The number two of the Palestinian movement HamasSaleh al Arouri, died this Tuesday in an Israeli bombing in the south of Beirut, the capital of Lebanonreported the Palestinian Islamist movement and two Lebanese security officials. It is the first time since the start of the war in Gaza that Israel has bombed the Lebanese capital. Clashes between the Israeli army and Lebanese Hezbollah, an ally of Hamas, have so far been limited to border areas in southern Lebanon.
Saleh Al Arouri died along with his bodyguards in an attack against the office of Hamas in the southern suburb of Beirutbastion of the movement Hezbollah supported by Iranone of the two security sources informed AFP.
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An AFP photographer saw how Two floors of the building flew into the air. Ambulances quickly rushed to the area.
People inspect the site of an Israeli attack on a Hamas office in the southern suburb of Beirut on January 2, 2024. (AFP photo).
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Hamas confirmed on Tuesday that his number two had been “murdered” in an Israeli bombing in Beirutaccording to an announcement broadcast by the media of the Palestinian group, in power in the Gaza Strip.
“Martyrdom of the vice president of the political bureau of Hamassheikh Saleh Al Arouriin a Zionist attack on Beirut“, the group said in a statement broadcast by Al-Aqsa TV, its official channel, and other media.
According to the Lebanese national news agency, Ani, At least six people were killed in the bombing, carried out with a drone.
Saleh Al Arouriaccused of Israel of being the mastermind of multiple attacks, He was elected deputy to Hamas political bureau chief Ismail Haniyeh in 2017.
After being imprisoned for Israel nearly 20 years old, he was released in 2010 on condition of going into exile.
The prime minister of LebanonNajib Mikati, condemned the Israeli bombing that killed the number two of Hamas and called it a “crime.”
“This new Israeli crime seeks to drag Lebanon into a new phase of confrontation” with Israelcriticized the Lebanese leader in a statement.
