BEIRUT — Hezbollah supporters in Lebanon turned out in force Sunday for the funeral of a top commander killed in an Israeli air strike on Friday, and the deputy leader of the Iran-backed terror group vowed to expand the fight against Israel until the war ends in Gaza.
Ibrahim Aqil, the head of operations for Hezbollah, was killed in the strike along with top commanders of its elite Radwan Force, as they met in the basement of a Beirut residential building.
Hezbollah has hailed the 61-year-old Aqil as “one of its great leaders.”
Aqil had been on a US sanctions list for nearly a decade. Until his death, the US had offered a $7 million reward for information on him over his role in a 1983 bombing that killed 241 Americans in Beirut.
Men and women, many wearing black, gathered for the packed ceremony in the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital where Hezbollah enjoys steadfast support. READ MORE
