20 September 2024 Beirut attack | |
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Part of the September 2024 Lebanon strikes | |
Location | Haret Hreik, Dahieh, Lebanon |
Date | 20 September 2024 |
Target | Redwan Force command committee |
Deaths | 55[1] |
Injured | 68+ |
Perpetrator | Israel |
On 20 September 2024, Israel launched an air attack that leveled an apartment building in the Dahieh suburb of Beirut, Lebanon.[2] The attack killed at least 45 people, including 16 Hezbollah militants, two of whom were commanders, identified as Ibrahim Aqil and Ahmed Wehbe. They were the second and third Hezbollah commanders assassinated by Israel in two months during the ongoing Israel–Hezbollah conflict, after the killing of Fuad Shukr.
The other victims were civilians, including at least three children and seven women. At least 68 others were injured.[3][4][5] Israel said the strike targeted commanders of Hezbollah's elite Redwan Force command committee in which they were holding a meeting within an apartment building.[6][7] Seventeen remain missing from the attack.[8]
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was invoked but never defined (see the help page).Lebanon's health ministry says the death toll from yesterday's air attack on Beirut's southern suburb has reached 37 people.
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