SENIOR Hamas official Saleh Arouri has been reportedly killed in an explosion in Lebanon, Hezbollah TV has claimed.
The deputy head died in an Israeli drone strike on the southern Beirut suburb of Dahiyeh this evening.
ReutersHamas deputy head Saleh Arouri was reportedly killed south of Beirut, Lebanon[/caption]
AFPPeople gather at the site of a strike, reported by Lebanese media to be an Israeli strike targeting a Hamas office, in the southern suburb of Beirut[/caption]
ReutersPeople gather near a damaged site following an explosion at the Beirut suburb of Dahiyeh, Lebanon January 2, 2024. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir[/caption]
Israeli officials have denied comment, Reuters reports.
A picture taken in the south of the Lebanese capital shows crowds gathering at the possible site of the strike.
Lebanese media claimed the target was reportedly a Hamas office.
Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency said the blast killed four people and was carried out by an Israeli drone.
Arouri was a senior official in Hamas’s politburo but was known to be deeply involved in its military affairs.
He was one of the founders of Hamas’ military wing, heading the terrorist group’s presence in the West Bank.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had threatened to kill him even before the Hamas bloodbath on October 7, which sparked the ongoing war.
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AFPPeople gather at the site of a strike, reported by Lebanese media to be an Israeli strike targeting a Hamas office, in the southern suburb of Beirut on January 2, 2024. (Photo by Anwar AMRO / AFP) (Photo by ANWAR AMRO/AFP via Getty Images)[/caption]
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