Who Was Ibrahim Mohammad Aqil (Haj Abdul Qader), Commander Of Hezbollah?
On Friday, the Israeli regime targeted a residential area in the Dahieh area of Beirut city. The attack killed at least 14 people including Ibrahim Aqil, a senior Hezbollah commander.
Below is a summary of his life and activities:
– Place and date of birth: Bednayel (Bekaa), born on December 24, 1962.
– From the generation of the founders of the Islamic Resistance Movement in Beirut and one of the leaders of heroic operations against the Israeli assault on Beirut in the early 1980s.
– Abdul Qader took on the responsibility of training for Hezbollah fighters in the 1990s and then he took shoulder the responsibility of the headquarters of the resistance, and played a key role in developing human capabilities within the organization of Hezbollah.
– From 1997 until after the liberation of Lebanon from the Israeli occupation, he was in charge of the operations unit in Jabal Amel region in southern Lebanon and was the main commander of many special operations. He was one of Hezbollah’s field commanders in the 33-day war and was considered one of the pillars of Islamic resistance in Lebanon. In 2008, he was appointed as the assistant Secretary-General of Hezbollah for operational affairs and turned into a member of the Jihad Council Hezbollah, a council responsible for directing the groups’ military and security activities.
– For several years until the date of his martyrdom, Haj Abdul Qader was in charge of the establishment, development, and command of the Redwan Force in Hezbollah.
– Haj Ibrahim Aqil was one of the senior leaders and fighters who planned and managed military operations against Takfiri groups on the eastern borders of Lebanon, the city of Al-Qusayr, the town of Qalamoun, and other regions of Syria.
– In the recent war with the Israeli regime, he led the military operations of the Radwan Force of the Lebanese front in support for the resistance factions in the Gaza Strip.
– Finally, Haj Ibrahim Aqil was martyred in a terrorist attack by the Israeli regime’s fighter jets of on a building in the al-Dahiya district of Beirut on September 20, along with several field commanders and senior members of the Lebanese resistance movement.
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