Ibrahim Aqil

Who they were

Biography In the 1980s, Aqil was a senior member in the Islamic Jihad Organization , a group affiliated with Hezbollah. [ 1 ] The organization carried out the 1983 US embassy bombing in Beirut , killing 63 people, and the attacks on the multinational force bases in Beirut resulted in the deaths of 305 people. During the 1980s, Aqil was responsible for the kidnapping of American and German hostages. [ 2 ] On 4 February 2000, during the South Lebanon conflict ,

Ibrahim Aqil was a Lebanese militant leader who served as commander-in-chief of Hezbollah's special operations unit, the Radwan Force. He was a member of the Jihad Council, which oversees the military operations of the organisation. Some considered Aqil as the de facto Chief of Staff of Hezbollah.

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Ibrahim Aqil appears on our September 20 calendar for 2024 as a death entry.