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on the evening of september 20th local time, the israel defense forces issued a statement saying that a "targeted attack" was carried out in the southern suburbs of beirut, the capital of lebanon, that day. aqil, a senior commander of the radwan force, an elite force of the lebanese hezbollah, and several other commanders of the force were killed in the attack.

in the early morning of the 21st, hezbollah issued an obituary confirming the death of aqil, calling him an "important leader". the 61-year-old aqil is the second senior hezbollah commander to be killed by israel in recent months. in july this year, hezbollah military leader shukur was also killed in an israeli airstrike in the southern suburbs of beirut.

aqil, a senior commander of the radwan force, an elite lebanese hezbollah unit

according to the associated press, aqil was born in baalbek, eastern lebanon, and joined hezbollah in its early days in the 1980s. he has been promoted in the military command hierarchy for decades. since 2008, aqil has been a member of the jihad committee, hezbollah's highest military body, and the head of the elite radwan force.

the radwan force, which numbers between 7,000 and 10,000 men, is trained in special operations and urban warfare but has so far rarely been involved in the conflict between hezbollah and israel. elijah magnier, a brussels-based military and counterterrorism analyst, believes aqil would lead the radwan force if israel launched a ground invasion of lebanon or hezbollah launched a cross-border operation.