited Hezbollah arsenic saying. 

The improvement comes arsenic the Israel Defense Forces said it was carrying retired much airstrikes targeting Hezbollah successful Lebanon connected Saturday. 

Friday’s onslaught besides killed Ibrahim Aqil, another commandant of the Radwan peculiar forces who served connected Hezbollah’s highest subject body, the Jihad Council, according to the U.S. State Department. 

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Rescuers wide rubble connected Saturday arsenic they look for survivors astatine the tract of Friday's Israeli onslaught successful Beirut's confederate suburbs. (AP/Bilal Hussein)

"During the 1980s, Aqil was a main subordinate of Hezbollah’s violent cell the Islamic Jihad Organization, which claimed work for the bombings of the U.S. Embassy successful Beirut successful April 1983, which killed 63 people, and the U.S. Marine Corps barracks successful October 1983, which killed 241 U.S. personnel," the State Department says. 

Hezbollah released a connection describing Aqil arsenic "one of its apical leaders" who was killed successful a "treacherous Israeli assassination," Reuters reports. 

Ibrahim Aqil, different apical Hezbollah commander, was killed successful the airstrike alongside Ahmed Wahbi. (Hezbollah Military Media vía AP)

Israel said Friday pursuing the airstrike successful confederate Beirut that "We tin present corroborate that Ibrahim Aqil was eliminated unneurotic with different elder terrorists successful Hezbollah’s Radwan Forces." 

The wide decease toll from the airstrike is 31, including 7 women and 3 children, Lebanon's wellness curate said connected Saturday. 

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Damaged cars are seen astatine the tract of Friday's Israeli onslaught successful Beirut's confederate suburbs. (AP/Bilal Hussein)

The airstrike reportedly knocked retired an eight-story gathering that had 16 apartments and damaged different 1 adjacent to it. The missiles destroyed the archetypal gathering and chopped done the basement of the 2nd wherever a gathering of Hezbollah officials was being held, according to an Associated Press writer astatine the scene. 

Health Minister Firass Abiad told reporters 68 radical were besides wounded of whom 15 stay successful the hospital, adding that hunt and rescue operations were inactive ongoing, with the fig of casualties apt to rise. 

Emergency workers usage excavators connected Saturday to wide the rubble astatine the tract of Friday's Israeli onslaught successful Beirut's confederate suburbs. (AP/Bilal Hussein)

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The Minister of Public Works and Transport Ali Hamie told reporters astatine the country that 23 radical are inactive missing. 

Fox News’ Yael Kuriel and The Associated Press contributed to this report.