Hezbollah says another top commander killed in Israeli Beirut airstrike

Lebanese militant group Hezbollah said on Saturday a second senior commander was among its 15 fighters killed in an Israeli airstrike on its Beirut stronghold the previous day.

The Iran-backed group said Ahmed Mahmoud Wahbi led military operations of its elite Radwan Force in support of Hamas on October 7, when the Palestinian militant group attacked Israel, triggering the Gaza war, and earlier this year.

The Israeli military said Radwan Force chief Ibrahim Aqeel and several other commanders were killed in an airstrike on Beirut’s southern suburbs on Friday.