The high-ranking commander of the Lebanese Hezbollah, Ibrahim Akil, was killed today in an Israeli attack on Beirut, said a source close to the pro-Iranian extremist organization.
"In an Israeli attack, the commander of the elite unit, Radwan Ibrahim Akil, second in command after Fuad Shukr, who was killed in July, also in the Hezbollah stronghold in southern Beirut, was killed," said an anonymous source, Israeli media reported.
Lebanon's Ministry of Health announced that at least three people were killed and 17 wounded in the attack, the agencies reported.
Today's Israeli strike on Beirut came after Hezbollah fired rockets into the north of Israel and at a time when retaliation is expected in that region, which the leader of that Shiite organization, Hassan Nasrallah, threatened for this week's explosions of thousands of pagers and walkie-talkies, according to the Associated Press.
The southern suburbs of Beirut were attacked during the traffic jam, when employees return from work and students from school.
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