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2024-09-20 18:21:13 UTC - SOMEWHAT_HELPFUL
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Important context: These strikes targeted Ibrahim Aqil, a high-ranking member of Hezbollah. Aqil is linked to the 1983 bombing in Beirut, which resulted in the deaths of 241 U.S. personnel, the kidnapping of American & German hostages in 1980, and more terrorist acts. https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jl0121 https://rewardsforjustice.net/rewards/ibrahim-aqil/ https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/lebanon-explosions-hezbollah-israel-09-20-24-intl-hnk/index.html https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/09/19/2019-20271/designation-of-ibrahim-aqil-as-a-specially-designated-global-terrorist https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1984/02/01/beirut-bombing-mysterious-death-warriors-traced-to-syria-iran/063e427b-07d5-482e-9acb-11efa74bde77/
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