Ali Reda Abbas was appointed commander of Hezbollah's Radwan unit following an Israeli airstrike that killed former commander Ibrahim Aqil and 16 other key leaders.

The deaths of Ibrahim Aqil and Ahmed Wehbe marked the first time in the war that two Hezbollah commanders had been killed by Israel in single day.

Hezbollah commander Ibrahim Aqil, whom Israel says was killed on Friday, was wanted for bombing the U.S Marine barracks and embassy in Beirut in 1983.

The deaths of Ibrahim Aqil and Ahmed Wehbe marked the first time in the war that two Hezbollah commanders had been killed by Israel in single day.

These Hezbollah commanders have been orchestrating attacks against Israel for years.

The deaths of Ibrahim Aqil and Ahmed Wehbe were confirmed Friday. It was the first time two Hezbollah commanders had been killed by Israel in single day.

Hezbollah confirmed that senior leader Ibrahim Aqil was killed in the strike, which capped a bloody week of attacks across Lebanon amid fears of a wider war.

The strike on a suburb of Lebanons capital killed Ibrahim Aqil, a prominent Hezbollah leader, and other senior commanders, Israel said. The attack left 14 people dead.

The IDF strike was defined as a "necessary opportunity for execution." The political leadership approved, and so the strike was carried out.

Aqil was a Hezbollah leader who sat on the groups military council. He was wanted by the U.S. government for organizing a spate of bombings in the 1980s.

The strike on a suburb of Lebanons capital killed Ibrahim Aqil, a prominent Hezbollah leader, and other senior commanders, Israel said. The attack left 14 people dead.

Aqil is a Hezbollah leader who sits on the groups military council. Hezbollah has not confirmed that any of its leaders were killed in Fridays Israeli strike.

Israeli officials said Friday they eliminated top Hezbollah commanders in a targeted strike in Beirut, including an officer involved in planning multiple attacks against Israel. The Israeli Air Force killed Ibrahim Aqil, the head of Hezbollah's operations unit and the commander of the elite special forces unit the Radwan Force, according to a release from...

Israel Defense Forces on Friday killed a Hezbollah leader who was behind a series of bombing attacks on Americans in the Middle East that killed more than 300 Americans in the 1980s, they confirmed.

Israel targets top Hezbollah commander in air raid on Beirut suburb that kills 12 people and wounds 66.