Posted on Jan 4, 2024
A Hamas leader is killed in an explosion in Beirut
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A senior official of the Palestinian militant group Hamas has been killed in what it believes to be an Israeli airstrike in Lebanon's capital of Beirut, according to Hamas media networks.
Saleh Arouri was one of the founders of Hamas' military wing and a deputy chief of the group's political bureau.
Israel has not taken responsibility for the attack. But if later confirmed, it would be the country's first assassination of a top Hamas official since the start of the war in Gaza in October.
Hamas' Al-Aqsa TV channel announced the killing Tuesday in what it called a "Zionist strike." Lebanon's state-run National News Agency said an alleged Israeli drone strike caused an explosion in one of Beirut's southern suburbs, killing four people.
A senior official of the Palestinian militant group Hamas has been killed in what it believes to be an Israeli airstrike in Lebanon's capital of Beirut, according to Hamas media networks.
Saleh Arouri was one of the founders of Hamas' military wing and a deputy chief of the group's political bureau.
Israel has not taken responsibility for the attack. But if later confirmed, it would be the country's first assassination of a top Hamas official since the start of the war in Gaza in October.
Hamas' Al-Aqsa TV channel announced the killing Tuesday in what it called a "Zionist strike." Lebanon's state-run National News Agency said an alleged Israeli drone strike caused an explosion in one of Beirut's southern suburbs, killing four people.
A Hamas leader is killed in an explosion in Beirut
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
...""It's one thing to target Hamas leaders in Gaza," NPR's Jane Arraf says on Up First. "But it's another to launch attacks in the capital of another country." An adviser to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in an interview that whoever was responsible for the attack was not targeting Lebanon or the Iran-backed militia active there, Hezbollah. Arraf points to concern that Hezbollah could respond to the blast and Iran could get involved in the conflict."...
...""It's one thing to target Hamas leaders in Gaza," NPR's Jane Arraf says on Up First. "But it's another to launch attacks in the capital of another country." An adviser to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in an interview that whoever was responsible for the attack was not targeting Lebanon or the Iran-backed militia active there, Hezbollah. Arraf points to concern that Hezbollah could respond to the blast and Iran could get involved in the conflict."...
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