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Senior Hamas figure Saleh al-Arouri killed in Beirut drone strike

He was declared dead after the strike which targeted the suburb of Dahiyeh

January 2, 2024 18:11
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Al-Arouri with Ismail Haniyeh in 2018 (Mohammad Austaz: Hamas Media)
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A senior Hamas official has been killed in a drone strike in Lebanon.
Saleh al-Arouri was declared dead after an explosion which targeted the south Beirut suburb of Dahiyeh, a Hezbollah stronghold.

He was one of the top Hamas leaders on Israel’s target list following the terrorist group’s October 7 massacre of at least 1,200 people in the northwestern Negev.

According to Hamas’s Al-Aqsa Radio, the drone strike was Israeli. However, Israel have yet to confirm this.

In a statement cited by Saudi Arabia’s Al Arabiya channel on Tuesday, Hamas described Al-Arouri as the “architect” of the massacre.