“Aqil was also the most senior military member of the Jihad Council, Hezbollah’s top military body, after Israel’s assassination of Fuad Shukr in a strike in Beirut in July.
He had been wanted by the United States for his role in the 1983 bombings of the American Embassy in Lebanon and the US Marines barracks in Beirut.”
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>Hezbollah released a statement late Friday confirming Aqil’s death, saying “one of its great leaders” was killed “on the road to Jerusalem,” the phrase it uses to refer to fighters killed by Israel.
Someone tell them to stop sending their guys on the road to Jerusalem, there is a terrible traffic jam already on the way.
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“Aqil was also the most senior military member of the Jihad Council, Hezbollah’s top military body, after Israel’s assassination of Fuad Shukr in a strike in Beirut in July.
He had been wanted by the United States for his role in the 1983 bombings of the American Embassy in Lebanon and the US Marines barracks in Beirut.”
>Hezbollah released a statement late Friday confirming Aqil’s death, saying “one of its great leaders” was killed “on the road to Jerusalem,” the phrase it uses to refer to fighters killed by Israel.
Someone tell them to stop sending their guys on the road to Jerusalem, there is a terrible traffic jam already on the way.
This is what Axios is [reporting](https://www.axios.com/2024/09/20/israel-strikes-hezbollah-military-commanders-beirut):
>An Israeli official claimed the senior command of the Radwan forces — about 20 commanders — were killed in the strike.