(Times of Israel) U.S. officials on Saturday expressed approval of the death of Ibrahim Aqil, a top Hizbullah commander responsible for a 1983 bombing that killed 241 Americans in Beirut, who was killed by an Israeli strike on Friday. U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan called Aqil's death "a good outcome." "That individual has American blood on his hands and has a Reward for Justice price on his head. He is somebody who the U.S. promised long ago we would do everything we could to see brought to justice." The U.S. had offered a $7 million reward for information on Aqil.
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