Source: Mondoweiss.net
Israel bombed a residential building in Beirut’s southern Dahiya district on Friday killing nine, including five children, and wounding 59. Reports indicate the strike targeted Ibrahim Aqil, one of Hezbollah’s top military commanders.
Israel bombed a residential building in Beirut’s southern Dahiya district on Friday killing nine people and wounding 59 others, according to the Lebanese Ministry of Health as of the time of writing. The Israeli army announced in a statement shortly after the attack that the strike had targeted one of Hezbollah’s top military commanders, Ibrahim Aqil.
The statement claimed that the Israeli army had successfully assassinated Aqil, who it described as the acting commander of Hezbollah’s elite Radwan Force and the mastermind of a Hezbollah plan to “occupy the Galilee.”
“Along with Aqil, the top operatives and chain of command of the Radwan Force were eliminated,” the statement read.
Hezbollah later confirmed that Aqil was indeed killed in the attack, according to Al Jazeera.
The targeted building was located in a crowded residential and commercial area, which was sealed off by the Lebanese army and security forces as rescue teams rushed to the scene to begin rescue efforts. The Lebanese Civil Defense reported that two buildings had collapsed in the al-Jamous neighborhood in Beirut’s district.
Lebanon’s National News Agency reported that at least five children are among the dead in the Israeli bombing….