Politics Israel gives details of Hezbollah victims after Beirut attack

One day after the attack on a suburb of the Lebanese capital Beirut, Israel's army has given details of the Hezbollah fighters killed in the attack. According to an Israeli military spokesman, 12 of the 16 fatalities were members of the Shiite militia's top leadership. The information could initially only be partially verified.

The army spokesman explained that those killed were a threat to Israeli and Lebanese civilians. Among them was a man named Abu Hassan Samir, who is said to have been the head of the training unit of the Radwan force, an elite Hezbollah unit. Other commanders of this unit were also killed in the attack on the Hezbollah meeting on Friday.

According to the Lebanese Ministry of Health, at least 37 people were killed in the attack, including three children. Among the fatalities was the high-ranking Hezbollah military commander Ibrahim Akil, who was the target of the attack. Akil was the leader of the Radwan force.

After Friday's attack, Hezbollah spoke of a total of 15 members killed, including Akil.