The IDF strike hit Hezbollah's central headquarters in Dahiyeh, Beirut, built under residential buildings.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approved the operation from onboard the Wing of Zion plane while en route to the US, the Prime Minister's Office stated.
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The strike, conducted on a six-story building in Beirut's Dahieh, targeted a senior Hezbollah official.
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The IDF strike was defined as a "necessary opportunity for execution." The political leadership approved, and so the strike was carried out.
Ibrahim Aqil and the other commanders who were killed planned to invade Israeli territory, capture settlements, and kidnap and murder Israeli civilians.
While Lebanese officials decried the strike, Israeli officials claimed that Hezbollah was “paying the price” for its continued attacks on the northern border.
The Radwan Force is central to Hezbollah’s military doctrine, which emphasizes asymmetric warfare against a technologically superior adversary like Israel.
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