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

This story has been updated with new information. Israel killed a top Hezbollah figure who was wanted by the U.S. for his role in the 1983 bombings of the U.S. Embassy and a Marine Corps barracks ...

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.

BEIRUT: Ibrahim Aqil, the Hezbollah operations commander killed in an Israeli strike on Friday (Sep 20), had a US$7 million bounty on his head for two 1983 Beirut truck bombings that killed more tha ...

The US had been hunting Aqil and offering rewards for information leading to his capture. He was wanted for his role in 1980s bombings that killed hundreds of Americans in Beirut.

An undated photograph of Ibrahim Aqil, who serves on Hezbollah's top military body as a senior commander according to two security sources in Lebanon and the Israeli Army Radio, appears on a ...

Aqil also had no shortage of American blood on his hands. So grave were Aqil’s crimes against America that the Department of State had a $7 million bounty on his head for leadership in the ...

The Israel Defense Forces confirmed that a targeted strike was made on the Lebanese capital city of Beirut on Friday morning, reportedly killing nine and injuring approximately 60 others.

Ibrahim Aqil was killed after multiple Israeli missiles tore into the side of an apartment block in Beirut on Friday . Alexander Butler. Saturday 21 September 2024 18:51 BST. Comments.