IDF eliminates 16 Hezbollah Radwan commanders

Ibrahim Aqil was the top commander of the Radwan force and was planning an invasion of Galilee.

By Vered Weiss, World Israel News

On Friday, the IDF eliminated 16 top Hezbollah Radwan force commanders, including the leader Ibrahim Aqil.

Israel’s military operation targeted the Radwan Force commanders meeting in the basement of a building in the Dahieh neighborhood of Beirut.

Aqil was the top commander of the Radwan force and was planning an invasion of Galilee.

Ahmed Wahbi, head of the Radwan training unit, was also eliminated.

Wahbi was also heavily involved in planning the Galilee invasion and, according to the IDF, was “advancing Hezbollah’s entrenchment in southern Lebanon while attempting to improve the organization’s ground combat capabilities.”

Other terror Radwan commanders killed in the operation included Hassan Hussein, commander of special forces in the Aziz regional division; Samer Halawi, commander of the coastal region; Abbas Muslimani, commander of the Qana region; Abdullah Hijazi, commander of the Ramim Ridge region; Muhammad Reda, commander of the Khiam region; Hassan Madi, commander of the Mount Dov region; Hassan Abd al-Satar, head of operations; Hussein Hadraj, chief of staff; Mohammad al-Attar, commander of the training department; and Mahmoud Hamad, a senior operations officer.

Concerning the operation, the IDF said, “These Radwan terror commanders were plotting an attack and invasion into Israel’s territory for years and were ready to carry out the plans at a moment’s notice when given the order.”

“Aqil and the other commanders eliminated in the strike were responsible for planning and executing hundreds of terror attacks against Israelis, including the planned invasion of the Galilee,” the IDF announced.

Hezbollah, which doesn’t always acknowledge the elimination of their leaders, confirmed that Aqil and others had been killed and said his body had been recovered from under the rubble.

The attack on Friday further damaged Hezbollah’s leadership and capabilities after massive explosions of walkie-talkies used by terrorists.

The beeper explosions wounded thousands of terrorists and killed 37.

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