Ten other Hezbollah commanders were also killed, the Israeli army said. The UN expressed “concern” over the escalation of attacks in the Middle Eastern country.
The conflict in Lebanon is escalating again. Israel reported this Friday that “deleted” still military chief of Hezbollah in a bombing in the southern suburb of Beirut, the country’s main city. The attack resulted in other 11 fatalities and 66 people were injuredthe Lebanese Ministry of Health reported.
“The airplanes Israeli Air Force fighter planes carried out a targeted attack in the Beirut area, Eliminating Ibrahim Aqil, commander of the Radwan unit “-an elite Hezbollah corps,” army spokesman Daniel Hagari said in a statement.
Aqil was wanted by the US. A $7 million reward was offered for information on the Lebanese man, who was considered a “senior member” of the organisation that claimed responsibility for the 1983 bombing of the US embassy in Beirut that left 63 people dead.
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Israel He assured that also Ten “leading figures in the operations network” were killed and the chain of command” of Radwan’s unit, which was gathered at the time “underground in the heart of a residential neighborhood,” the army spokesman said.
According to reporters from the AFP agency, the bombings They left a huge crater and destroyed the floors lower floors of a tall building.
The UN has called for an “immediate de-escalation” in the conflict in Lebanon
Following Israel’s attacks, the UN It was declared “very worried“This Friday due to the situation in Lebanon. He spokesman of the secretary general of the organization, Antonio Guterrescalled for an “immediate de-escalation” and “maximum restraint” on the part of the parties.
“We are deeply concerned by the escalation around the Blue Line, including today’s deadly bombing in Beirut. We call on all parties to immediately de-escalate the situation. “Everyone must show maximum restraint,” said spokesman Stéphane Dujarric.
Both Hezbollah and Israel made cross accusations. Friday’s bombing is the third in the southern suburb of Beirut since the start of the war between Israel and the Islamist Hamas movement in Gaza. But it is not the last. For almost a year now, there have been almost daily artillery duels between the two countries, with thousands of inhabitants being evacuated on both sides of the border.
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