Senior Hamas official Saleh Al Arouri was killed on Tuesday night in an Israeli drone strike on Beirut’s southern suburbs of Dahiyeh, three security sources told Reuters.
In response to questions from Reuters, the Israeli military said it does not respond to reports in the foreign media. Arouri was a senior official in Hamas’s politburo but was known to be deeply involved in its military affairs.
Meanwhile, Hamas has confirmed the death of Arouri who was the group’s deputy politburo leader.
Palestinian resistance group Hamas Tuesday vowed that the killing of the group’s deputy in Lebanon will not “undermine the continued brave resistance” in Gaza where the group is battling Israeli forces.
“It proves once more the utter failure of the enemy to achieve any of its aggressive goals in the Gaza Strip,” senior Hamas official Izzat Al Rishq said in a statement.
