Israel assassinates deputy head of Hamas Saleh Al-Arouri

Israel assassinated the Deputy Head of the Political Bureau of Hamas, Saleh Al-Arouri, in a targeted drone attack on the Lebanese capital, Beirut.

Al-Arouri, the second-in-command in the Hamas movement and deputy head of the movement’s political bureau was targeted while in apartments on Hadi Nasrallah Highway in the Dahiyeh suburb of Beirut. Five of his companions were also killed in the strike.

Lebanon’s caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati condemned the explosion as a “new Israeli

Following this attack, Izzat al-Rishq, a member of the Hamas Political Bureau, strongly condemned what he described as “cowardly assassinations” orchestrated by the Zionist occupation.

crime” and said it was an attempt to pull Lebanon into war.