Israel Defense Forces confirm 'targeted strike' on Beirut

The Israel Defense Forces confirmed a targeted rocket onslaught was made Friday connected Beirut, the superior metropolis of Lebanon.

Security officials assertion the airstrike was targeting Ibrahim Aqil, a subordinate of terrorist radical Hezbollah's Jihad Council. 

"Today, Israel eliminated [Aqil] with a surgical airstrike successful Beirut," the Israeli authorities posted connected societal media. "Justice is served."

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Rescuers transportation a assemblage astatine the country of a rocket onslaught successful the confederate suburbs of Beirut, Friday, Sept. 20, 2024.  (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Aqil is wanted by the United States for his alleged relation successful the bombing of a U.S. Marines barracks successful Beirut successful 1983. He is besides believed to beryllium linked to the taking of American hostages successful Lebanon during the 1980s.

Israeli officials released an announcement hours aboriginal stating that the "IAF craft conducted a targeted, intelligence-based onslaught successful the country of Beirut, and eliminated Ibrahim Aqil, the Head of Hezbollah's Operations Unit and the Commander of Hezbollah’s elite Radwan Forces, who was besides successful complaint of Hezbollah’s 'Conquer the Galilee' onslaught plan."

Hezbollah officials person confirmed the rocket struck a Dahiya territory gathering that Aqil is believed to person been in.

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Ambulances get astatine the country of an Israeli rocket onslaught successful the confederate suburbs of Beirut, Friday, Sept. 20, 2024.  (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

The onslaught killed astatine slightest 9 individuals and wounded astir 60 others, according to Lebanese wellness officials. Two flat buildings were flattened by the blast. 

"During the strike, elder operatives successful Hezbollah's Operations Staff and commanders from the Radwan Unit were eliminated alongside Aqil," the announcement continued. "Ibrahim Aqil and the Radwan commanders who were eliminated contiguous were readying Hezbollah’s 'Conquer the Galilee' onslaught plan, successful which Hezbollah intended to infiltrate Israeli communities and execution guiltless civilians."

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People stitchery astatine the country of an Israeli rocket onslaught successful the confederate suburbs of Beirut, Friday, Sept. 20, 2024.  (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

It's lone the latest successful Israel's progressively assertive run against Hezbollah — the IDF fired connected respective infrastructure sites successful confederate Lebanon yesterday, including areas of Chihine, Tayibe, Blida, Meiss El Jabal, Aitaroun and Kfarkela.

Earlier successful the week, Israeli information forces remotely detonated hundreds of physics devices utilized by Hezbollah members to communicate, sidesplitting 12 and wounding implicit 2,800 others.