Israel has once again wreaked havoc in Lebanon.
At least 59 people were injured in the airstrike in the capital Beirut, while eight people died. Hezbollah’s top commander Ibrahim Aqeel was killed in this attack.
He was the head of Hezbollah’s Radwan unit. Earlier, Hezbollah had fired several rockets on northern Israel, after which Israel carried out these attacks.
It was not immediately clear what Israel was targeting in Beirut’s crowded southern suburbs, where the attacks came at rush hour as people were leaving work and students were heading home from school.
Lebanon’s health ministry did not elaborate on the identities of the victims. Lebanese news channels broadcast footage of injured people being evacuated from a collapsed building while ambulances rushed to the scene of the attack.
Earlier, Hezbollah fired more than 140 rockets at northern Israel on Friday, in response to which the Israeli army carried out ‘targeted attacks’ in Beirut, Lebanon.
An official close to the Hezbollah group also confirmed to The Associated Press, on condition of anonymity, that Aqeel was present when the building was targeted on Friday.
Aqeel has served as head of Hezbollah’s elite Radwan Force and the Jihad Council, the group’s supreme military body.
The US State Department has imposed sanctions on Aqeel for his alleged role in the 1983 bombing of the US embassy in Beirut, and for allegedly directing the capture of American and German hostages in Lebanon and holding them there during the 1980s.
The attack in Dahiyeh, a few kilometres from downtown Beirut, occurred during rush hour, when people were leaving work and students were heading home from school.
Hezbollah fired 140 rockets into northern Israel on Friday morning, a day after the terror group’s leader Hassan Nasrallah vowed to avenge Israel’s massive bombing, the Israeli military and the terror group said.
The Israeli military said three rounds of rockets were fired on Friday afternoon, targeting sites along the border with Lebanon.
Hezbollah said it had targeted several locations along the border with Katyusha rockets, including several air defense bases and the headquarters of an Israeli armored brigade.
He said that these targets have been attacked for the first time. The Israeli army said that 120 missiles were fired in the areas of Golan Heights, Safed and Upper Galilee, some of which were destroyed in the air.
The military said firefighters were trying to douse fires caused by debris falling on the ground in several areas. The military did not say whether any missiles hit the target or whether there were any casualties.
The army said 20 missiles were fired in the Meron and Netua areas and most of them fell in open areas. The army said there were no reports of casualties.
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