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on september 20, rescuers transferred the injured at the site of an airstrike in the southern suburbs of beirut, lebanon. photo by xinhua news agency

according to xinhua news agency, the israel defense forces announced on the evening of september 20 that israeli warplanes carried out a "targeted strike" on beirut that day, killing aqil, a senior commander of the elite radwan force of lebanon's hezbollah, and several other commanders of the force. lebanon's hezbollah confirmed on the night of the 20th that its senior military commander ibrahim aqil was killed in an israeli attack on the southern suburbs of the lebanese capital beirut that day.

israeli defense minister galant said: "we will continue to pursue the enemy to defend our citizens, even in beirut." he described israel's attack on aqil as part of a "new phase of the war." at the same time, idf spokesman hagari claimed that the israeli army's goal "is not to widely escalate the situation in the region," and that this operation is in line with israel's established goals and that the israeli army "will continue to do so." hagari also said that in addition to aqil, at least 10 hezbollah commanders were killed in the attack.

hanin ghaddar, a researcher at the washington institute who studies hezbollah, believes that after the previous pager explosion, hezbollah's communication structure suffered a major blow, which may have prompted hezbollah's top brass to hold a face-to-face meeting in the southern suburbs of beirut on the 20th. the attack on aqil once again disrupted hezbollah's command structure and also showed that israel has a lot of intelligence on hezbollah, and hezbollah may need time to respond and recover.