Lebanon: Who were the targets of the Israeli strike in Beirut

Hezbollah announced in a series of statements, “the martyrdom of a number of its commanders and members as a result of the Israeli aggression on the southern suburb of Beirut on Friday afternoon”.

Among the dead was Ibrahim Aqil “Hajj Abdul Qader,” whom the Hezbollah mourned in a special statement that read, “With great pride and honor, the Islamic Resistance today presents one of its great leaders as a martyr on the road to Jerusalem”.

Hezbollah also mourned Ahmed Mahmoud Wahbi “Hajj Abu Hussein Samir” in addition to a number of others.

Hezbollah published a biography of the leader Ibrahim Muhammad Aqil, who, according to Hezbollah’s statement, is considered to be from the founding generation of Islamic work in Beirut and one of the leaders of the heroic operations during the confrontation with the Israeli invasion of Beirut in the early eighties.

Aqil assumed responsibility for central training in Hezbollah in the early nineties and played a fundamental role in developing human capabilities in the resistance formations.

He also assumed responsibility for the resistance’s staff in the mid-nineties.

Hezbollah’s statement added, “Aqil assumed responsibility for the Jabal Amel Operations Unit from 1997 until after the liberation, and directly led many qualitative operations during that period”.

Aqil founded the operations section of the resistance and, starting in 2008, held the position of Assistant Secretary-General for Operations Affairs.

He was appointed a member of the “Jihad Council” and was one of the leaders of the 2006 war.

Aqil supervised the establishment, development and leadership of the “Radwan Force” until the date of his martyrdom, and planned and supervised the leadership of the force’s operations on the Lebanese support front since the beginning of the war on Gaza.

Aqil also, was one of the senior commanders who planned and managed operations against the extremist groups on the eastern borders of Lebanon, in Qusayr, Qalamoun, in Syria.

According to the Israeli media, Aqil is considered one of the most important commanders in Hezbollah ranks, and has a direct relationship with the operations against the US Marines in Lebanon in the mid-eighties, and that Washington has set a $7 million reward for anyone who provides information about his location.

Hezbollah also, published a biography of the second commander, Ahmed Mahmoud Wahbi “Hajj Abu Hussein Samir” who, according to Hezbollah’s statement, participated in many military operations during the occupation of southern Lebanon and was captured by Israel in 1984.

He was one of the field commanders in the qualitative “Ansariya ambush” in 1997.

Wahbi held many leadership positions in the Central Training Unit until 2007, and assumed responsibility for training in the Radwan Force until 2012, and responsibility for the Central Training Unit until 2014, in addition to responsibility for the Radwan Force until the beginning of 2024.

Wahbi played a fundamental role in developing human capabilities in various resistance formations and was one of the main leaders in confronting the extremist’s attacks on Lebanon’s eastern borders and during the war in Syria.

Wahbi led the military operations of the “Radwan Force” on the Lebanese support front from the beginning of the war in Gaza, until the beginning of 2024, when he returned to assume responsibility for the Central Training Unit after the commander Hajj Wissam al Tawil, was killed via Israeli strike.

Hezbollah, issued a statement, Saturday, “With great pride and honor, the Islamic Resistance announces the martyrdom of the Mujahid Mahmoud Yassin Hamad “Fajr”, born in 1977 in the town of Nabatieh al Tahta in southern Lebanon, who was martyred on the road to Jerusalem”.

The statement continued, “With great pride and honor, the Islamic Resistance announces the martyrdom of the Mujahid Samer Abdel Halim Halawi “Hamza al Gharbiyya”, born in 1980 in the town of Qaqaiyat al Jisr in southern Lebanon, who was martyred on the road to Jerusalem”.

The statement added, “With great pride and honor, the Islamic Resistance announces the martyrdom of the Mujahid Hassan Hussein Madi “Abu Hadi Midoun”, born in 1980 in the town of Midoun in the Western Bekaa, who was martyred on the road to Jerusalem”.

The statement continued, “With great pride and honor, the Islamic Resistance announces the martyrdom of the Mujahid Muhammad Ahmad Reda “Abu Ali Nineveh”, born in 1986 in the town of Anqoun in southern Lebanon, who was martyred on the road to Jerusalem”.

The statement stressed that, “With great pride and honor, the Islamic Resistance announces the martyrdom of the Mujahid Muhammad Qasim al Attar “Abu Yasser al-Attar”, born in 1973 in the town of al Sharbin in the Bekaa, who was martyred on the road to Jerusalem”.

The statement added, “With great pride and honor, the Islamic Resistance announces the martyrdom of the Mujahid Ahmad Samir Deeb “Jihad”, born in 1991 from the town of Mays al Jabal in southern Lebanon, who was martyred on the road to Jerusalem”.

The statement continued, “With more pride and honor, the Islamic Resistance announces the martyrdom of the Mujahid Abdullah Abbas Hijazi “Bilal”, born in 1987 from the town of Hortala in the Bekaa, who was martyred on the road to Jerusalem”.

The statement indicated that, “With more pride and honor, the Islamic Resistance announces the martyrdom of the Mujahid Aref Ahmed al Raz “Siraj”, born in 1980 in the city of Beirut, who was martyred on the road to Jerusalem”.

The statement pointed out that, “With great pride and honor, the Islamic Resistance announces the martyrdom of the Mujahid Hassan Ali Hussein “Abu Sajid”, born in 1975 in the town of Kfar Melki in southern Lebanon, who was martyred on the road to Jerusalem”.

The statement added, “With great pride and honor, the Islamic Resistance announces the martyrdom of the Mujahid Abbas Sami Muslimani “Siraj Ali”, born in 1985 from the town of al Jbeen in southern Lebanon, who was martyred on the road to Jerusalem”.

The statement continued, “With great pride and honor, the Islamic Resistance announces the martyrdom of the Mujahid Hussein Ahmed Hadraj “Siraj”, born in 1984 from the town of al Ghassaniyah in southern Lebanon, who was martyred on the road to Jerusalem”.

The statement added, “With great pride and honor, the Islamic Resistance announces the martyrdom of the Mujahid Mahdi Muslim Jamoul “Jawad”, born in 1981 from the town of Azza in southern Lebanon, who was martyred on the road to Jerusalem”.

The statement concluded, “With great pride and honor, the Islamic Resistance announces the martyrdom of the Mujahid Hassan Yousef Abdul Sater “Baqer”, born in 1988 from the town of I’at in the Bekaa, who was martyred on the road to Jerusalem”.

Last Tuesday and Wednesday, Israel launched an electronic attack by detonating wireless devices carried by Hezbollah members, which led to the death of 32 people, including two children, and 3,200 people were wounded, including women and children, according to the Lebanese Ministry of Health.

It’s noteworthy that the Israeli missile attack on Friday afternoon, targeting a residential building in the southern suburb of Beirut, which led, according to the Lebanese Ministry of Health, to casualties.