Ibrahim Aqil

Ibrahim Aqil (Arabic: إبراهيم عقيل; 24 December 1962 – 20 September 2024; also known by his aliases Al-Hajj Tahsin[4] or Al-Hajj Abdul Khader) was a Lebanese militant leader[5] who served as commander-in-chief of Hezbollah's special operations unit, the Redwan Force.

[6] On 20 September 2024, Aqil was killed by an Israeli Air Force strike in Haret Hreik, Lebanon.

[17] A month later, in September 2006, while serving as the head of Hezbollah's security and intelligence services, the "Intelligence Online" reported that Aqil was one of three Hezbollah operatives, along with Hassan Nasrallah and Mustafa Badreddine, who visited North Korea for several months during the 1980s and early 1990s for training.

[18] On 21 July 2015, the U.S. Department of the Treasury designated Aqil as closely tied to Hezbollah's leadership and acting on its behalf, along with other senior figures in the organization—Mustafa Badreddine, Fuad Shukr, and Abd al-Nur Shalaan.

Aqil had also been sought through several 'Red Notices' by Interpol, documenting his long history with the organization, including involvement in the kidnapping and holding of two German citizens in the late 1980s and the 1985–86 Paris attacks.

[22] In the event of an Israeli invasion of Lebanon, Aqil's unit had planned to conduct a counter-operation, similar to the 7 October attacks, in northern Israel.

[24] On 20 September 2024, Israeli F-35 fighter jets fired four missiles at a residential building in the Dahieh suburb of Beirut, targeting Aqil, who was at a meeting two storeys underground.

[29][10] IDF Spokesman Daniel Hagari said that Aqil and other top leadership of the elite Radwan Force were gathered underground when they were targeted and killed in the Israeli airstrike.

The statement also said he had "joined the procession of his brothers, the great martyr leaders, after a blessed life full of jihad".