Lebanon's Hezbollah confirms top military commander Ibrahim Aqil killed in Israel strike

An undated photograph of Ibrahim Aqil appears on a wanted poster circulated by the U.S. Department of State's Diplomatic Security Service entity "Rewards for Justice\

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 wanted poster circulated by the U.S. Department of State's Diplomatic Security Service entity "Rewards for Justice". U.S. State Department/Handout via REUTERS.

Source: Handout

Lebanon's Iran-aligned Hezbollah group confirmed in the early hours of Saturday that its top military commander Ibrahim Aqil was killed, calling him "one of its top leaders", without providing further details on his killing.

The Israeli military and a security source in Lebanon said Ibrahim Aqil was killed in an Israeli strike on Beirut earlier on Friday.

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By Reuters