An IDF airstrike in Beirut, Lebanon, on Friday killed Ibrahim Aqil, Hezbollah’s second-in-command who sits on the Jihad Council, Hezbollah’s top military body.

During the 1980s, Aqil was a principal member of Islamic Jihad Organization�Hizballah�s terrorist cell�that claimed the bombings of the U.S. Embassy in Beirut in April 1983, which killed 63 people, and the U.S. Marine barracks in October 1983, which killed 241 U.S. personnel.

�The Israeli air strike killed Radwan Force commander Ibrahim Aqil, its armed force�s second-in-command after Fuad Shukr,� a Hezbollah official confirmed.

In the 1980s, Aqil directed the taking of American and German hostages in Lebanon and held them there.

Lebanese media reports claim that an Israeli F-35 carried out the attack, with two missiles.

The military says there are no changes to guidelines for civilians at this stage, and it will provide further details on the �targeted strike� soon.

This marks only the third instance of the IDF launching airstrikes in Beirut since the war began. In July, an Israeli strike targeted and killed Hezbollah�s military commander Fuad Shukr, and earlier, in January, Hamas deputy leader Saleh al-Arouri was killed during an Israeli air raid in the Lebanese capital.