Najia Houssari
Israel killed a top Hezbollah commander in an airstrike on Beirut’s southern suburbs on Friday, sharply escalating the year-long conflict between Israel and the Iran-backed group.
The target was Hezbollah’s operations commander Ibrahim Aqil, who served on the group’s top military body.
Aqil was killed alongside members of Hezbollah’s elite Radwan Unit as they were holding a meeting in a 10-story building in the area of Al-Jamous, sources said.
The strike killed 16 people and wounded 66 others.
A number of people went missing following the strike, and families were searching for their children and relatives.
Sources told Arab News that Aqil and his colleagues were holding the meeting in an underground room, and therefore rescue workers were not able to retrieve their bodies four hours after the explosion.
An eyewitness told Arab News: “The strike leveled the building, which was residential, and it is difficult to determine the number of victims inside.”
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