The IDF confirmed on Friday that a targeted airstrike eliminated Ibrahim Aqil, the head of Hezbollah’s military operations, along with several top commanders of the group’s elite Radwan Force. Aqil was also the acting commander of the Radwan Force, Hezbollah’s special operations unit, and was responsible for overseeing a plan to invade northern Israel. According to the IDF, Aqil and his fellow commanders were key figures behind Hezbollah’s “plan for the occupation of the Galilee,” a strategic initiative aimed at infiltrating Israeli territory and attacking civilian communities. The plan, as described by the IDF, involved large-scale raids into Israel with the intent to “murder and kill innocents,” similar to the deadly attacks carried out by Hamas on October 7. “Aqil and the commanders who were eliminated were among the architects of the ‘plan for the occupation of the Galilee,’ in which Hezbollah planned to raid Israeli territory, occupy the communities of the Galilee, murder and kill innocents, similar to what the Hamas terror organization carried out in the murderous massacre on October 7,” the IDF said in a statement. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)