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Israel Kills Top Hizbullah Commander in Beirut Strike
(Wall Street Journal) Stephen Kalin - Israel launched another major attack on Hizbullah on Friday, with a strike in the Lebanese capital that killed Ibrahim Aqil, who ran Hizbullah's operations team and its Radwan special forces, and 15 other senior commanders. Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant called it a "targeted action to eliminate the operational elite of Hizbullah," and vowed that Israel would continue operating until residents can return to their homes in the north. Gallant warned Thursday that "the sequence of military actions will continue" as Israel shifts its focus from Hamas to Hizbullah and brings in new troops to the north. "Ibrahim Aqil is a senior commander, the closest person to [Hizbullah leader] Nasrallah," Israeli military spokesman Daniel Hagari said.