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on the 21st local time, the israel defense forces stated on its official social media account that with the death of more than a dozen important members of hezbollah including ibrahim aqil in yesterday's attack, hezbollah's military command system "has been almost completely disintegrated."

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lebanon's hezbollah has not yet responded to this.

the israeli defense forces announced on the evening of the 20th that israeli warplanes carried out a "targeted attack" 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 israel's attack on the southern suburbs of beirut that day. hezbollah said in a statement that aqil was an important leader. but the statement did not contain more details about aqil's death in the attack.

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the israeli army launched an airstrike on the southern suburbs of beirut, the capital of lebanon, on the 20th, killing at least 14 people. a senior commander of lebanese hezbollah was killed in the attack.

according to reuters, israel killed a senior commander and other senior figures of lebanon's hezbollah in an airstrike on the 20th, escalating its year-long conflict with hezbollah.

the israeli military and a lebanese security source said ibrahim aqil was killed in the airstrike along with other senior members of hezbollah's elite forces.

according to the lebanese national news agency on the 21st, hezbollah has confirmed aqil's death, but did not provide details of his murder.

the lebanese ministry of health said on the evening of the 20th that the airstrike has killed at least 14 people, and the casualties are expected to increase further as the operation to clear the rubble continues.

according to lebanon's mtv tv station, lebanese prime minister mikati said at a cabinet meeting that day that the attack on densely populated residential areas once again proved that israel did not consider any "humanitarian, legal or moral considerations." he called on the international community to put pressure on israel.

according to the times of israel, israeli prime minister netanyahu issued a statement after the airstrike, saying that israel's goal is clear and its actions speak for themselves. israeli defense minister galant said on social media that israel will continue to take action against hezbollah until the goal is achieved, that is, to ensure the safe return of residents in northern israel to their homes.

israeli military spokesman daniel haggari said at a press conference on the evening of the 20th that aqil and other hezbollah commanders attacked by the israeli army were the ones who formulated and led the organization's plans. they gathered in the basement of an apartment building in the southern suburbs of beirut to coordinate terrorist activities against israeli civilians and use civilians as human shields.

france 24 tv said that hamas condemned israel's "brutal" attack on beirut in a statement. the iranian embassy in lebanon also said on social media that israel's attack on the 20th targeted residential buildings and was a "crazy act that crossed the line."

reuters reported that janine hennis-plasschaert, the un special coordinator for lebanon, said that the air strikes on densely populated areas in southern beirut on the 20th were "part of an extremely dangerous cycle of violence with devastating consequences" and must be stopped immediately.

the report said that this airstrike was the second time in two months that israel had launched an attack against a senior hezbollah military commander in beirut. in july this year, israel killed a senior hezbollah military commander, fuad shukur, in an airstrike.

the israeli military reported that sirens were sounded in northern israel following the beirut airstrike, and hezbollah said it had fired rockets twice at the main intelligence headquarters in northern israel.

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