The Israeli army, for its part, assured that it had killed “around ten Hezbollah commanders”, including the head of the elite paramilitary unit of the Islamist movement, Ibrahim Aqil.
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An Israeli strike on the southern suburbs of Beirut (Lebanon) on Friday, September 20, left at least twelve dead and 66 wounded, according to the Lebanese Ministry of Health. The Israeli army, for its part, assured that it had killed “A dozen Hezbollah commanders”including the leader of the Islamist movement’s elite paramilitary unit, Ibrahim Aqil. The man was wanted by the United States for his role in the bombings of the U.S. Embassy in Beirut in April 1983, which killed 63 people, and of U.S. Marines in October 1983, which killed 241 servicemen.
Following the explosions, attributed to Israel, of transmission devices used by members of Hezbollah, on Tuesday and Wednesday, the exchange of fire intensified between the Israeli army, which carried out dozens of strikes in southern Lebanon, and the Islamist movement.
The IDF said Friday that about 140 rockets had been fired from Lebanon toward Israel by midday. Hezbollah claimed responsibility for rocket fire on several Israeli military sites, including an intelligence base.
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah had assured on Thursday that Israel would receive “a terrible punishment” after the explosions of transmission devices. Israel has not commented on this attack, which occurred in strongholds of the Islamist movement in the southern suburbs of Beirut, as well as in the south and east of Lebanon, which left 37 dead and 2,931 wounded in two days.