Posted on 09/20/2024 6:09:56 PM PDT by TomServo
BEIRUT (AP) — Israel launched a rare airstrike that killed a senior Hezbollah military official in a densely populated southern Beirut neighborhood on Friday. It was the deadliest such strike on Lebanon’s capital in decades, with Lebanese authorities reporting at least 14 people killed and dozens more wounded in the attack.
The Israeli military’s chief spokesman, Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, said the strike on Beirut’s southern Dahiya district killed Ibrahim Akil, a commander of Hezbollah’s elite Radwan Force, as well as 10 other Hezbollah operatives.
“We will continue pursuing our enemies in order to defend our citizens, even in Dahiya, in Beirut,” said Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, describing the Israeli strike that targeted Akil as part of “a new phase of war.”
Several hours later, Hezbollah confirmed Akil’s death. In a statement, the Lebanese militant group described Akil as “a great jihadist leader” and said he had “joined the procession of his brothers, the great martyr leaders, after a blessed life full of jihad, work, wounds, sacrifices, dangers, challenges, achievements, and victories.”
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thank God for Israel. May God continue to bless and keep her. May He make His face to shine upon her. And give her peace!
Why can't our side work on converting them to a civilized religion? Why is Afghanistan Muslim after 20 years of occupation? Lack of cultural confidence?
[Akil (Aqil) was the successor to Fuad Shukr who was killed at the end of July. Shukr was also wanted by the US.]
Shukr forget To Pack?
A kill on Akil and top commanders also killed. GREAT news!
Lebanese militant group described Akil as “a great jihadist DEAD leader” 😁
“Violence in keeping with a religion’s teachings (Islam), and violence committed in violation of a religion’s teachings (Christianity).” - Raymond Ibrahim
Amen to your prayer for Israel.
And I pray that her secular people see the hand of God and begin to turn their faceß toward Him.
How did the Spanish Reconquista accomplish turning the Iberian Peninsula to Christainity?
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