wanted by the US government with a 7 million dollar reward on his head, Ibrahim aqil was a target for an assassination.
UPDATE: reports of a executive IRGC commander dead as well in the strike.
Ibrahim aqil, head of radwan unit in Hezbollah, the target of assassination
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I’m getting the feeling that Nasrallah starting to regret that he got involved in this conflict in the first place (like he did back in 2006).
If they never got involved in this one they were in a much better position, but these terrorists never learn.
In air combat, there is a clear distinction between air superiority and air supremacy. Air superiority allows a force to conduct operations with only limited interference from the enemy (e.g., Israel’s targeting of S-300 radar systems on Iranian soil), whereas air supremacy represents complete dominance of the airspace, where the enemy is either severely restricted or entirely incapable of conducting air operations (e.g., Israel’s control of the skies over Gaza and Lebanon).
Israel’s (alleged) recent string of operations suggests it may also possess an equivalent of intelligence supremacy. The regular targeting of high-ranking Hezbollah and Hamas officials, often on a daily basis, along with the ability to force these groups to use things like pagers instead of more modern digital communication has resemblance to the definition of air supremacy.
In this case, if Ibrahim Aqil (most senior Hezbollah military official) has been indeed assassinated with a simple airstrike it essentially forces all of Hezbollah further underground, like Hamas. As it is quite apparent that their hiding spots overground are compromised.
All of the above hints that someone senior or very well connected inside Hezbollah that is able to both share knowledge and pool some strings.
And more about assassinations – the Iraqi Hezbollah brigades officially confirm: Abu Haider al-Khafaji, the most senior in our ranks was killed in the Zionist attack this morning in Damascus.
So I guess the objective is to make sure both sides are shelling each other. Is IL going for the ground invasion soon? Does it have a the capacity to hold a large buffer (I think at least 15-20km to shield off the smaller rockets)? It is going to be interesting to see.
What do you think? How many soldiers does IL need to hold the land?
They also killed Iran’s Soleimani and all they got was Oct. 7th. As long as crazy fanatics running the show on both sides, nothing good would come out, regardless of how many they kill or who.
This is going on for 70 years and all that it has done is creating Islamic Republic, Hamas, Hezbolah, Houthis … More violence would stop nothing and it will only create worse (compare PLO and Hamas). This will continue forever and consume the region and beyond as long as there is not a peaceful solution to the occupation.