The Israeli Army on Saturday announced new strikes on Hezbollah targets in Lebanon. “The IDF (military) is currently striking targets belonging to the Hezbollah terrorist organisation in Lebanon,” the Israeli Defence Force (IDF) said, adding that at least 16 Hezbollah fighters had been killed in Friday’s strike in Beirut.
A top commander of the Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group was killed and 50 people were injured in the “targeted strike” launched by the Israeli military in Beirut on Friday.
“Ibrahim Aqil, the Head of Hezbollah’s Operations Unit and the Commander of Hezbollah’s elite Radwan Forces, was eliminated in a targeted intelligence-based strike in Beirut earlier today. 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 will continue to remove the threat of Hezbollah’s capabilities and will continue to operate in all arenas to protect Israeli civilians,” the IDF said in a statement.
Meanwhile, Lebanon’s health minister on Saturday said the death toll from an Israeli airstrike on a Beirut suburb the day before has risen to 31, including seven women and three children.
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